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PRINEVILLE RESERVOIR STATE PARK

Need a place to play? Where you can enjoy nature viewing at its finest? This is a place where those weary of hectic schedules and jangling telephones can find peace, a place where life can be pondered from a different and unique perspective. Most of all, a place carefully designed and maintained for people -- for the mother and her baby out for a Sunday drive, for the father teaching his son how to fish, for the teenager who wants to get away for a bit, for the couple on a weekend camping trip, for the grandparents who just want to take it easy for a week.

Mountain waters flow out of the Ochoco Mountain Range, joining together to form the Crooked River. This river, confined by its canyon and the Bowman Dam, forms Prineville Reservoir.

The fishing can be good anytime at Prineville Reservoir. It supports rainbow & cutthroat trout, small & largemouth bass, catfish, crappie, and crayfish. The trout fishing experience is year-round, ice-fishing included in the dead of winter. Anywhere on the reservoir is suitable.

Bass, catfish, and crappie are more suited towards warmer water temperatures; May thru October. The upper reaches of the reservoir above Jasper Point and the Bear Creek tributary downstream from Prineville Reservoir State Park are known to produce fine fish. Fly fishing opportunities are best along the Crooked River above Prineville Reservoir and downstream from Bowman Dam.

For specific regulations, refer to the Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations.

So grab your pole and head out to Prineville. A place where, as the golden sun sinks slowly over the ridge and the fiery lake catches the last color reflections of red and green canyon walls, the silent hush of the deeply dark night ushers in the glorious canopy of a million stars; where slumber is deep and peaceful.

Reservoir water level graph

2008 Star Party

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Vital stats
22 full hookup, 22 electrical, 23 tent (maximum site 54 feet); reservable boat moorage; 5 cabins (2 are rustic, 3 are deluxe). Open year round. Jasper Point offers 30 electric sites. Open May - Sept. 30. For information only, call (541)447-4363 or (800) 551-6949. To make reservations, call 1-800-452-5687.

Park rates (subject to rate changes; winter, emergency or other closures)
May 1 to September 30
Full rate: $22
Electrical hookup: $22
Tent site: $18
Rustic cabin: $38
Deluxe cabin: $71
Extra vehicle: $5
Boat moorage: $7
      October 1 to April 30 (Discovery Season)
Full rate: $18
Electrical hookup: $18
Tent site: $13
Rustic cabin: $38
Deluxe cabin: $49
Extra vehicle: $5
Boat moorage: $7

Services

Camping Accessible camping Tent
Electric Full hookup Primitive
Yurts, cabins, tepees OR wagons Showers Reservations
Picnicking Wildlife watching Bird watching
Terrestrial mammal watching Native plant Boating
Boat ramp Boat slips Fishing
Swimming Hiking trail Special events
Nature programs Interpretive events Lake
Desert Rock formations Mountains
Interpretation Interpretive tours Evening programs
ADA restroom Year-round Restrooms


Events at this Park
Prineville Reservoir Star Party

Related Links
Prineville Chamber of Commerce
Weather forecast
Central Oregon Visitors Assoc.
Bureau of Land Management
Deschutes National Forest
Ochoco National Forest
John Day Fossil Beds
Reservoir water level
Fishing report
Boatescape info

Visitor Tales
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Nearby Parks and Other Attractions
Smith Rock
The Cove Palisades
Cline Falls
Jasper Point

         


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Relative Location

Off US 26, 14 miles SE of Prineville


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Lat.: 44.146723 N
Long.: -120.73697 W

 

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