Sagebrush adds color to and thrives in the arid landscape of Oregon's high desert. Sheep Rock seen in the background is a prominent feature of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Sheep Rock Unit. Besides many hiking trails and beautiful, other-worldly terrain, you'll find the Thomas Condon Paleontology Center. Here you can learn about this area from the National Park Service employees or take a self-guided tour through the interpretive center. You can also look through a large window directly into a lab where scientists study this area's evolution.
Leave the freeways and main highways, take the backroads through oh-so-small towns to see this fascinating geology. The landscapes in this part of Oregon are vastly different and I think you'll be amazed.
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