Outback Scenic Byway
National Scenic Byway 171 mi in Oregon.
About the Outback Scenic Byway
Outback refers to land with a natural ruggedness. Though people come here seeking independence, they know each other's first names. Community is paramount. Jonathan Nicholas, publisher of the Oregonian, said it is a star-spangled landscape of marsh and mountain, of reflection and rim rock, of seamless vistas and sage-scented dreams.
Federal Highway Administration, America's Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on America's Byways.
Designations: National Scenic Byway, Oregon State Scenic Byway.
Camping along the byway
- 1.0 mi offGoose Lake State Recreation Area · State park · 45 sites
- 1.4 mi offFremont Point Cabin · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
- 4.5 mi offMarsters Spring Campground · Forest Service · 11 sites · reservable
- 4.5 mi offDuncan Reservoir Campground · Bureau of Land Management
- 4.7 mi offJones Crossing Campground · Forest Service
- 4.7 mi offChewaucan Crossing Campground/Trailhead · Forest Service
- 4.9 mi offCave Lake Campground · Forest Service
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.