US NorthWest 2017 Travel (4) - John Day Fossible Beds National Monument

Changde Wu    2017-11-22

John Day Fossible Beds National Monument in the iterior of Oregon is a must go place when you tour Oregon. Even you are not interested in fossils, you will be stuned by the landforms and the colorful hills. As a matter of facts, no one can see find a fossil in outside, they are all exibited in the museum. There are tree disconnected units in this monument. We only visited two of them due to limited time.

(1) Sheep Rock Unit

The main unit of John Day Fossible Beds National Monument, featured visitor center and museum, with beautiful scenary in the valley and over the hills, a lot of trails to explore.

P1 The D sign in the top of the hill at Dayvile, in the John Day valley

P2 The canyon viewed from Mascall overlook

P3 The sign at the entrance of the canyon

P4 Columnar joints in the baslat lava at the Picture Gorge

P5 Sheep Rock near the Visitor's Center

P6 Look back at Picture Gorge

P7 Blue Basin

P8 Flood of Fire Trail

P9 A round hill at Flood of Fire Trail

P10 The farm land in John Day valley

P11 John Day Valley

(2) Painted Hill

A unit 40 miles west of the Sheep Rock Unit, a place with amazing scenery.

P12 The sunset on the way to Painted Hill

P13 Painted Hill

P14 Painted Hill and the Valley

P15 The Painted Hill at dusk

P16 The Painted Hill after the sunset

P17 The Painted Hill after the sunset 2

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