The Best in Tent Camping, Oregon
A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate Rvs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos
Pyle, Jeanne L.
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BOOK SUMMARY
Offering essential details on facilities, reservations, fees, and more as well as accurate, easy-to-read maps, The Best in Tent Camping: Oregon guides campers to the 50 best sites in the state.
BOOK SYNOPSIS
The Pacific Northwest is a prized destination for outdoor adventurers. In a region of awesome beauty and diversity, The Best in Tent Camping: Oregon guides readers to the very best campsites in the state, away from concrete slabs and convoys of RVs. From the rocky coastlines in the western part of the state to the sagebrush deserts of the east, Oregon has hundreds of campgrounds, but only the quietest, most beautiful and secure sites were selected for this guide. Whether campers prefer the lush vegetation of Cape Blanco State Park, the unparalleled views from Marys Peak, or the rugged wildwater backcountry of Beavertail Campground, The Best in Tent Camping: Oregon pinpoints attractions and outdoor recreation near each campground.
AUTHOR BIO
Jeanne Louise Pyle is a transplanted Marylander who has lived in the Pacific Northwest for nearly 30 years. She has worked exclusively in the book and magazine publishing industries, wearing many hats--from publisher to sales rep to author. Her love of the outdoors led to authoring the first edition of The Best in Tent Camping series 10 years ago, and she is proud that this unique guide continues to lead campers to new and interesting discoveries in Washington and Oregon. She currently resides in Bellingham, Washington, conveniently equidistant between her two favorite cities--Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia.
BOOK EXCERPTS
One look at the southeastern expanse of Oregon, roughly 60 miles south of Burns, and you know you're in a place where country-western music is as common as cornbread. Mile after dusty mile, scraggly sagebrush, twisted juniper, and jagged rimrock share a landscape punctuated only by the hulk of mile-high Steens Mountain. This is the highest fault-block mountain in the nation and a snowcapped beacon for all of southeast Oregon.
The region was once the turf of the largest cattle ranch in the United States. Pete French arrived in the Donner und Blitzen River valley in 1872 with 120 head of cattle and built an empire that totaled 45,000 cattle and 200,000 acres. Cattle operations still exist in parts of the Steens Mountain area today. But with all the natural wonders to behold, outdoor recreation and tourism are gradually replacing the traditional sources of income.
Page Springs Campground sits invitingly in the midst of this spectrum. Maintained by the Bureau of Land Management out of its Burns district office, Page Springs is one of three public campgrounds that the Bureau provides for visitors. I prefer it because it is more centrally located to interesting day trips that await in just about any direction you choose to go. It is also the only one of the three campgrounds that is open year-round.
Once you've settled in among the sagebrush and aspens, your first activity of choice may be the 1.8-mile walk that follows the meandering Donner und Blitzen through tall stands of surprisingly lush grasses and other vegetation. This short path is part of a longer route known as the Desert Trail that will-if the efforts of the national Desert Trail Association are successful-provide access to some of the most beautiful arid sections of North America between Canada and Mexico. Oregon's contribution to the trail network is 77 miles.
BOOK REVIEWS
"This is a great resource for families looking for scenic, secluded locations where they can easily take the kids, or for those folks who don't have the time or the inclination for a full-scale backpacking trip."
--Backpacker Magazine
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0897325702
ISBN(13-digit): 9780897325707
Copyright: 2004
Dewey Decimal: 796.54/09795
Library of Congress: 2004040339
Book Publisher: Pgw
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 178
Paper Weight (lb): 0.70 lb
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