About Birch Creek Historic Ranch
Nestled among cream and chocolate colored hills, barren red cliffs, and towering rock spires lays a secret oasis: the Birch Creek Historic Ranch. Established in the early 1900s, the ingenuity and determination of a Basque sheepherder and a West Virginia cattle rancher are still evident at the site today. Stone walls built in the Basque tradition still ascend the mesa. Remnants of a waterwheel hint at the lush alfalfa fields fed through the gravity irrigation system. Nineteen buildings and structures at the ranch contribute to the property's designation as a historical rural landscape on the Department of the Interior's National Register of Historic Places. - Open YEAR ROUND, best access May–October. - Accessibility is dependent on road conditions. A high clearance, four-wheel drive vehicle is recommended. - There is a single water source and restroom. Five-unit campground. Point of…
- Managed by: Bureau of Land Management, BLM
- Where: 28 mi northwest of Jordan Valley, OR · 43.21473, -117.50326
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Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: May–Jun & Sep (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Oct–Apr.
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No signal at camp
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way casts shadows and the sky is crowded with stars.
Class 1 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Camps nearby
- Pothole Arch 0.7 mi
- Middle Greeley 1.7 mi
- Lower Greeley 1.8 mi
- Bobcat 3.4 mi
- Jordan Craters Area Of Environmental Concern 5.2 mi
- Morcum 6 mi