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4860000N To Spencer Horse Ridge Recreation Area Well Rd Ford Rd Ford Rd hikers may use designated roads, as well as A Place Apart d 4283 ft 4860000N R existing routes, or travel cross country. Late Fall Managed by the Prineville District of the Bureau l l y through early Spring is the most popular time e of Land Management, this 40-square-mile S o u t h e period for recreation in the area as soil W l region of lava and juniper, located 20 miles SE of s l M i l l i c a n n a Bend, is bounded by the Deschutes National conditions provide firm footing and less a V Smith v

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Wilderness to the north, Dry River Canyon to opportunities are available nearby in the the northeast and rural residential communities Millican Valley and East Fort Rock trail systems. to the northwest. The long-term goals for the Horse Ridge U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Recreation Area include providing a trail system Legend Natural History Bureau of Land Management with emphasis on a variety of non-motorized C The area includes two distinct landforms: Horse h Trailhead trail uses while improving habitat conditions and i n Ridge, a series of prominent fault-bounded relocating routes outside of the Research a H Scenic Vista

ridges roughly parallel to state Highway 20, and Natural Area. a t the Skeleton Fire area, a generally flat yet rocky E a s t R Information Kiosk d 43.85° N open area located to the northwest. Horse Please help protect Horse Ridge and other F o r t OHV Staging Area Ridge rises to an elevation of approximately

visitors by following these rules and regulations: 43.85° N 5,100 feet and includes an un-grazed, 600-acre R o c k Designated Motorized Road Research Natural Area established in 1967 to • Cross country travel by motor vehicles is OHV Road study western juniper-big sagebrush plant illegal: they are limited to the designated PRINEVILLE DISTRICT A r e a Horse Ridge Recreation Area Non-Motorized Route communities. The adjacent Skeleton Fire area road system. Other Non-Motorized Trail has mature juniper trees, a result of the 1996 • On the trail, hikers yield to equestrians; 3050 NE Third Street, Prineville, OR 97754 fire which burned 17,000 acres and damaged or mountain bikers yield to all other users. OHV Trail Phone: 541-416-6700 d destroyed 30 homes. Today, the effects of this R • Horse Ridge proper is closed to firearm Fences ll fire are visible in the diverse shrubs and native e W discharge unless legally hunting (see map Closed to All Firearm Discharge r grasses that reside in this flat, basaltic expanse. e 4855000N for target shooting closure area). c Closed to Firearm Discharge Unless Legally Hunting n e

The old growth juniper woodland and open • Leave gates as you find them: either open p Horse Ridge Recreation Area S shrub-steppe habitats in this area provide or closed.

important habitat for wildlife, such as elk, mule Respect private property by staying on Oregon Badlands Wilderness 4855000N • 0 0.5 1 2 deer, pronghorn, golden eagles, red-tailed public lands. Administered Lands hawks, bluebirds, flickers and greater sage Bureau of Land Management grouse. Some of the oldest known western Miles juniper trees are found on the slopes of Horse Deschutes National Forest 0 0.5 1 2 3 Ridge. State Kilometers

Know Before You Go Private 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

Motor vehicles are only permitted on signed, 5000 meter Universial Transverse Mercator grid ticks, Zone 10 N, NAD 83 (shown in black)

sources and maybe updated without notification.

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