Highway 26 from Madras to Fossil Beds info ?
We will be pulling a 32 ft. travel trailer with a 3/4 ton Suburban from Burbank Washington to Madras or Redmond Oregon to see the John Day Fossil Beds .. We have looked at the rv parks/campgrounds...
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Camping around the Nat Mon.
On the Fossil Beds website there is a good map of the area, with info of available camping.
When we visited the area several years ago we camped at Cove Palisades State Park west of Madras. That's a popular park on a reservoir with an SW canyon flavor. But access roads do involve a grade.
Then I took minor roads east, and made a brief stop at the Clarno Unit on OR216. We spent that night a minor county park SE of Fossil, #3 on the map. On some maps that may still be marked as a state park or wayside. I left the area on 207 north to Hempner.
I like to use a map atlas like DeLourme or Benchmark when traveling in areas like this. They give a lot more information on the terrain than single sheet maps or GPS units.
On the Fossil Beds website there is a good map of the area, with info of available camping.
When we visited the area several years ago we camped at Cove Palisades State Park west of Madras. That's a popular park on a reservoir with an SW canyon flavor. But access roads do involve a grade.
Then I took minor roads east, and made a brief stop at the Clarno Unit on OR216. We spent that night a minor county park SE of Fossil, #3 on the map. On some maps that may still be marked as a state park or wayside. I left the area on 207 north to Hempner.
I like to use a map atlas like DeLourme or Benchmark when traveling in areas like this. They give a lot more information on the terrain than single sheet maps or GPS units.
