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The Owyhee Canyonlands
The “Grand Canyon of Oregon” — a thousand-foot-deep river canyon system bigger than Yellowstone, and Jordan Valley is its front door.
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A wilderness bigger than Yellowstone, starting at the edge of town
The Owyhee Canyonlands surround Jordan Valley on three sides — over two million acres of river gorges, painted tuff, young lava, and sagebrush sea. Here’s what to do with it, from an easy sunset drive to the deepest backcountry in Oregon.
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Leslie Gulch
Honeycombed towers of golden volcanic tuff and the largest herd of California bighorn sheep in the country — 200-plus animals among the spires.
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Jordan Craters & Coffeepot Crater
A 27-square-mile lava field so young it looks like it cooled last week — walk the rim of Coffeepot Crater 30 minutes from town.
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Pillars of Rome
Hundred-foot walls of white clay rising from the desert like ruined temples — the formations that gave Rome, Oregon its name.
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Three Forks & the Hot Springs
Where three branches of the Owyhee meet in a remote canyon — with warm waterfalls and rock pools that feel like the edge of the known world.
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Dark-Sky Stargazing
The Owyhee is one of the largest pools of natural darkness left in the lower 48 — step outside town and the Milky Way casts shadows.
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Hunting & Fishing
Chukar country without equal, pronghorn and mule deer in the breaks, sage grouse on the flats, and brown trout in the river — the sporting Owyhee.
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Gravel Cycling
Empty ranch roads, lava fields, and canyon rims — the Dirty Freehub “Jordan Valley Tour” put this town on the gravel-riding map.
Make a weekend of it: our
3-day Owyhee itinerary
strings the highlights together from a single basecamp in town.