Christmas Valley Back Country Byway
BLM Back Country Byway 96 mi in Oregon.
About the Christmas Valley Back Country Byway
Interested in exploring Oregon's Outback, a place often overlooked by highway motorists on their way to well-known attractions? For those with the time and desire to turn off the beaten track onto a country road, the 93-mile-long Christmas Valley Back Country Byway provides access to breathtaking high desert landscapes and unique geological features. From off-highway vehicle use on dunes composed largely of ash and pumice that blew into the area 7,000 years ago when Mt. Mazama erupted to hiking in the remains of an eroded volcano, this area provides something for everyone.
Check weather and road conditions ahead of time. Bring area-specific maps and route descriptions. Carry plenty of water and adequate fuel. Carry a spare tire, jack, tools, shovel, blanket, etc.
Bureau of Land Management's own description, in its words. Byway page on blm.gov.
Camping along the byway
- on the roadGreen Mountain Campground · Bureau of Land Management · 6 sites
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, nearest the road first (this stretch is in several separate pieces); each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.