Ochoco National Forest · Oregon
Trailhead Tam-A-Lau Trailhead Drive there
This is a fee site for Oregon State Parks. · reservation required
This trailhead is located next to the camping area at Cove Palisades State Park and gives access to the Tam-A-Lau Trail (#856) . The trail is fairly easy and offers great views of the park, which includes Lake Billy Chinook located at the confluence of the Deschutes River, Metolius River and Crooked River.
The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.