May Canyon

May 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 May 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 May Canyon — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 45.03068, -120.65976. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near May Canyon

• Criterion Summit · viewpoint · Wasco · ~33 km · Must-see
• Dyer State Wayside · park · Gilliam · ~48 km · Must-see
• White River Falls State Park · waterfall · Wasco · ~52 km · Must-see
• Cottonwood Canyon State Park · sanctuary · Gilliam · ~64 km · Must-see
• John Day Fossil Beds - Painted Hills Unit · sanctuary · Wheeler · ~66 km · Must-see
• Tittie Butte · viewpoint · Wheeler · ~67 km · Must-see
• Warm Springs State Recreation Site · park · Jefferson · ~68 km · Must-see
• Pine Hollow Dam · lake · Wasco · ~68 km · Must-see
• Museum at Warm Springs · museum · Jefferson · ~69 km · Must-see
• Ericson Aircraft Collection · museum · Jefferson · ~70 km · Must-see
• Pelton Regulating Dam · lake · Jefferson · ~72 km · Must-see
• Brush Canyon · viewpoint · Wasco · ~5 km
• Shaniko Historic District · fort · Wasco · ~10 km
• Bath Canyon · viewpoint · Wasco · ~11 km
• Corral Canyon · viewpoint · Wasco · ~24 km
• Currant Creek Dam · lake · Wasco · ~32 km
• Borstel Pond · lake · Sherman · ~32 km
• Spring Basin Wilderness · sanctuary · Wheeler · ~35 km

See everything within a day’s drive of May Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near May Canyon

• Criterion Summit · viewpoint · Wasco · ~33 km · Must-see
• Tittie Butte · viewpoint · Wheeler · ~67 km · Must-see
• Ochoco Summit · viewpoint · Crook · ~78 km · Must-see
• Grizzly Mountain · viewpoint · Crook · ~87 km · Must-see
• Lookout Mountain · viewpoint · Hood River · ~95 km · Must-see
• Gray Butte Trail · viewpoint · Jefferson · ~98 km · Must-see
• Barnes Butte · viewpoint · Crook · ~99 km · Must-see
• Barlow Ridge · viewpoint · Hood River · ~102 km · Must-see
• Crooked River Park · viewpoint · Crook · ~105 km · Must-see
• Castle Rocks · viewpoint · Jefferson · ~106 km · Must-see

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