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Quartzville Backcountry Byway Is Getting There T Back Countrybyway Recreation Corridorand Welcome Tothequartzville Jefferson Illustrations by Nick Teague Nick by Illustrations diapers, or plastics. plastics. or diapers, (541) 967-3917 (541) out items such as glass, cans, cans, glass, as such items out Albany, OR 97321 OR Albany, fire rings clean by leaving leaving by clean rings fire 3010 Ferry S.W. S.W. Ferry 3010 restrictions. Help keep keep Help restrictions. Linn County Parks Department Parks County Linn and obeying fire fire obeying and fires before you leave, leave, you before fires infestation and disease. and infestation unattended, extinguishing extinguishing unattended, trees exposes them to insect insect to them exposes trees (541) 367-5127 (541) of wildfire by not leaving fires fires leaving not by wildfire of sticks. Remember––scarring Remember––scarring sticks. Foster, OR 97345 OR Foster, Campfires: Reduce chances chances Reduce Campfires: your own stakes and roasting roasting and stakes own your P.O. Box 706 Box P.O. things from trees and bring bring and trees from things Mid-Willamette Valley Projects Valley Mid-Willamette Campfires . Campfires ropes instead of nails to hang hang to nails of instead ropes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of Corps Army U.S. prohibited. Please use removable removable use Please prohibited. have a great visit! great a have or standing dead trees is is trees dead standing or (541) 367-5168 (541) Cutting or carving live vegetation vegetation live carving or Cutting Thanks for your help and and help your for Thanks Sweet Home, OR 97386 OR Home, Sweet 3225 Hwy. 20 Hwy. 3225 corridor. corridor. Home, so plan ahead. ahead. plan so Home, Sweet Home Ranger District Ranger Home Sweet dead wood for use while camping in the the in camping while use for wood dead and quiet. and at facilities which provide such services. The closest RV dump station is in Sweet Sweet in is station dump RV closest The services. such provide which facilities at U.S. Forest Service Forest U.S. Protect Vegetation: Protect You can collect downed downed collect can You RV Dumping: RV and wildlife. Your neighbors are here to enjoy nature’s peace peace nature’s enjoy to here are neighbors Your wildlife. and Draining gray water or septic tanks is strictly prohibited except except prohibited strictly is tanks septic or water gray Draining Pets: Pets: Keep pets quiet and leashed to avoid disturbing people people disturbing avoid to leashed and quiet pets Keep (503) 854-3366 (503) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Engineers. of Corps Army U.S. Byway Mill City, OR 97360 OR City, Mill information contact, the BLM, USFS, or the the or USFS, BLM, the contact, information HC 73 Box 320 Box 73 HC agencies have a 14-day stay limit. For more more For limit. stay 14-day a have agencies and Back Country Country Back and Detroit Ranger District Ranger Detroit Stay Limit: Stay All of the federal land management management land federal the of All U.S. Forest Service Forest U.S. Recreation Corridor Corridor Recreation and storing your valuables out of view. view. of out valuables your storing and either blocked or signed as no camping. camping. no as signed or blocked either Quartzville personal property safer by locking your vehicle vehicle your locking by safer property personal where undeveloped camping is not allowed are are allowed not is camping undeveloped where narrow shoulders or blind corners. Keep your your Keep corners. blind or shoulders narrow lands in several areas within the corridor. Areas Areas corridor. the within areas several in lands least 100 feet from any water source. water any from feet 100 least Parking and Valuables: Valuables: and Parking Avoid parking on on parking Avoid outside developed recreation sites on public public on sites recreation developed outside dishes or clothing must also be done at at done be also must clothing or dishes Undeveloped Camping: Undeveloped Camping is allowed allowed is Camping diapers. Bathing with soap and washing washing and soap with Bathing diapers. cover it with soil. Bury or pack out all toilet paper and pack out out pack and paper toilet all out pack or Bury soil. with it cover (503) 375-5646 (503) Camping . Camping bury human waste at least 100 feet from any water source, in a hole 6 inches deep and and deep inches 6 hole a in source, water any from feet 100 least at waste human bury Salem, OR 97306 OR Salem, federal lands. lands. federal the best way to reduce health hazards and potential water pollution. Otherwise, please please Otherwise, pollution. water potential and hazards health reduce to way best the 1717 Fabry Road SE Road Fabry 1717 of fireworks is prohibited on on prohibited is fireworks of Human Waste and Washing: Washing: and Waste Human Bringing your own self-contained portable toilet unit is is unit toilet portable self-contained own your Bringing Salem District Salem 1/2 mile from the byway. Use Use byway. the from mile 1/2 Bureau of Land Management Land of Bureau below: rifles), find an area at least least at area an find rifles), and enjoyable place for everyone by following the guidelines listed listed guidelines the following by everyone for place enjoyable and to target practice (including air air (including practice target to Please do your part to keep the Quartzville Recreation Corridor a safe safe a Corridor Recreation Quartzville the keep to part your do Please leaving it cleaner than you found it. it. found you than cleaner it leaving for those around you. If you plan plan you If you. around those for Help keep the corridor beautiful by by beautiful corridor the keep Help corridor creates safety concerns concerns safety creates corridor or! Corrid Recreation Quartzville property and garbage when leaving. leaving. when garbage and property both firearms and fireworks in the the in fireworks and firearms both Pack it Out: Pack out your personal personal your out Pack Out: it Pack Firearms/Fireworks: The use of of use The Firearms/Fireworks: You can make a difference in the the in difference a make can You For More Information Contact: Information More For Pack It Out . Out It Pack Be a Good Neighbor Good a Be . BLM FS Welcome to the Quartzville Know Before You Go... Recreation Activities Quartzville Mining History Recreation Corridor and The Quartzville Corridor offers more than a back country scenic drive. You may want to allow time to Jeremiah Driggs established the first legal enjoy some of the great recreation opportunities the corridor provides. More information is available claim in the Quartzville area on September Back Country Byway on the map or at the offices listed. 5, 1863. The Union and Santiam Companies Driving Conditions - Please Drive Carefully he Quartzville Back Country Byway were established and a tent city along with Both Tleads you past the emerald depths of The road is paved and varies from two lanes to one lane with turnouts. Most of the road is Camping/Picnicking: Huckleberry Picking: Huckleberries a few wooden structures sprang to life. Green Peter Reservoir and along the clear, narrow and winding with two-way traffic. developed and undeveloped camping can be found in several places along Quartzville was named after the quartz rock cool waters of Quartzville Creek National Wild and picnicking opportunities are the Quartzville Byway. formations found with the gold in the mines. available in the corridor. and Scenic River. Discover a landscape of Within four years, more than 500 mining old-growth and maturing forests, accented Watch Out For: claims were established and over a thousand by rock outcroppings, wildflowers, and vivid Recreational Mining: Recreational people lived in Quartzville. The main access Cool off in one of the colors during the fall. Enjoy panoramic views • Truck traffic, fallen rocks, or wildlife on the road. Swimming: mining and rock hounding are allowed to Quartzville was from Gatesville (now the of Cascade Range peaks including Mount many swimming holes on Quartzville along Quartzville Creek between City of Gates), because the trip from Lebanon Jefferson. • Non-motorized uses such as bicycles and pedestrians. Creek or in Green Peter Reservoir. Rocky Top Bridge and Galena Creek. and Sweet Home was more difficult. By 1870, Recreational mining guidelines are the inefficiency of the mills made large scale • Slippery road conditions during wet or icy weather. available from the BLM, Salem District mining in the Quartzville area unprofitable and Fishing: Fish for trout in Quartzville Office. the town was abandoned. Creek or trout and bass in Green • Road closures during the winter and early spring due to snow. Check local conditions before starting your trip. Peter Reservoir. Be sure to carry your In 1888, the Lawler and Medina companies fishing license and comply with state resumed mining and two new towns (Anadiem fishing regulations. and Bryant) were built. George Whitcomb started a post office and pack train to shuttle Plan Ahead: supplies to the miners, but by 1892 the towns Hiking: Explore one of the many trails were again abandoned. zville By near the byway that offer a variety of art w ay Services: The closest full-service communities with food, gas, lodging Qu forest settings and scenic views. Be al and supplies are Detroit, Sisters, or Sweet Home. Today the old Quartzville townsite is located on 22 sure you have a Trail Park Pass where private land and has been reclaimed by nature. required (see hiking opportunities). The Quartzville Recreational Mining Corridor Albany 20 (see map) still offers opportunities to pan for s Seasonal Driving Conditions: Boating: Green Peter Reservoir gold, much like the old-timers did. offers a variety of watercraft oppor- Fall: Vivid fall colors accent the route.
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