Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge

Nice scenery from this 4x4 trail in the refuge. We saw only 2 other people over the two days we spent here, and they were employees counting mule deer. November seems to be a good time to go, as long as you don't mind camping in sub freezing temperatures.

The Warner Lakes are a unique system resulting from geology and weather patterns occurring over the millennia. The lakes are a closed system, periodically filling with water and gradually drying by evaporation. In high water years, hundreds of miles of channels link the lakes. The "lunate" or crescent-shaped dunes at the north end of each lake were created by the prevailing winds from the south dropping material on the leeward side of each water body. The lake levels fluctuate today on approximately a ten-year wet/dry cycle.

There are hot springs in the valley below. Years ago, an old rancher dynamited a hole in the granite and exposed a nice spot to dip in.

Little is known about the people who painted red spirals and animalistic figures on Oregon’s desert cliffs thousands of years ago. Because modern Oregon tribes have no similar painting traditions or legends, the petroglyphs may well be the work of a different people—a mysterious, earlier culture that hoped to communicate with the spirit world through symbolic messages at sacred sites. One of those sacred places must have been this small lake on the vast desert plateau atop Poker Jim Ridge. In what is now the Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, nearly 100 drawings decorate the black basalt ledge ringing Petroglyph Lake’s western shore.

http://www.oregonhiking.com/oregon-adventures/100-hikes-in-eastern-oregon/high-desert-hikes/petroglyph-lake-hike

Bezoek Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge

Populaire plekken om te bezoeken

Crump Lake

Word tijdens je vakantie in Plush één met de natuur en ontdek het prachtige buitenleven in Crump Lake. Verken de parken met een wandeling wanneer je in de omgeving bent.

Oregon Sunstone Public Collection Area

Wat is er nu beter dan op vakantie lekker genieten van de buitenlucht? Ontdek tijdens je verblijf in Plush de mooie natuur van Oregon Sunstone Public Collection Area.

Beste hotelaanbiedingen in Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge

Controleer de beschikbaarheid van hotels in de buurt van Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge

The Kjar House. A one bedroom family retreat in the Oregon outback.

Plush OR

Best Western Skyline Motor Lodge

414 N G Street Lakeview OR

Oregon Trail Inn and Suites

727 S F St Lakeview OR

Executive Inn & Suites

411 North F Street Lakeview OR

Interstate 8 Motel

354 North K Street Lakeview OR

Lakeview Lodge Motel

301 N G St Lakeview OR

Hunters Hot Springs Resort

18088 N. Rt. 395 Lakeview OR

Single Story Home in a quiet neighborhood

Lakeview OR

Cute home walking distance to hospital and hiking trails