Cottonwood Canyon State Park | Oregon State & National Parks
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The more than 8,000-acre Cottonwood Canyon State Park is a vast and rugged park, from rocky, arid grasslands and deep-side canyons extending in all directions for miles to the vertical cliffs carved out by the area’s John Day River. Activities possible in the park include hiking, fishing, boating, camping, and horseback riding. The Lost Corral trail and the Pinnacles Trail are both 4.3 miles and travel downstream along either side of the scenic John Day River. The Pinnacles Trail starts at the campground, while the Lost Corral Trail starts at JS Burres. The Hard Stone Trail is 1.5 miles.

99989 OR-206, Wasco, OR 97065, Phone: 541-394-0002

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