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Maury Mountains Agate Beds. The Maury Mountains are a mountain range in Crook County, Oregon. [1] Much of the range is within the Ochoco National Forest. Outstanding features of the range are the Maury Mountains Agate Beds and Antelope Flat Reservoir. [2]
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 ...
A characteristic feature of thundereggs is that (like other agates) the individual beds they come from can vary in appearance, though they can maintain a certain specific identity within them. Thunderegg is not synonymous with either geode or agate. A geode is a simple term for a rock with a hollow in it, often with crystal formation/growth.
The site also has picnic tables, and activities on its beach may include kite flying, agate hunting, birdwatching, and photography. [3] Created in 1969 from land bought from the Lincoln County Development Company, the park is open year-round. About 190,000 people visit the park each year. [2]
The Agate Desert is a prairie located near White City, Oregon, 53 acres (21 ha) [1] of which is protected as the Agate Desert Preserve. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The area is not in fact a desert as its name suggests; it is so named because of the abundance of agate , petrified wood , jasper , and other minerals found there. [ 4 ]
Administration of the park, which includes both federal and state lands, is a cooperative effort of the National Park Service and the states of Oregon and Washington. The National Historical Park was dedicated on November 12, 2004.
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. The Painted Hills are listed as one of the Seven Wonders of Oregon. [1]
The Oregon High Desert Grotto (or OHDG) is an American caving club, known as a Grotto.It is affiliated with the National Speleological Society.. OHDG is involved with caving and conservation efforts in central Oregon and beyond, including the Oregon Caves National Monument, [1] the Lava Beds National Monument in northern California, [2] and caves in western Idaho and southern Washington.