The Owyhee Canyonlands
Thirteen field-tested guides written from the park's front porch. Every one is an easy day trip from your site at Sunny Ridge.
The Owyhee Adventure Map
A live, zoomable map of our corner of the high desert — the 13 guides, the local gems, US-95 and every dirt road in between. Tap a pin for the story.
Honeycomb tuff spires, bighorn sheep, and a boat ramp on the Owyhee Reservoir.
A 27-square-mile lava field young enough to look like it cooled yesterday.
Hundred-foot clay cliffs that pioneers used as a desert landmark.
Wild & Scenic floats, canyon scenery, and serious trout water.
Fifty-two miles of bass, crappie, and empty coves.
The closest water to camp — sunsets, swims, and shore fishing.
Warm-spring waterfalls where three rivers meet. Earn it.
An 1860s mining town that never quite became a ghost.
A preserved homestead on the banks of the Owyhee.
Bortle-1 stargazing from your camp chair.
Thundereggs, jasper, and petrified wood country.
Chukar, mule deer, and antelope — with a hot shower waiting.
Hundreds of miles of high-desert two-track from the gate.
Every guide above starts and ends with a hot shower at Sunny Ridge.
Book Your StayThe park is the closest full-service basecamp to the Owyhee Canyonlands. Leslie Gulch, Pillars of Rome, Jordan Craters, Three Forks, Owyhee Reservoir, the Owyhee Wild & Scenic River, Antelope Reservoir, and the Silver City ghost town are all within day-trip range.
Sunny Ridge RV Park in Jordan Valley is the nearest full-hookup RV park to Owyhee Reservoir — a comfortable basecamp for day trips to the reservoir and Lake Owyhee State Park, with power, water, and sewer at every site.
Yes. The park sits under some of the darkest night skies in the lower 48 (near Bortle 1), with virtually no light pollution for miles — excellent for the Milky Way and astrophotography.
Leslie Gulch is a remote BLM area about an hour away, with the final ~15 miles on gravel road. Sunny Ridge is the closest developed RV park for basing a Leslie Gulch trip.
Yes — Jordan Craters, a young basalt lava field, is a popular day trip from Jordan Valley on gravel roads (high-clearance is helpful in spots).
It's the last full-hookup stop before a million acres of Owyhee canyon country — slot gorges, hot springs, ghost towns, and some of the darkest skies in the West.
