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Ten miles of Easiest to More Difficult trails and gravel roads open to Class III (motorcycles) vehicles with Oregon all-terrain vehicle permits and all non-motorized modes of travel. Limited to designated roads and trails. Riding conditions are best in fall...
This trailhead provides access to Bobcat and Bighorn trails in the Gunnison Gorge Wilderness. Bobcat Trail accesses the Gunnison River, and is very steep and a bit technical at the bottom. There is usually a bit of rope to hang...
Overview Stand in the same spot where Captain Benjamin Bonneville and his expedition party overlooked the valley he named Les Bois, site of the city that today bears the same name Boise. The view takes in the entire Treasure Valley...
Due to standing hazard trees, the Grandview Boat-in Camp is closed to overnight and day use until further notice. Please contact Seattle City Light at (206) 858-3061 with any questions, or email [email protected]. The waters of Boundary Reservoir back up...
The 640-acre Box Recreation Area is a highly scenic, rugged area that is very popular for technical rock climbing and bouldering. The five cliffs on either side of this box canyon provide popular rock climbing for even highly skilled technical...
Overview This Campground is on a First Come - First Serve Basis, vistors are required to physically be at the campground to purchase and claim a site. You must also occupy the area the day you pay for it, no...
Explore the 6-mile Brittlebush Trail, which also intersects with Margies Cove Trail, through the heart of the 63,200-acre North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness east of Gila Bend.
Overview BLM manages more than 90,000 acres of public lands in the Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness. The Owyhee Canyonlands is a huge and remote area of eastern Oregon, southwestern Idaho and northern Nevada. Hidden within this vast high desert plateau are...
Overview Brushkana Creek Campground is located at MP 104.5 along the Denali Highway. The 22-unit camping area with fire rings and picnic tables also provides three double vaulted accessible toilets, numerous bear-proof trash receptacles and food lockers, parking for vehicles...
The Buffalo Hump Wilderness Study Area (WSA) encompasses 10,300 acres of BLM-administered land with no private or state inholdings. This is a sand dune area of many sand valleys, blowouts, dunes and hills. The northern and western part of the...
Overview The Burro Creek Campground (1,960’ elevation) is situated along the 57 mile Burro Creek in a transition zone between the upper reaches of the scenic Sonoran Desert and lower reaches of the scenic Mojave Desert. The campground offers visitors...
Butler Wash is a cliff dwelling that was built and occupied by the Ancestral Puebloans in about 1200 AD. Parts of the site has been stabilized and reconstructed, but most of it remains as it was found in the 1800s...
Buttercup Ranger Station is located off of Grey's Well Road near Interstate 8. This station offers visitors a location to purchase their dunes permit, gather information and seek medical aid. This station is open Friday through Sunday from mid-October to...
Overview This secluded, hilly expanse of oak woodlands, grasslands, and chaparral is a combination of over 70,000 acres of BLM managed lands and 4,700 acres of State and County lands. The Natural Area is traversed by Cache Creek, with its...
Cahuilla Ranger Station is located off of Gecko Road. This station offers visitors a location to purchase their dunes permit, gather information and seek medical aid. This station is open Friday through Sunday from mid-October to mid-April during the high...
The Salt Lake Cut-Off on the California National Historic Trail is one of the many shortcuts that branched from the California, Mormon and Oregon Trails. It led northwest out of Salt Lake City, Utah and north of the Great Salt...
The Bidwell-Bartelson Route of the California National Historic Trail was used by the first overland emigrant party to travel to California in 1841. At Fort Hall, near present-day Pocatello, Idaho, about half of the original party changed their plans and...
The 3.4 mile Campbell Tract Loop National Recreation Trail follows the perimeter of the historic WWII Army-Air Force Campbell Tract airstrip garrison. The trail begins and ends at the Smokejumper Trailhead. The trail consists of improved and natural surface trails...
The BLM Campbell Tract is a 730 acre Special Recreation Management Area located in the heart of Alaska’s largest urban area, and provides outdoor recreation opportunities in a non-motorized natural setting for more than 500,000 visitors annually. The 25 mile...
Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum is the headquarters for Canyons of the Ancients National Monument and the premier archaeological museum in southwest Colorado. Visitors are encouraged to stop by to get information, maps, and other publications before...
Located on a narrow ridge overlooking the Fossil Creek valley, Caribou Bluff Cabin offers spectacular views of jagged limestone cliffs and peaks. The 10 ft x 12 ft cabin will accommodate 4 persons. Cabins are equipped with bunk beds, a...
Whether you rock your lycra loud and proud, don moldy flannel, or track frequent flier miles, you are bound to find stuff to post on your favorite social media account at this popular trail system. Here you will find a...
The Carrizozo Lava Flow WSA is located in central New Mexico. This lava flow is believed to be one of the most recent lava flows in the continental United States, dating back 1,500 years. This is a flat plain but...
Casamero Pueblo was occupied by the Chacoan Anasazi between A.D. 1000 and 1125. It is an excellent example of a Chacoan outlier (an outlying community connected to Chaco Canyon by prehistoric roads), displaying many of the same cultural and architectural...
Casamero Pueblo is small Chacoan Outlier located against the majestic backdrop of the brilliant red sandstone cliffs of Tecolote (Owl) Mesa. Look for the large "owl's eyes" that give the mesa its name. The pueblo contains 22 ground floor rooms...
Located on the northwest slope of Cline Buttes, the trails originating from Cascade View Trailhead offer looping options or horseback riders may enjoy and out-and-back option to Barr Road. This non-motorized trail system includes 5.6 miles of horse and pedestrian...
The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument was created to protect an array of biological, geological, hydrological, archeological and historic resources. Although important individually, collectively these resources comprise a unique, diverse ecosystem. The guiding principles for management of the CSNM are to protect...
Overview Nestled in the heart of the Sierra Nevada foothills, Case Mountain offers a stunning natural escape for outdoor enthusiasts. Also known as Salt Creek to many locals, the Recreation area has miles of Non Motorized trails that wind through...
The 5.65-mile Castle Rock Trail connects the Badger Trail and Camp Beale Loop in the Cerbat Foothills Recreation Area, featuring vistas of the surrounding valley and interesting rock formations.
Winter access is on the southeast side of the bridge. In winter months a user created route is sometimes present traveling up the creek bed to the glacier terminus. Winter parking is usually available within the Richardson Highway right of...
Horseback rider on the Cathedral Hills Trail System.
Remember your OUTDOOR ETHICS when enjoying your public lands. Please RECREATE RESPONSIBLY. Overview You never know who you might meet at Cathedral Hills! This 10-mile trail system is a haven for hikers, mountain bikers, horseback riders, and trail runners. Located...
Overview Reservations must be made 5 days prior to arrival. Disregard the "FF" (First-Come-First-Serve) availability. We do not allow on-site transactions. Firewood will no long be available for purchase on site for the remainder of the 2025 season. Cavitt Creek...
Remember your OUTDOOR ETHICS when enjoying your public lands. Please RECREATE RESPONSIBLY. Overview The Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area now contains a total of 100,000 acres and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. All of the Wilderness is in...
Remember your OUTDOOR ETHICS when enjoying your public lands. Please RECREATE RESPONSIBLY. Overview Situated along the Snake River, Celebration Park (managed by Canyon County) was established as Idaho's only archaeological park in 1989. A walk through the basalt deposited by...
Centennial Mountains - This 28,000-acre mountain range, which forms the boundary between southwest Montana and Idaho, is some of southwest Montana’s wildest country. It is considered an important corridor for wildlife movement, providing an east-west trending mountain range connecting the...
You will be high on the crest of the Cerbat Mountains near Kingman, with spectacular panoramic views of the Black Mountains to the west and the Music Mountains to the east.
Overview: NOTE: Chickahominy Reservoir was nearly dry in 2022. An abundance of area snowpack and subsequent ground-moisture content could very-likely refill the reservoir in 2023, however, the fishery may underproduce. It will be restocked in 2023 if conditions are favorable...
7/17/2024- Chimney Peak, Long Valley campgrounds and portion of the Pacific Crest Trail are closed due to wildland fire danger Overview Chimney Peak Recreation Area includes most of the Bakersfield Field Office's Southern Sierra Recreation sites and Wilderness areas, including...
Along the Chimney Rock segment of Central Oregon's Crooked Wild and Scenic River, Chimney Rock campground offers a relaxing woodland setting amongst Western Juniper trees and beneath massive Columbia River rock formations. Fly-fishing and hiking on the nearby Chimney Rock...
Take a break from your scenic drive along the Lower Crooked Wild and Scenic River south of Prineville and hike one of the gems of the High Desert. Walk in the shadows of lichen-covered basalt cliffs as you zigzag up...
Hidden deep within the highlands of northern Okanogan County, visitors will discover a jewel of a mountain lake. Aspen tree groves and sagebrush line the shores, providing a scenic backdrop to many lakeside activities. Mountain goats are often seen high...
Interested in exploring Oregon's Outback, a place often overlooked by highway motorists on their way to well-known attractions? For those with the time and desire to turn off the beaten track onto a country road, the 93-mile-long Christmas Valley Back...
Hundreds of petroglyphs, dating from pre-contact time and the Spanish colonial era, can be found along this mesa above the Santa Fe River. Most of the petroglyphs were placed there by Keresan-speaking puebloan people living in the area between the...
The Clackamas River is located to the west of the Cascade Range and to the south of the Columbia River Gorge in northern Oregon. Flowing northwest from its sources high in the Cascade Mountains, the designated portion of the river...
Access and view of parking lot in Clark's Bay Day Use Area
Overview Clark's Bay Day Use Area is situated on the picturesque "Devil's Elbow" and Clark's Bay of Hauser Lake. Just a short drive from Helena, this area offers stunning views of the Big Belt and Elkhorn Mountains. The area is...
Going camping? Reserve your spot on Recreation.gov Clark’s Bay recreation area is for day-use only and is open daily from 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. during the regular season (May 1 through early October). This site is on Hauser Lake...