Seasonal Road Conditions - Use Caution

As of February 25, 2025, the snow melt is creating difficult road conditions along Frenchglen Road.  Use caution during the intermittent weather and road conditions.  Vehicles may get stuck in severe ruts along the Refuge road and along county road outside the Refuge.  

Partial closures remain through June 15, 2025.

On road barrier, the image is up close to a sign stating "Road Closed". In the background is a sage step with portions burned from wildfire.
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The Warner Peak Fire is now one hundred percent contained, but over 82,000 acres of Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge (Refuge) will remain closed through June 15, 2025, due to the extensive wildfire damage and the potential threat of invasive species invasive species
An invasive species is any plant or animal that has spread or been introduced into a new area where they are, or could, cause harm to the environment, economy, or human, animal, or plant health. Their unwelcome presence can destroy ecosystems and cost millions of dollars.

Learn more about invasive species .  For latest information, please see alert on refuge's homepage. If you have questions about how this closure may affect hunt seasons in Hart Mountain NAR, please contact Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife at 541-883-5732.

Map of Current Closures due to Wildfires

Closures include: 

  • Post Meadows and Hot Springs Campgrounds
  • Warner Pond 
  • Blue Sky, including Hot Spring Road
  • Barnhardy Road (Normal seasonal closure is December 1 - August 1.)
  • Skyline Drive
  • Martin Canyon (portion)
  • Old Military Road (portion)
  • South Boundary Road
  • Hart Lake Road
  • Land surrounded by these road closures in southern and western portions of refuge.

Open access as of September 2, 2024, weather permitted includes:

  • Hart Mountain Road
  • Frenchglen Road
  • Camp Hart Mountain Campground (first come, first serve)
  • Flook Lake Road  
  • Visitor Center is intermittently open between 8am-4pm when staffing is available.
  • Remaining 186,000 acres not burned by Warner Peak Fire

*Secondary roads, including Shirk Road and Poker Jim Ridge, are close between December 1 - June 15.

To help sage brush rehabilitation, please clean bottom of vehicles before traveling into the Refuge to prevent spread of invasive weeds.