You got it! The Strawberry Mountain Wilderness, containing Strawberry Lake, Strawberry Mountain, Strawberry Falls and several other lakes (not named Strawberry), is just south of Prairie City, a few miles east of John Day, OR on US highway 26. Quite a bit of it burned last summer--in fact, Prairie City had to be evacuated--but fortunately not this section. It's great for early July hikes as it melts out sooner than the Wallowa Mountains farther east, or the high Cascades. The long drive from Portland keeps it from being overpopulated.

JustWalking, it's now your turn to post a photo!