Lake Albert, Oregon?

[nina_70]

We're driving from Reno to Burns on Monday and I'm looking for an interesting half-way spot to stop along 395. Noticed Albert Lake and managed to find some vague info on dispersed camping, but nothing firm. No answer on the BLM office.

Anyone been there? How is access?

[Tin-bender]

dave54 wrote:
Now that this thread has run its course, a little history refresher.

Lake Abert (not ALbert. There is no L in the name) was named by explorer John Fremont for Col Abert, head of the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers that commissioned Fremont's expedition.

Fremont's journal is a free e-book for Kindle and you can read his account of the expedition. Read with a map handy and you can follow along. You may already visited or camped in places described in 1843.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, for posting the clarification of the name, the misspelling/misnameing was making my teeth hurt 🙂

Great reading, all and any of Fremont's journals and histories.
Tinbender

[nina_70]

dave54 wrote:
Now that this thread has run its course, a little history refresher.

Lake Abert (not ALbert. There is no L in the name) was named by explorer John Fremont for Col Abert, head of the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers that commissioned Fremont's expedition.

Fremont's journal is a free e-book for Kindle and you can read his account of the expedition. Read with a map handy and you can follow along. You may already visited or camped in places described in 1843.

Neat! I love reading history from the places we visit. Cheers for the name correction. With my dyslexia I often "create" or miss letters from names. Now, I know it's Abert.

[dave54]

garyhaupt wrote:

dave54 wrote:
Now that this thread has run its course, a little history refresher.

Fremont's journal is a free e-book for Kindle and you can read his account of the expedition. Read with a map handy and you can follow along. You may already visited or camped in places described in 1843.

Oh Ho..now that is a find! Thanks for the tip for Kindle.


Gary Haupt

Closer to home, you can also get the journals of Alexander Mackenzie and Simon Fraser on kindle.

[garyhaupt]

dave54 wrote:
Now that this thread has run its course, a little history refresher.

Fremont's journal is a free e-book for Kindle and you can read his account of the expedition. Read with a map handy and you can follow along. You may already visited or camped in places described in 1843.

Oh Ho..now that is a find! Thanks for the tip for Kindle.


Gary Haupt

[dave54]

Now that this thread has run its course, a little history refresher.

Lake Abert (not ALbert. There is no L in the name) was named by explorer John Fremont for Col Abert, head of the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers that commissioned Fremont's expedition.

Fremont's journal is a free e-book for Kindle and you can read his account of the expedition. Read with a map handy and you can follow along. You may already visited or camped in places described in 1843.

[nina_70]

So, wanted to give you all an update on what we ended up doing. Hubby got distracted by a "golf" sign at Likely so that's where we stayed LOL. However I've got a few pointers for others coming north on 395 this way:

- Goose Lake is DRY...at least looked almost completely dry as we passed. Very sad.

- Lake Albert is stark & remote like everyone said, but there are a few large turn-outs on the southern side of the lake which could easily accommodate a few rigs. Even though the lake is low the Albert Rim is pretty darn amazing. It's one of highest fault scarps in the United States and quite impressive to see.

- Highway Well Rest Stop is around half-way between Lakeview & Burns and not a bad spot to stop if needed. I believe OR has 12-hour rule in their rest stops, but I can't see anyone being bothered here for a night.

[nina_70]

Cheers everyone for the ideas! We've got a few potential stops now so we'll just see how far we make it tomorrow before we want to rest. Thanks again!

[lasttruck]

Born in Burns (USAF brat, dad stationed at the radar site). Nope, not much there, but a good stopping and stocking point when passing through the area.

[garyhaupt]

Would you consider Highway 95, heading north from Winnemucca straight to Bend. The BLM cg at Frenchglen is nice. Also I can give you a good hot springs location just west of Denieo by about 10 miles. (desert location..just park) I love the drive.


Gary Haupt

[rware]

Goose Lake State Park is nice. There is also BLM camping at Chickahominy Reservoir a little north of Goose Lake off of highway 20.


Chickahominy Reservoir

[Earl_E]

I think you are on the right track. Lake Albert would be OK to just park and sleep but it is a barren, alkaline lake with zero appeal. Goose Lake is much nicer.

Re Burns: We are former long time OR residents (like 60 years). When I was looking for jobs fresh out of graduate school there was a possibility of one in Burns. My new wife said she would follow me to anywhere in the US--but not to Burns!!! Go figure... If you've been there you will make your own decisions about the town in the middle of Oregon and at least a 100 miles to more than a grocery store. At least that was true 50 years ago. LOL.

[nina_70]

Cheers folks. Albert Lake might not be as interesting as I thought. We'll probably check out Goose Lake State Park.

Interesting observation on Burns. Never knew that little piece of trivia.

[hugemoth]

There are no fish in Abert lake and swimming would probably kill you as your skin dissolved so not many people camp there. We sometimes camp at Alkali Lake State Airport a few miles north. It's a large gravel WWII emergency strip that is almost never used.

[dtappy3353]

according to Goose Lake's website....they are open beginning April 15th.