Crooked River National Grassland - Oregon

Tel: (541) 475-9272

Explore the cabins and shelters of Oregon homesteaders and hike and wildlife watch for mountain lions, antelope and the endangered Peregrine Falcon!

The 155,000 acre Crooked River National Grassland was tilled up between 1880 and 1930 after it was mistakenly reported that the land was suitable for dryland farming. The government took on the task of rehabilitating the land, and today, stone shelters, log cabins, tools, and water troughs, once used by homesteaders, can still be found in the area.

Along with the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests, the Crooked River National Grassland encompasses just over 2.5 million acres of Central Oregon, extending about 100 miles along the east side of the Cascade Mountains crest and eastward into the Ochoco Mountains. Visitors will enjoy great hiking, horseback riding, rockhounding, and camping on one of the largest tracks of preserved grassland in the United States, as well as wildlife watching for more than 375 species including deer, elk, antelope, mountain lions, shore birds, upland game birds, and the endangered Peregrine Falcon, that all call Crooked River National Grassland home.

The Crooked River National Grassland is administered by the Ochoco National Forest and has headquarters in