Entrance towards Mayfield Pond
From Alfalfa Market Road
LATITUDE: N 44°04.290
LONGITUDE: W 121°07.418

Information Board at Mayfield Pond
Has been used as target practice...
LATITUDE: N 44°04.980
LONGITUDE: W 121°07.830

Road around Mayfield Pond

Stone firerings at Mayfield Pond
LATITUDE: N 44°05.050
LONGITUDE: W 121°07.675

Stone firerings

No Firewood Cutting
No Dumping
Regulated Vehicle Use

No Garbage Collection

There is litter everywhere, including target
practice derbis, like TV sets that have been
blasted to pieces, ect...

Law Enforcement

This area is regularly patroled by law enforcement.
Must be a high crime area...
They will run a check on your vehicle license plate
and know everything about you before entering
your campsite.

ADOPT-AN-OPEN-SPACE

Evidence of the volcanic nature of the area

Evidence of the volcanic nature of the area

Powell Butte Highway
Exit to Mayfield Pond Recreation Area

Mayfield Pond Recreation Area Kiosk
From Powell Butte Highway Entrance
LATITUDE: N 44°07.750
LONGITUDE: W 121°09.695

Powell Butte Highway

DIRECTIONS:
From Bend, OR
Hwy.20 East about 2 miles
Powell Butte Road about a mile
Alfalfa Market Road 4 1/2 miles

Rocks in the road towards Mayfield Pond
This is the roughest section and you can avoid
most of it by staying to the left.

Mayfield Pond Recreation Area
(Near Powell Butte Highway)

ROAD CONDITIONS:
Rough and dusty....
Should avoid in bad or wet weather
High clearence vehicles recommended.
Passenger vehicles need to use caution.

Mayfield Pond Recreation Area Map

Mayfield Pond Recreation Area Map Close-Up
Powell Butte Highway entrance to Mayfield Pond

Mayfield Pond Recreation Area Map Close-Up
Alfalfa Market Road entrance to Mayfield Pond

Mayfield Pond can be found on the
Bend Airport USGS quad topo map.

MILAGE CHART
From Hwy.20 and Powell Butte Highway

Airport Alfalfa Powell Butte Prineville Burns

2 Miles xx miles 18 Miles 30 Miles 127 Miles

IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW
WHAT FIRE RESTRICTIONS ARE IN EFFECT
Shovel, axe, and 5 gallons of water may be required
Leather gloves and fire extinguisher recommended.

LINKS:
Growing Up in Central Oregon: Water in the Desert
http://www.chuggnutt.com/2006/06/10/guico_water.html
Wild Birds of Bend
http://www.toynutz.com/birds.html

PHOTOS HERE
Ochoco Lake County Park

Showers at Ochoco Lake County Park
Highway 26 / Milepost 26
Non-Camper Shower $3.50

PHOTOS HERE
Prineville Reservoir Park
LATITUDE: N 44°07.685
LONGITUDE: W 120°43.370

Showers at Prineville Reservoir State Park
$2.00 per person

Bend - Redmond Recreation Area

Powell Butte Highway and Pronghorn Club Road
Viewed from entrance to Mayfield Pond Recreation Area

Pronghorn Club Road

Spur Roads from Pronghorn Club Road

Spur Roads from Pronghorn Club Road

North Unit Irrigation Canal
From Pronghorn Club Drive

Road along North Unit Irrigation Canal

BEND - REDMOND RECREATION AREA
Not exactly sure what kind of recreation???
There are areas and spur roads where
you could camp, but not the greatest
campsites. We saw evidence of old
firerings and pull-outs.

Map of Pronghorn Club Road

Trail towards Badlands Rock

Badlands Rock
LATITUDE: N 43°59.489
LONGITUDE: W 121°01.648

We were kicked out of the Friends of the Oregon Badlands
group by the organizer David Eddleston. We have never
met David Eddleston, but words we would use to describe
him are not appropriate for this page.

Tree covered with shoes on SW Reservoir Road

Tree covered with shoes on SW Reservoir Road

SHOE TREE
LATITUDE: N 44°04.484
LONGITUDE: W 120°56.963
SW Reservoir Road / MP 10
3 1/2 miles past Alfalfa Store
Near Willard Road and Alfalfa Curves
We understand that it is artwork,
but it is also a good way to dispose of
your garbage... like throwing old tires
out in the desert and painting them
different colors, except that the tree
will eventually be cut down.

Reynolds Pond
LATITUDE: N 44°03.540
LONGITUDE: W 121°00.895

Reynolds Pond

Pine Mountain Observatory

PINE MOUNTAIN OBSERVATORY

Millican
We have bought gas here in the past,
now is Millican is becoming a Ghost Town.

Millican Valley OHV
Four Corners Staging Area

MILLICAN VALLEY OHV AREA
LATITUDE: N 44°03.777
LONGITUDE: W 120°54.545

Prineville Reservoir
Viewed from Roberts Bay East #1 Campground

ROBERTS BAY RECREATION AREA
LATITUDE: N 44°06.810
LONGITUDE: W 120°42.020

Crooked River
Viewed from Still Water Campground

LOWER CROOKED RIVER
LATITUDE: N 44°09.755
LONGITUDE: W 120°49.833

Christmas Valley Sand Dunes

CHRISTMAS VALLEY SAND DUNES
LATITUDE: N 43°21.184
LONGITUDE: W 120°23.160
Elevation: 4300'

Green Mountain Lookout

GREEN MOUNTAIN CAMPGROUND
LATITUDE: N 43°23.160
LONGITUDE: W 120°43.370
Elevation: 5160'

Crack In The Ground
Near Christmas Valley, OR

Crack In The Ground

Crack In The Ground
LATITUDE: N 43°19.960
LONGITUDE: W 120°40.275
From the parking area it is about 1/4 mile to
Crack In The Ground. Just as the name implies
there is Crack In The Ground. A trail takes
you inside the Crack In The Ground
Not suitable for persons with closterphobia.
It is modarately difficult with only a couple places
you need to use caution. During winter months
after snowing, it will take longer to melt because
the trail is always in the shade.

Christmas Valley Sand Dunes

Christmas Valley Sand Dunes

CHRISTMAS VALLEY SAND DUNES
LATITUDE: N 43°21.184
LONGITUDE: W 120°23.160
Elevation: 4300'
(GPS from Junipers Camp Information Board)
Christmas Valley Sand Dunes are only a couple
miles from Green Mountain.. There are dispersed
and primitive camping areas.

There are several camp areas near the
Sand Dunes and in the Lost Forest.

Fossil Lake
Normally this is a dry lake, but after heavy rains
there area areas of water. Photo taken at sunset,
just as the sun was disappearing over the horizon.

FOSSIL LAKE
LATITUDE: N 43°19.977
LONGITUDE: W 120°28.780
When we were kids would visit Fossil Lake

Fort Rock north from Silver Lake, OR
You used to be able to camp anywhere at Fort Rock.
There was a road up the middle and almost to the top.
If you walked around the circumference, would be
guaranteed to find an arrowhead.

Grave at Fort Rock Cemetery

FORT ROCK CEMETERY
LATITUDE: N 43°22.245
LONGITUDE: W 121°03.828

Fort Rock Sagebrush Sandals.
In 1938, archaeologist Luther Cressman found
dozens of 9,000 - 10,000 year old sagebrush
sandals in Fort Rock Cave.

Also see: ALDER SPRINGS
Also see: CABIN LAKE
Also see: NEWBERRY CRATER and MONUMENT
Also see: PAISLEY / ROAD#33
Also see: PINE MOUNTAIN OBSERVATORY
Also see: STEENS MOUNTAIN
Also see: THOMPSON RESERVOIR
Also see: WICKIUP RESERVOIR / ROAD#090
Also see: WICKIUP RESERVOIR / ROAD#4260
Also see: WICKIUP RESERVOIR / ROAD#4280
Also see: WICKIUP RESERVOIR / ROAD#4370
Also see: WICKIUP RESERVOIR / ROAD#44

EAST FORT ROCK OHV TRAIL SYSTEM
West from Pine Mountain Observatory.
Camping is permitted at all the trailheads
and staging areas, as well as any existing
dispersed camps.
CAMP II TRAILHEAD
ROAD 25 STAGING AREA
CHINA HAT CAMPGROUND
ROAD 2510 STAGING AREA
SOUTH LAVA TRAILHEAD
SAND SPRINGS

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CAMPGROUND INDEX

CAMPING RECIPES

CAMPING CHECKLISTS

TOURIST PHOTOS

Bend, OR

www.eugenecarsey.com

Camped here March 1, 2010

Free campgrounds and camping
OREGON CAMPGROUND DIRECTORY
MAYFIELD POND RECREATION AREA