State Public Lands
Smith Rock State Park near Terrebonne and Prineville Reservoir State Park near Prineville are the state lands in our guides, with Oregon State Parks setting the day-use fees, camping and hours.
State parks: closer to town, staffed and reservable.
State parks work differently from national forests. Oregon State Parks charges a day-use parking fee at Smith Rock and takes campground reservations for Prineville Reservoir through its own reservation system, up to six months ahead, rather than through Recreation.gov. Hours, fees and closures are posted on each park's page, linked below.
Smith Rock State Park, in the high desert north of Redmond, is where our Dirty Pinkos guide climbs a 5.9+ sport multipitch on the park's east side, and it is the first climbing area in Climb On. Prineville Reservoir State Park, 16 miles southeast of Prineville, is Oregon's first International Dark Sky Park, with year-round camping and a free stargazing permit the park asks visitors to fill out.
State land also appears in our rockhounding plan: Succor Creek State Natural Area in Oregon's Owyhee country, and Walker Valley in Washington, managed by the Washington Department of Natural Resources. As those guides are written, they will collect here.
Guides on state public lands
The state parks in TC's guides, newest first.
Current access and conditions
The agencies that manage these places publish the fees, closures and conditions; each guide names the one it used.