Pine Ridge

Pine Ridge: 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 Pine Ridge

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 Pine Ridge — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.42077, -121.06957. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pine Ridge

• Skull Hollow · park · Jefferson · ~3 km · Must-see
• Gray Butte Trail · viewpoint · Jefferson · ~5 km · Must-see
• Smith Rock State Park · sanctuary · Deschutes · ~10 km · Must-see
• Grizzly Mountain · viewpoint · Crook · ~12 km · Must-see
• Haystack Dam · lake · Jefferson · ~14 km · Must-see
• Ochoco State Scenic Viewpoint · park · Crook · ~26 km · Must-see
• Cline Falls · waterfall · Deschutes · ~27 km · Must-see
• A. R. Bowman Memorial Museum · museum · Crook · ~28 km · Must-see
• Barnes Butte · viewpoint · Crook · ~28 km · Must-see
• Crooked River Park · viewpoint · Crook · ~29 km · Must-see
• Redmond-Bend Juniper State Park · cave · Deschutes · ~32 km · Must-see
• Powell Buttes · viewpoint · Crook · ~33 km · Must-see
• Billy Chinook Falls · waterfall · Jefferson · ~35 km · Must-see
• Ericson Aircraft Collection · museum · Jefferson · ~36 km · Must-see
• Petersen Rock Garden · museum · Deschutes · ~36 km · Must-see
• Ochoco Dam · lake · Crook · ~38 km · Must-see
• Pelton Regulating Dam · lake · Jefferson · ~46 km · Must-see
• Camp Polk Meadow Preserve · sanctuary · Deschutes · ~46 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Pine Ridge

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Pine Ridge

• Gray Butte Trail · viewpoint · Jefferson · ~5 km · Must-see
• Grizzly Mountain · viewpoint · Crook · ~12 km · Must-see
• Barnes Butte · viewpoint · Crook · ~28 km · Must-see
• Crooked River Park · viewpoint · Crook · ~29 km · Must-see
• Powell Buttes · viewpoint · Crook · ~33 km · Must-see
• Pilot Butte · viewpoint · Deschutes · ~54 km · Must-see
• Black Butte · viewpoint · Jefferson · ~56 km · Must-see
• Castle Rocks · viewpoint · Jefferson · ~59 km · Must-see
• Ochoco Summit · viewpoint · Crook · ~69 km · Must-see
• Black Crater · viewpoint · Deschutes · ~71 km · Must-see

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