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. Home to multicolored hillsides, towering cliffs and canyons, and numerous fossils-rich areas, it’s an excellent place ...

The main attraction of the John Day Fossil Beds and one of the “7 Wonders of Oregon,” the Painted Hills are truly a spectacular sight. The desert hills, banded with yellow, red and black soil ...

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

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 ...

John Day Fossil Beds provides backup plan when river trip goes awry (photos) Steins Pillar a lot like Smith Rock State Park, but stuck by its lonesome in Ochoco National Forest ...

Over 30 million years ago, iron-rich volcanic ash fell on what's now the Painted Hills landscape of the John Day Fossil Beds. You can take a short, accessible walkway tour of these rust-red hills.

Oregon’s U.S. senators have proposed a new national monument at Sutton Mountain near Central Oregon’s Painted Hills. ... one of three distinct units of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.

A wildfire sparked by lightning last week is moving closer to the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Eastern Oregon. The Jennies Peak Fire has grown rapidly to 36,000 acres and is located ...