Getting There - Owyhee Canyonlands
The Honeycombs region of the Owyhee Canyonlands is best seen on foot. To experience it, follow these directions to the start of the Painted Canyon Loop. The road to the Painted Canyon Trailhead is best suited for four-wheel drive vehicles or …
Cultural Heritage - Owyhee Canyonlands
The Owyhee Canyonlands is home to a living cultural richness for the indigenous Northern Paiute, Bannock and Shoshone tribes. These ancestral lands contain areas considered sacred and the landscapes, rivers, fish and wildlife support tribal traditions to this day.
Camping - Owyhee Canyonlands
The Owyhee Canyonlands offer camping at its purest: A night out is more about hearing the coyotes yip than being elbow-to-elbow with the neighboring tent. Here is a sampling of the Owyhee’s best camping spots. They make great base camps for daytime adventures, from taking a hike to casting a line.
Hiking - Owyhee Canyonlands
Watch the kids move through the sandy gulches on a half-day excursion through Oregon’s red rock country. Or hoist a backpack and ramble in the remote side canyons of a wild desert river. The Owyhee Canyonlands offers up some of its most stunning places to those on foot.
A Truly Wild Place - Owyhee Canyonlands
Wild yet underprotected. Nearly half of Oregon is desert, but less than 1 percent of it is permanently protected. The rugged Owyhee country spanning more than 2 million acres is one of the most wild, diverse, yet underprotected landscapes in the U.S.
Explore the Owyhee - Owyhee Canyonlands
Jordan Craters. Painted Canyon Loop. Three Forks Hot Springs. Fishing. Downstream from the Dam. Lake Owyhee. Upper Owyhee River. Camping. Anderson Crossing.
Painted Canyon Loop - Owyhee Canyonlands
PAINTED CANYON LOOP. Photo by Steve Vidito. Highlights: Obelisks. Three-hundred-foot red-rock walls. Twelve-foot-tall sagebrush (We call that old-growth!). This is the best hike available in the Owyhee Canyonlands lowlands. It’s a must-see for those who love solitude and adventure.
Fishing - Owyhee Canyonlands
The roughly 14 miles of water below the dam that forms Lake Owyhee is a renowned blue-ribbon fishery, where brown trout get so big that fishing stories just might be true. Largemouth and smallmouth bass both swim in the reservoir, as do rainbow trout and crappie.
Wildlife and Habitat - Owyhee Canyonlands
The Owyhee Canyonlands is home to more than 200 wildlife species. Golden eagles, red-tailed hawks and other raptors soar above while swallows swoop among canyon walls. Redband trout and other fish delight anglers in rivers, while 14 species of bats dance through the air at dusk.
Three Forks Hot Springs - Owyhee Canyonlands
THREE FORKS HOT SPRINGS. Highlights: The starting point is a confluence of three spectacular tributaries of the Owyhee River, the North, Middle and Main forks. Beyond here lies one of the top five hot springs in Oregon, where you …