Nestled in Wheeler County, Oregon, Painted Hills is a breathtaking geological treasure within the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. Covering over 3,100 acres, this area is famous for its rainbow ...

Painted Hills, one of the three units of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, is located in Wheeler County, about 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Mitchell, Oregon. Spanning 3,132 acres (12.67 km²) ...

There are various hikes people can explore at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument and a total of five trails at the Painted Hills unit. Trails include: Carroll Rim Trail - 1.6 miles round-trip ...

Nothing quite compares to Oregon’s John Day Fossil Beds National Monument ... and certainly the most famous, the Painted Hills unit is one of the “Seven Wonders of Oregon.” ...

Celebrate 50 years of John Day Fossil Beds in Eastern Oregon Friday and Saturday with special events including a reunion ...

The John Day Fossil Beds are like nothing else. No other place in Oregon, and few other places in the world, can match this otherworldly landscape, where the soil comes in bands of color and is ...

Oregon’s Painted Hills are one of three different units at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument and feature an array of different colors layered against miles of hillsides. Advertisement ...

Tucked away on meandering highways in Central Oregon, the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is a ... historic ranch. Painted Hills Unit: Bear Creek Road (off Route 26), Mitchell, Ore.

Travel Oregon helped cement that position ... The approach road is paved, but the road into the Painted Hills Unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is gravel (but a very smooth ...

A wildfire sparked by lightning last week is moving closer to the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument ... about 8 miles north of the monument's famous Painted Hills along the John Day River.

which has seen economic benefits from Painted Hills tourism and visiting cyclists. Oregon has four national monuments: the John Day Fossil Beds, Oregon Caves, Newberry National Volcanic Monument ...