Cold Spring Canyon

Cold Spring 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 Cold Spring 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 Cold Spring Canyon — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 45.00818, -120.60865. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Cold Spring Canyon

• Criterion Summit · viewpoint · Wasco · ~38 km · Must-see
• Dyer State Wayside · park · Gilliam · ~44 km · Must-see
• White River Falls State Park · waterfall · Wasco · ~58 km · Must-see
• John Day Fossil Beds - Painted Hills Unit · sanctuary · Wheeler · ~61 km · Must-see
• Tittie Butte · viewpoint · Wheeler · ~61 km · Must-see
• Cottonwood Canyon State Park · sanctuary · Gilliam · ~65 km · Must-see
• John Day Fossil Beds National Monument · sanctuary · Wheeler · ~70 km · Must-see
• Warm Springs State Recreation Site · park · Jefferson · ~70 km · Must-see
• Ericson Aircraft Collection · museum · Jefferson · ~71 km · Must-see
• Museum at Warm Springs · museum · Jefferson · ~72 km · Must-see
• Ochoco Summit · viewpoint · Crook · ~74 km · Must-see
• Pine Hollow Dam · lake · Wasco · ~74 km · Must-see
• Pelton Regulating Dam · lake · Jefferson · ~74 km · Must-see
• Brush Canyon · viewpoint · Wasco · ~3 km
• Bath Canyon · viewpoint · Wasco · ~6 km
• Shaniko Historic District · fort · Wasco · ~14 km
• Corral Canyon · viewpoint · Wasco · ~19 km
• Currant Creek Dam · lake · Wasco · ~27 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Cold Spring Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Cold Spring Canyon

• Criterion Summit · viewpoint · Wasco · ~38 km · Must-see
• Tittie Butte · viewpoint · Wheeler · ~61 km · Must-see
• Ochoco Summit · viewpoint · Crook · ~74 km · Must-see
• Grizzly Mountain · viewpoint · Crook · ~86 km · Must-see
• Barnes Butte · viewpoint · Crook · ~97 km · Must-see
• Gray Butte Trail · viewpoint · Jefferson · ~98 km · Must-see
• Lookout Mountain · viewpoint · Hood River · ~101 km · Must-see
• Crooked River Park · viewpoint · Crook · ~103 km · Must-see
• Barlow Ridge · viewpoint · Hood River · ~108 km · Must-see
• Castle Rocks · viewpoint · Jefferson · ~108 km · Must-see

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