[2018 NPSO Annual Meeting in Prineville, OR]

Meeting Site for 2018 NPSO Annual Meeting Field Trips

BLM & USFS Ranger Stations

Prineville, OR

The meeting place for all trips for the 2018 NPSO Annual Meeting will be in the joint parking lots on the north side of the BLM and USFS offices at the eastern edge of Prineville. The Ochoco Highway on the map is US 26. This site is approximately one mile east of both the Best Western Prineville Inn and Country Inn and Suites by Radisson. If walking to or from the meeting place from these hotels, cross at the crosswalks and walk the south side of the highway. Allow +20 minutes for fast walkers, more for slower walkers.
2018 NPSO Annual Meeting Fieldtrip Parking at the Prineville BLM & Ochoco NF parking lot.Facilities:

Please park in the parking lots for the BLM and USFS ranger stations off US Highway 26 at the eastern edge of Prineville, OR. This lot has about 54 marked parking spaces (plus several handicapped spots) with some extra space along the north periphary of the lots for temporary parking. On Friday, we'll need to leave 4-5 spots open in front of each office for local residents or tourists to use. Both offices will be closed on Saturday and Sunday. There are no public restroom facillities at these offices so use the facillities at your motel (arrange for early check in) or stop at a local drive-in restaurant, gas station, or at the portapotty just west of the swimming pool at Ochoco Creek Park (NE 4th & Fairview, one block north of US26).

For safety reasons, please do not park along US 26 in front of the ranger stations, nor on NE Stearns Rd on the west side of the BLM office nor on the street between the Ochoco Ranger Station and Eastside Church. We've arranged a few parking places in the Eastside Church lot to the east of the USFS office for overflow parking on Friday and Saturday. Parking could be tight each day, so talk with others at Friday night's meeting or those who are staying at your motel to carpool to the meeting place!

Directions:

From the lighted intersection with Main Street in downtown Prineville, head east on US Highway 26 (Google Maps may have it marked as NE 3rd St or the Ochoco Highway). At about 1.8 miles turn right onto NE Stearns Road and then immediately left into the BLM parking lot, or continue east on US 26 for about 200 meters and turn right, and then immediately right into the USFS lot.

BLM: 3050 NE 3rd , Prineville, OR 97754

USFS Office: 3160 NE 3rd, Prineville, OR 97754

 

Paul Slichter