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Lake Owyhee State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The park lies on the north-eastern end of the Owhyee reservoir . Bighorn sheep can be found here.
An artificial lake, it was created in 1932 with the completion of the Owyhee Dam. [5] The lake supplies water for irrigation for 1,800 farms covering 118,000 acres of land in Eastern Oregon and Southwestern Idaho. [6] Seasonal Lake Owyhee State Park is located on the northeast shore and includes a boat ramp. [7] [8]
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The park system saw an estimated 52.2 million day-visits to 180 parks, historic sites and natural areas last year. That was slightly higher than 2022’s total of 52.1 million but short of the ...
The edge of the Owyhees is located about 60 miles southwest of Boise and extends past the Nevada-Oregon state line. Just 5% of that public land, most of which falls under the Bureau of Land ...
News about Owyhee River protection, updates to the Northwest Forest Plan and repairs to a frequently traveled road to Terwilliger Hot Springs.
Owyhee Dam (National ID # OR00582) is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Owyhee River in Eastern Oregon near Adrian, Oregon, United States. Completed in 1932 during the Great Depression , the dam generates electricity and provides irrigation water for several irrigation districts in Oregon and neighboring Idaho .
The trail is approximately 750 miles long, [2] with termini located near Bend, Oregon, and near the Idaho border at Lake Owyhee State Park. [3] [4] The route is on existing trails and across tracts of public land—mostly Bureau of Land Management, much of it wilderness study area.