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Painted
Canyon
Painted Canyon is a normally dry canyon that
runs south into Carlton Canyon
and lies between the Owyhee Reservoir and Three Fingers. Painted
Canyon is a scenic geological area of the Owyhee Watershed, Malheur
County, Oregon.
The canyon was formed by complex
volcanic and sedimentary activity followed by erosion. The rocks
originated from a volcanic field that was active 14 to 16 million years
ago. Volcanic activity produced lava flows (of rhyolitic
composition), ash flows, and deposits of falling airborne ash. Both
water and wind erosion have cut through
various layers of geological deposits showing off the banded deposits on
some hillsides. For local vegetation see
our local
vegetation database.
There is foot access from Carlton Canyon to the south or foot access
from the extreme northeast of the Painted Canyon drainage. Since
there are no trails, follow the bottom of the ravines. Be careful
to protect the formations, carry out your trash, and follow personal
safety precautions. There is no drinking water.
The land is administered by the Vale District Bureau of Land
Management. No motorized vehicle traffic is allowed. There
are no convenient campsites. It is possible to camp on US Bureau of
Reclamation land on the east side of the reservoir at the mouth of
Carlton Canyon, many miles by foot down hill from Painted Canyon.
Painted
Canyon photo gallery
Links to other information
Scenic attractions
Owyhee River
country
Leslie
Gulch, Oregon, Leslie
Gulch photo gallery
Map
of locations of some of the scenic attractions in the vicinity of
Leslie Gulch and Succor Creek
Succor
Creek State Park, Oregon Succor
Creek photo gallery
Owyhee
Uplands, Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada Owyhee
aerial photo gallery
Owyhee
River, Oregon Lower
Owyhee River photo gallery
Snively
Hot Springs on the Lower Owyhee River photo gallery
Owyhee
Dam, Oregon, photo gallery
Owyhee
Reservoir, Oregon, photo gallery
Carlton
Canyon, Oregon Carlton
Canyon photo gallery
Honeycombs,
Oregon Honeycombs
photo gallery 1, gallery
2
Painted
Canyon, Oregon Painted
Canyon photo gallery
Three
Fingers Rock, Oregon
Three
Fingers Gulch, Oregon photo gallery
Long
Gulch photo gallery
Hole
in the Ground photo gallery
Birch
Creek photo gallery
Jordan
Craters, Oregon photo gallery
Pillars
of Rome, Oregon photo gallery
Antelope
Reservoir photo gallery
Alvord
Desert photo gallery
Twin
Springs to Dry Creek Oregon, photo gallery
Dry
Creek to Crowley photo gallery
Malheur
River country
Malheur
Butte, Oregon, photo gallery
Beulah Reservoir, Oregon
Juntura
Hot Springs, Oregon, photo gallery
Chukar
Park, Oregon, photo gallery
Strawberry
Mountain Wilderness, Oregon Strawberry
Lake and Falls photo gallery
Other areas
nearby
Big
Lookout Mountain, Oregon, photo gallery
Steens
Mountain photo
Eagle
Cap Wilderness, Oregon
Sagehen
Reservoir, Idaho photo gallery
Duck
Lake, Idaho photo gallery
Snowslide
Lake, Idaho, photo gallery
Celebration
Park, Idaho, photo gallery
Givens Hot Springs, Idaho
Bruneau
Dunes State Park, Idaho, photo gallery
Weiser
River Trail, Idaho, photo gallery
MES
Publications, MES
Notice of events, Vegetation,Malheur County, Leslie Gulch,Succor Creek,Owyhee River,Local wildlife,Strawberry
Mountain, Eagle
Caps
For
additional information about the Malheur Agricultural Experiment
Station, please send an e-mail request to:
Dr. Clinton C. Shock
Clinton.Shock@oregonstate.edu
Malheur Agricultural Experiment
Station
595 Onion Avenue
Ontario, OR 97914
(541) 889-2174
FAX (541) 889-7831
Last updated
Wednesday January 27, 2010 .
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