- The Adventure
Explore Sheep Rock, Painted Hills and Clarno units preserving layers of fossil plants and animals that lived in the John Day River basin area for 40 million years.
- Distance and Travel Time:
1) From John Day, OR: 35.8 miles (41m)
2) From Bend, OR: 112 miles (2h 11m)
3) From Eugene, OR: 221 miles (4h 11m)
4) From Portland, OR: 230 miles (4h 9m)
5) From Seattle, WA: 351 miles (6h 8m)
- Parking
Use the parking lot in the park
- When to Go
Spring or Fall is best for family trip.(The park opens year round but it’s pretty hot(up to 110 degrees) in summer and mildly cold(single digits) in winter.)
- Things to Do
Explore fossils, historic structures, archeological features, rocks, plants, flowers and animals around the park. Enjoy the easy and well-maintained trails
- Tips
1) John Day Fossil Beds National Monument consists of 3 units in eastern Oregon. There is a visitor center named ‘Thomas Condon Paleontology Center’ in Sheep Rock Unit. So it is a good way to start your journey from this unit.
2) Distance and travel time from Sheep Rock Unit to Painted Hills Unit is 43.7miles (57min) and to Clarno Unit is 77.5miles (1h 39min).
- Guidebook
Family Trip to National Monument 01 – John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
- ISBN :
9780998985367(paper),
9780998985374(eBook)
- Language : English
- Publication Date : Mar 30 2018
- Page Count : 74 pages
- Get the Book
[Paperback] : $14.99
Barnes & Noble, Amazon
[ebook] : $7.99
Apple iBooks Store, Amazon
Story in Stone Trail, Foree
Flood of Fire Trail, Foree
Blue Basin Area, Sheep Rock Unit
Thomas Condon Paleontology Center, Sheep Rock Unit
Thomas Condon Overlook Trail
Historic Cant Ranch House
River Trail, Historic Cant Ranch House
Barn and Corrals, Historic Cant Ranch House
Sheep Rock Overlook Trail, Cant Ranch House
