John Day River

This article is about the John Day River in eastern Oregon. There is also the John Day River in northwestern Oregon. The John Day River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 281 mi (452 km) long, in northeastern Oregon in the United States. One of two rivers in Oregon to bear this name, it is by far the longer and more well-known. The other John Day River is a small tributary of the Columbia in Clatsop County.
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Джон Дей (на английски John Day River, Джон Дей Ривър) е река в северозападната част на щат Орегон, САЩ, приток на река Колумбия.
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Bureau of Land Management
Prineville District
Post Office Box 550
Prineville, Oregon 97754
Designated Reach: October 28, 1988. From Service Creek to Tumwater Falls.
Classification/Mileage: Recreational -- 147.5 miles; Total -- 147.5 miles.
From Service Creek to Tumwater Falls, this segment offers colorful canyons, exceptional anadromous steelhead and warm-water bass fishing, and whitewater boating. Other remarkable features of the John Day River are its archeological, historical, and paleontological values.

Umatilla National Forest
2517 Southwest Haily Avenue
Pendleton, Oregon 97801
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Post Office Box 907
Baker City, Oregon 97814
Designated Reach: October 28, 1988. From its headwaters in the North Fork of the John Day Wilderness Area to its confluence with Camas Creek.
Classification/Mileage: Wild -- 27.8 miles; Scenic -- 10.5 miles; Recreational -- 15.8 miles; Total -- 54.1 miles.
From its headwaters to Camas Creek, the North Fork of the John Day River is one of the most important rivers in northeast Oregon for the production of anadromous fish. Wildlife found along the river's corridor include mule deer, elk, and black bears, along with peregrine falcons and bald eagles.
Its diverse landscape and geologic formations create high quality natural scenery. Manmade developments have a primitive or historic appearance, including early day mining remains. There is a great deal of history from the gold mining era tied to this area, which began in the 1860's.
Recreation opportunities include hunting, fishing, sightseeing, horseback riding, hiking, snowmobiling, skiing, camping, and whitewater rafting.

Bureau of Land Management
Prineville District
Post Office Box 550
Prineville, Oregon 97754
Designated Reach: October 28, 1988. From the Malheur National Forest boundary to the confluence with Smoky Creek.
Classification/Mileage: Recreational -- 47.0 miles; Total -- 47.0 miles.
From the Malheur National Forest to Smoky Creek, this segment offers outstanding scenery, wild steelhead fishing, hunting, hiking, swimming and camping.