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Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint, Bend, OR

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Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint

Canyon-rim lookout over tall basalt cliffs and the Crooked River gorge, open for day use all year.

Bend, OR

About Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint

This Oregon State Parks wayside sits on a high rim above a river canyon, where dark volcanic rock walls drop toward the water. Visitors come for the views and photography. The site is near Bend and straddles the boundary between Deschutes and Jefferson counties. Because of cliff edges, the park asks people to keep pets leashed and to take care near the drop-offs. The land was gathered by the state in the late 1920s, partly from a railway company and partly from federal and state holdings, and the wayside honors Peter Skene Ogden, a fur trader and explorer of the Snake River country.

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