Cottonwood Canyon State Park Camping
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Overview
A brief introduction to Cottonwood Canyon State Park
Cottonwood Canyon State Park, established in 2013, is the second largest state park in Oregon, encompassing 8,000 acres (3,200 ha) on the lower John Day River. The largest is Silver Falls State Park at 9,064 acres (3,668 ha).
Park headquarters, about a two-hour drive east of Portland, is adjacent to Oregon Route 206 between Wasco and Condon. The river, which here forms the boundary between Sherman County on the west and Gilliam County on the east, meanders for 16 miles (26 km) through the arid park.
The walls of the main canyon reach to 1,920 feet (590 m) above sea level within the park, which also includes four side canyons: Hay Creek, Esau, Rattlesnake, and Cottonwood. These and the main canyon are flanked by grassland, sagebrush shrub-steppe, river bottom, and cliffs composed mainly of basalts of the Columbia River Basalt Group.
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Other nearby parks
Open to camping at other nearby parks? Here are a few other parks you'll find in the vicinity.
- John Day Lock And Dam Lake Umatilla
- Maryhill State Park
- Deschutes River State Recreation Area
- John Day Wild And Scenic River
- Brooks Memorial State Park
- Columbia Hills State Park
- Retreat Center - Brooks Memorial
- Lower Deschutes Wild And Scenic River
- Memaloose State Park
- Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
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