Page Springs Campground

When we left Virgin Valley Campground, we back tracked on SR-140 to Denio Junction, and then continued north into Oregon on SR-205.

When we skirted Red Point (part of the Pueblo Mountains), we could see the eastern side of Steens Mountain...the first time we've seen it from the east. The higher elevations were covered in snow.

We stopped at the entrance to the South Loop Road to have lunch (we traveled the entire Loop Road through Steens Mountain last year...you can read about it at http://hometown.aol.com/linda0146/aug2005.html), and then continued on to Page Springs Campground, the first BLM campground on the North Loop Road. We have always stayed at Fish Lake Campground when we've visited Steens Mountain, but didn't want to travel the 18 miles on a gravel road this time. It's a good thing we had decided on staying at Page Springs Campground, though, because the North Loop Road is currently closed past this point.

This is a nice campground...many more trees than Fish Lake has, plus grass, but doesn't have the views of the higher campground.

Miles driven: 105.0
GPS coordinates: N42.8035 / W118.8671