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Painted Hills

Painted Hills is one of the three units of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, located in Wheeler County, Oregon. It totals 3,132 acres (1,267 ha) and is located 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Mitchell, Oregon and 75 miles (121 km) east of Bend.Painted Hills is named after the colorful layers of its hills corresponding to various geological eras, formed when the area was an ancient river floodplain. The black soil is lignite that was vegetative matter that grew along the floodplain. The grey coloring is mudstone, siltstone, and shale. The red coloring is laterite soil that formed by floodplain deposits when the area was warm and humid.

Blue Basin Cliffs

Blue-colored volcanic ash forms cliffs in the Blue Basin at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument of eastern Oregon. Blue-colored volcanic ash forms cliffs in the Blue Basin at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument of eastern Oregon.

Walking in a Dry Land Wonderland

Boardwalk by a volcanic rock formation at the Painted Hills - John Day Fossil Beds National Monument - near Mitchell, OR. Boardwalk by a volcanic rock formation at the Painted Hills - John Day Fossil Beds National Monument - near Mitchell, OR

Painted Hills Desert

Painted Hills in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument In eastern Oregon. Painted Hills in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument In eastern Oregon

River Valley, Painted Hills and Blue Basin

Painted Hills, Northeastern Oregon, U.S.A. John Day River Valley, Painted Hills and Blue Basin, Fossil Beds, Northeastern Oregon, U.S.A.

Green Hillside

Strange green rock formations in the Eastern Oregon desert. Strange green rock formations in the Eastern Oregon desert

Painted Hills

Painted Hills, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Northeastern Oregon, U.S.A.

Painted Hills

Painted Hills is one of the three units of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, located in Wheeler County, Oregon. It totals 3,132 acres (1,267 ha) and is located 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Mitchell, Oregon and 75 miles (121 km) east of Bend.Painted Hills is named after the colorful layers of its hills corresponding to various geological eras, formed when the area was an ancient river floodplain. The black soil is lignite that was vegetative matter that grew along the floodplain. The grey coloring is mudstone, siltstone, and shale. The red coloring is laterite soil that formed by floodplain deposits when the area was warm and humid.

Painted Hills

Painted Hills is one of the three units of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, located in Wheeler County, Oregon. It totals 3,132 acres (1,267 ha) and is located 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Mitchell, Oregon and 75 miles (121 km) east of Bend.Painted Hills is named after the colorful layers of its hills corresponding to various geological eras, formed when the area was an ancient river floodplain.

The black soil is lignite that was vegetative matter that grew along the floodplain. The grey coloring is mudstone, siltstone, and shale. The red coloring is laterite soil that formed by floodplain deposits when the area was warm and humid.

Painted Hills boardwalk

A boardwalk curves around the red hills of John Day Fossil Beds in central Oregon. A boardwalk curves around the red hills of John Day Fossil Beds in central Oregon.

Painted Cove

Painted Cove in John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

Painted Hills

Painted Hills, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Northeastern Oregon, U.S.A.

Painted Hills

The Painted Hills National Monument has vibrant red hills in Eastern Oregon with fossil beds and historic significance.

Painted Hills

The soft painted hills of Oregon's John Day fossil beds.

Desert Flowers

Desert flowers in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

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