from I-84 | La Grande to Joseph
- exit marked: Wallowa Lake / Elgin
- follow Highway 82 75 miles east through
- Island City
- Imbler
- Wallowa
- Lostine
- Enterprise
- Joseph
from Joseph
- follow Highway 82 through Joseph
(note: Joseph Main Street
& Highway 82 & Wallowa Lake Highway
are the same road in Joseph
- follow Joseph's main street
(Wallowa Lake Highway)
south
- continue south around Wallowa Lake for 5 miles
- at the "Y" in front of Wallowa Lake Lodge,
follow the left "fork of the T"
- continue about 2 city blocks
- arrive at Russells at the Lake on the right
- 59984 Wallowa Lake Highway