2024
NATIONAL FOREST MISFORTUNE
Natural site to discover
Read moreJohn Day is the gateway to the Misfortune National Forest, where you can see several mining camps and ghost towns from the Gold Rush era (the Eastern Oregon Gold Rush of the 1860s), such as Greenhorn and Granite (to the north by OR 7). Located in the Blue Mountains, this forest extends over 5,700 km2 and is wrapped around Lake Strawberry.