Chain Canyon

Chain Canyon: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Chain Canyon

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Chain Canyon — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.89429, -120.88588. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Chain Canyon

• Criterion Summit · viewpoint · Wasco · ~16 km · Must-see
• Warm Springs State Recreation Site · park · Jefferson · ~39 km · Must-see
• Museum at Warm Springs · museum · Jefferson · ~40 km · Must-see
• Ericson Aircraft Collection · museum · Jefferson · ~41 km · Must-see
• Pelton Regulating Dam · lake · Jefferson · ~43 km · Must-see
• White River Falls State Park · waterfall · Wasco · ~52 km · Must-see
• Haystack Dam · lake · Jefferson · ~61 km · Must-see
• Pine Hollow Dam · lake · Wasco · ~63 km · Must-see
• Grizzly Mountain · viewpoint · Crook · ~64 km · Must-see
• Billy Chinook Falls · waterfall · Jefferson · ~66 km · Must-see
• John Day Fossil Beds - Painted Hills Unit · sanctuary · Wheeler · ~70 km · Must-see
• Skull Hollow · park · Jefferson · ~71 km · Must-see
• Gray Butte Trail · viewpoint · Jefferson · ~72 km · Must-see
• Ochoco Summit · viewpoint · Crook · ~74 km · Must-see
• Shaniko Historic District · fort · Wasco · ~20 km
• Brush Canyon · viewpoint · Wasco · ~29 km
• Bath Canyon · viewpoint · Wasco · ~35 km
• Currant Creek Dam · lake · Wasco · ~37 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Chain Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Chain Canyon

• Criterion Summit · viewpoint · Wasco · ~16 km · Must-see
• Grizzly Mountain · viewpoint · Crook · ~64 km · Must-see
• Gray Butte Trail · viewpoint · Jefferson · ~72 km · Must-see
• Ochoco Summit · viewpoint · Crook · ~74 km · Must-see
• Castle Rocks · viewpoint · Jefferson · ~77 km · Must-see
• Barnes Butte · viewpoint · Crook · ~79 km · Must-see
• Tittie Butte · viewpoint · Wheeler · ~82 km · Must-see
• Crooked River Park · viewpoint · Crook · ~84 km · Must-see
• Lookout Mountain · viewpoint · Hood River · ~88 km · Must-see
• Barlow Ridge · viewpoint · Hood River · ~91 km · Must-see

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