Honest, on-the-ground guides to the hidden gems of the Owyhee — and where to base your trip.
Each one is a real place we've explored, with the history, the directions, and the honest details you need to go yourself.
A hundred-year-old ranch in a secret oasis on the Wild and Scenic Owyhee River — and the long dirt road that protects it.
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Oregon's otherworldly canyon of stone — towering volcanic spires and honeycombed walls in every shade of cream, rust, and gold.
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Dramatic clay cliffs that rise from the desert floor like the ruins of an ancient city — and an easy stop near the highway.
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The easy one — stocked trout, room to launch a boat, and a relaxed family day on the water just twenty minutes from camp.
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The Grand Canyon of Oregon — Wild and Scenic whitewater that draws boaters from across the West for a few weeks each spring.
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A 27-square-mile sea of black lava just north of camp — one of the youngest volcanic flows in Oregon, a landscape like the surface of the moon.
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A genuine Old-West ghost town that never burned or got paved over — still standing up a mountain dirt road across the Idaho line.
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Oregon's most remote hot springs — riverside pools beneath a waterfall, at the end of forty miles of rough dirt road. For the well-prepared.
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Oregon's longest lake — fifty-two miles of bass and crappie water winding through a canyon of painted volcanic rock.
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Some of the darkest skies in the lower 48 — on the edge of the Oregon Outback Dark Sky Sanctuary, the Milky Way rises over the high desert.
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Thundereggs, Owyhee jasper, and plume agate scattered across the high desert — what's legal to collect, where to go, and how to do it right.
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Mule deer, elk, pronghorn, bighorn and world-class chukar across two states — seasons, draws, deadlines, and where to base your hunt.
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Hundreds of miles of high-desert trail across two states — the best rides, the permit rules, and how to know which routes are legal.
Read the guide →These places are remote by design. Sunny Ridge RV Park is the comfortable basecamp that makes exploring them easy — near Jordan Valley, Oregon.
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