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655000E
121.05° W
High Desert Special Recreation Management
To Bend
44.05° N
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660000E 121.00° W
44.05° N 4880000N
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3422 ft
Gosney Rd
Dodds Rd
Not all trails are depicted
on this map. BLM intends
to re-route some trails
where there are conflicts
with wildlife, plants, and
other resources.
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43.95° N
You Are
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To Highway 97
4181 ft
Horse
Ridge
Trailhead
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Cross country travel by motor vehicles is
illegal: they are limited to the designated
road system.
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4860000N
43.85° N
OHV Staging Area
R o c k
Designated Motorized Road
Road
O H V
PRINEVILLE DISTRICT
Horse Ridge Recreation Area Non-Motorized Route
A r e a
Other Non-Motorized Trail
3050 NE Third Street, Prineville, OR 97754
Phone: 541-416-6700
OHV Trail
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Fences
discharge unless legally hunting (see map
for target shooting closure area).
Closed to All Firearm Discharge
Leave gates as you find them: either open
Closed to Firearm Discharge Unless Legally Hunting
Respect private property by staying on
Oregon Badlands Wilderness
or closed.
Horse Ridge Recreation Area
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Administered Lands
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Bureau of Land Management
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State
5000 meter Universial Transverse Mercator grid ticks, Zone 10 N, NAD 83 (shown in black)
Decimal Degrees grid ticks, NAD 83 (shown in red)
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No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness
of these data for individual or aggregate use with other data. Original data were compiled from various
sources and maybe updated without notification.
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Private
Motor vehicles are only permitted on signed,
designated roads. Equestrians, bicyclists and
2
Miles
Deschutes National Forest
650000E
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Information Kiosk
Horse Ridge proper is closed to firearm
121.15° W
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Scenic Vista
Know Before You Go
121.20° W 645000E
Smith
Well
Trailhead
On the trail, hikers yield to equestrians;
mountain bikers yield to all other users.
public lands.
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4283 ft
4855000N
The old growth juniper woodland and open
shrub-steppe habitats in this area provide
important habitat for wildlife, such as elk, mule
deer, pronghorn, golden eagles, red-tailed
hawks, bluebirds, flickers and greater sage
grouse. Some of the oldest known western
juniper trees are found on the slopes of Horse
Ridge.
Please help protect Horse Ridge and other
visitors by following these rules and regulations:
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M i l l i c a n
To Spencer
Well Rd
Ford Rd
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Fo
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China Ha
The area includes two distinct landforms: Horse
Ridge, a series of prominent fault-bounded
ridges roughly parallel to state Highway 20, and
the Skeleton Fire area, a generally flat yet rocky
open area located to the northwest. Horse
Ridge rises to an elevation of approximately
5,100 feet and includes an un-grazed, 600-acre
Research Natural Area established in 1967 to
study western juniper-big sagebrush plant
communities. The adjacent Skeleton Fire area
has mature juniper trees, a result of the 1996
fire which burned 17,000 acres and damaged or
destroyed 30 homes. Today, the effects of this
fire are visible in the diverse shrubs and native
grasses that reside in this flat, basaltic expanse.
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Spencer
Natural History
hikers may use designated roads, as well as
existing routes, or travel cross country. Late Fall
through early Spring is the most popular time
period for recreation in the area as soil
conditions provide firm footing and less
resource damage. Motorized riding
opportunities are available nearby in the
Millican Valley and East Fort Rock trail systems.
The long-term goals for the Horse Ridge
Recreation Area include providing a trail system
with emphasis on a variety of non-motorized
trail uses while improving habitat conditions and
relocating routes outside of the Research
Natural Area.
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High Desert Special Recreation Management Area
Managed by the Prineville District of the Bureau
of Land Management, this 40-square-mile
region of lava and juniper, located 20 miles SE of
Bend, is bounded by the Deschutes National
Forest on the south, the Oregon Badlands
Wilderness to the north, Dry River Canyon to
the northeast and rural residential communities
to the northwest.
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