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121.15° W
121.10° W
650000E
121.05° W
655000E
High Desert Special Recreation Management
To Bend
44.05° N
H o r s e
R i d g e
660000E 121.00° W
44.05° N 4880000N
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R e c r e a t i o n
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To Alfalfa
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Gosney 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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4875000N
3505 ft
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Gosney Rd
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Flatiron Rock
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Boyd
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43.95° N
To Highway 97
65
21
Horse
Ridge
Trailhead
4865000N
43.95° N
Skeleton
Cave
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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.
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Cross country travel by motor vehicles is
illegal: they are limited to the designated
road system.
O H V
A r e a
W
4860000N
Smith
Well
E a s t
F o r t
Scenic Vistas
Information Kiosk
OHV Staging Area
Designated Motorized Roads
R o c k
Horse Ridge Recreation Area Non-Motorized Routes
O H V
PRINEVILLE DISTRICT
Other Non-Motorized Trails
A r e a
20
Highways
3050 NE Third Street, Prineville, OR 97754
Phone: 541-416-6700
Roads
OHV Trails
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 All Firearm Discharge Unless Legally Hunting
or closed.
Horse Ridge Recreation Area
Respect private property by staying on
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2
Oregon Badlands Wilderness
Administered Lands
0
Bureau of Land Management
Deschutes National Forest
2
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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Decimal Degrees grid ticks, NAD 83 (shown in red)
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Motor vehicles are only permitted on signed,
designated roads. Equestrians, bicyclists and
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Kilometers
State of Oregon
650000E
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Trailheads
Horse Ridge proper is closed to firearm
121.15° W
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Legend
Know Before You Go
121.20° W 645000E
4283 ft
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On the trail, hikers yield to equestrians;
mountain bikers yield to all other users.
public lands.
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43.85° N
Please help protect Horse Ridge and other
visitors by following these rules and regulations:
Ford Rd
S o u t h
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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.
Fo
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To Spencer
Well Rd
4855000N
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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