Eastern Oregon

National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center

Northeastern Oregon

This interpretive center is the nation's foremost memorial to the pioneers who crossed the West along the Oregon Trail. Lying atop a hill 7 miles east of…

Painted Hills Unit

Northeastern Oregon

Because no cap rock protects them, the Painted Hills have eroded into low-slung, colorfully banded hills that were originally formed about 30 million…

Thomas Condon Paleontology Center

Northeastern Oregon

This excellent paleontology center is 2 miles north of Hwy 26 at Sheep Rock Unit. The well-presented displays include a three-toed horse and petrified…

Eagle Cap Wilderness

Wallowa Mountains

Glacier-ripped valleys, high mountain lakes and marble peaks are some of the rewards that long-distance hikers find on overnight treks into the beautiful…

Hells Canyon Dam

Wallowa Mountains

Hells Canyon's most spectacular scenery is perhaps along Snake River, following 25 miles of paved road (Idaho's Rte 454) toward Hells Canyon Dam; here…

Sheep Rock Unit

Northeastern Oregon

Featuring the most walks and hikes of the three John Day fossil-bed units, Sheep Rock is also closest to the paleontology center. Above loom majestic,…

Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site

Northeastern Oregon

Don't miss this site, located in an 1865 building that served primarily as an apothecary for the noted Chinese herbalist and doctor Ing Hay. It was also a…

Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge

Eastern Oregon

From the tiny town of Plush, Hart Mountain Rd crosses the Warner Lakes Basin, climbs into the spectacular, near-vertical Hart Mountain fault block (peak…