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  2. John Day Fossil Beds National Monument - Wikipedia

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    John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. national monument in Wheeler and Grant counties in east-central Oregon.Located within the John Day River basin and managed by the National Park Service, the park is known for its well-preserved layers of fossil plants and mammals that lived in the region between the late Eocene, about 45 million years ago, and the late Miocene, about 5 million ...

  3. James Cant Ranch Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Cant Ranch is located within the boundaries of the Sheep Rock Unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. Highway 19 runs through the ranch property on the west side of the John Day River. The ranch complex is located on the east side of the roadway. The Thomas Condon Visitor Center is located across the highway from the ranch ...

  4. John Day Formation - Wikipedia

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    The John Day Formation is a series of rock strata exposed in the Picture Gorge district of the John Day River basin and elsewhere in north-central Oregon in the United States. The Picture Gorge exposure lies east of the Blue Mountain uplift, which cuts southwest–northeast through the Horse Heaven mining district northeast of Madras .

  5. Painted Hills - Wikipedia

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    The Painted Hills is a geologic site in Wheeler County, Oregon that is one of the three units of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument along with Sheep Rock and Clarno. It totals 3,132 acres (12.67 km 2) and is located 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Mitchell, Oregon.

  6. Category:John Day Fossil Beds National Monument - Wikipedia

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    John Day Fossil Beds National Monument — located in Grant County and Wheeler County, Oregon. Pages in category "John Day Fossil Beds National Monument" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.

  7. John Day Highway - Wikipedia

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    At Spray, it splits from OR 207 and goes southward. The highway passes the community of Kimberly, through the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, and meets up with U.S. 26. The highway then follows US 26 eastward, through the communities of Dayville, Mount Vernon, Prairie City, Unity, Ironside, and Jamieson. The John Day Highway ends at Vale.

  8. John Day River - Wikipedia

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    The John Day River passing by Sheep Rock in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. The John Day River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 284 miles (457 km) long, in northeastern Oregon in the United States. It is known as the Mah-Hah River by the Cayuse people. Undammed along its entire length, the river is the fourth ...

  9. John Day River (northwestern Oregon) - Wikipedia

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    The John Day River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 6 miles (10 km) long, in northwestern Oregon in the United States. The river rises in the Northern Oregon Coast Range in Clatsop County [ 4 ] at 46°08′20″N 123°42′17″W  /  46.138889°N 123.704722°W  / 46.138889; -123.704722  ( John Day River