Crooked River Road (Highway 27)
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Crooked River Road (Highway 27) is one of the prettiest roads in Oregon. It is also called the Lower Crooked River Back Country Byway and connects Highway 20 east of Bend, Oregon to Highway 126 in Prineville, Oregon. This is not a long drive, approximately 45 miles, but it is very scenic. The road winds along the meandering Crooked River, with basalt cliffs on either side, wildflowers, and great places to turn off and do some fishing.
We decided to explore this area on a cool day in early March and were treated to some magnificent views of Oregon high desert. After reaching the Prineville Reservoir, we dropped into the incredibly scenic Crooked River Canyon below the Bowman Dam. There are many pullouts along the road to allow visitors to take in the views. The road is decent and well maintained. There are many campsites and access to the river to fish and or wade along the way.
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Crooked River Canyon Scenic Bikeway
Meander through a secluded river canyon and towering basalt cliffs on the Crooked River Canyon Scenic Bikeway.
Tour of Central Oregon, Prineville & Crooked River Oregon- RV Travel Quest #centraloregon
We had a wonderful holiday weekend in Central Oregon where we met up with our RV Fifthwheel.
We also took a drive to Prineville, Crooked River and Warm Springs.
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Oregon Highway 27 Crooked River
Following Oregon Highway 27 northbound through the Wild and Scenic portion of the Crooked River. Ended at a random place where I spent the afternoon fly fishing.
Crooked Wild and Scenic River!
Designated as a wild and scenic river in 1988, the Crooked River is noted for its ruggedly beautiful scenery, outstanding whitewater boating and a renowned sport fishery for steelhead, brown trout and native rainbow trout. Located in central Oregon, it offers excellent hiking opportunities with spectacular geologic formations and waterfalls. A portion of the designated segment provides expert class 4 to 5 kayaking/rafting during spring runoff.
Fifty million years of geologic history are dramatically displayed on the canyon walls of the Crooked Wild and Scenic River. Volcanic eruptions which occurred over thousands of years created a large basin dramatized by colorful layers of basalt, ash and sedimentary formations. The most significant contributor to the outstandingly remarkable geologic resources are the unique intra-canyon basalt formations created by recurring volcanic and hydrologic activities.
Water from springs flow through the steep basalt canyon section of the Crooked Wild and Scenic River and has created a stream habitat that is extremely stable and diverse and unique in a dry semi-arid climate environment.
The Crooked Wild and Scenic River offers a diversity of year-round recreation opportunities, such as fishing, hiking, backpacking, camping, wildlife and nature observation, whitewater boating, picnicking, swimming, hunting and photography. The Chimney Rock segment is popular for camping, fishing, hiking, bicycling and for viewing eagles, ospreys and other wildlife. The 2.6-mile (round trip) hike to Chimney Rock rewards visitors with expansive views of the Crooked River Canyon and Cascades. The lower section offers a semi-primitive experience due to its remoteness, and a portion of the river is noted for high quality class 4 to 5 whitewater paddling.
The exceptionally scenic qualities along the Crooked River are due to the rugged natural character of the canyons, outstanding scenic vistas, limited visual intrusions and scenic diversity resulting from a variety of geologic formations, vegetation communities and dynamic river characteristics. State Scenic Highway 27, a designated National Back Country Byway, offers views of western juniper decorating the steep hillsides, spectacular geologic formations and eroded lava flows throughout the narrow, winding canyon corridor.
The river supports critical mule deer winter range habitat and nesting/hunting habitat for bald eagles, golden eagles, ospreys and other raptors. Bald eagles are known to winter within the Crooked River segment and along the Deschutes River downriver from the Lower Bridge.
For more information about this remote Oregon wonderland stop on by the BLM Office in Prineville, Oregon, or head on over to: blm.gov/visit
Hope to see you out on the river making your splash!
Oregon's BEST kept secrets: The Crooked River || Vlog 2
We saw BABY EAGLETS!! And we've found one of our favorite camping spots so far, the Crooked River, Oregon. We journeyed out there for an experience of a life time, full of fly fishing, fun, eaglet sightings and of course great campfire tunes! We love this place, highly recommend it to anyone heading to Oregon!
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2016 Crooked River Trials
The trials at the Steel Stampede event.
PLP Travels: Cycling the Crooked River
In this video we take you to what literally may be our favorite place to go cycling and fly fishing in Oregon - the Crooked River. This short stretch of scenic river is amazing with lots of camping for bike touring and bikepacking, great fishing access and views for days. We give you a little tour of the river and tell you what we love about it! If you are looking for a great place for a basecamp style vacation with a bike and rod, this is it.
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Crooked River Canyon Ride
An amazing ride out to Crooked River Canyon in Central Oregon!
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Prineville Reservoir State Park
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Prineville Reservoir offers year round boating, fishing, water sports and camping activities within the Prineville Reservoir State Park. Scenic beauty, camping and water recreation at its finest in the High Desert. Mountain waters flowing out of the Ochoco Mountain Range join to form the Crooked River. The river, confined by its canyon and the Bowman Dam, forms the 15-mile long, 3,000-acre Prineville Reservoir. With two developed campgrounds and numerous camps along its 43-mile shoreline, recreational opportunities are plentiful. The fishing can be good anytime at Prineville Reservoir. Other recreational activities include waterskiing, wakeboarding, windsurfing, paddle boarding, kayaking, hiking, star gazing and wildlife viewing. The water temperature in the summer months can be as high as 80 degrees which is ideal for swimming, water skiing, jet skiing and other water sports.
We made it to Prineville Oregon!
What's up everybody it's the first day of the solar eclipse trip and we had a good time! We made it to Prineville Oregon!
The reason that we traveled to Prineville Oregon is that it's where there was a 100% total solar eclipse of the sun here!
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The most magical SpringsWaterfall somewhere in Crooked River Ranch Oregon.
As you can see here, these waterfalls are more like springs coming out of the canyon and dumping in to Crooked river, there is more waterfall that I found on the way here but not on this video.
Prineville cloaked in smoke
NewsChannel 21's Dani Field is live in Prineville, one of the places in Oregon that saw smoke from Warm Springs wildfire bringing 'unhealthy air quality.
Prineville OR, USA
Prineville OR, USA. Looking from the west.
Crooked River Highway
A rip roaring trip down the Crooked River Highway
Prineville Lake Reservoir 2017.
The Prineville Reservoir is located in the high desert hills of Central Oregon, United States. The reservoir is on the Crooked River located 14 miles southeast of Prineville, OR, and 29 miles east of Bend, Oregon.
Stampede in Downtown Prineville!!!
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Prineville Police Department
Semi truck rollerover caught on police dash cam.