The Painted Hills are a truly bizarre and alien-looking landscape in Eastern Oregon. With rust, sand, tan, and grassy-colored layered hills, scarlet scarred slopes, and charming old-time towns ...

Of these special places, Oregon's Painted Hills stand out. Considered one of the “Seven Wonders of Oregon,” the Painted Hills are part of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument and are a ...

Erosion is a natural process that can create spectacular art. Just consider the Painted Hills, located in eastern Oregon about nine miles northwest of Mitchell. The area is part of John Day Fossil ...

Click here to subscribe. The russet-striped slopes of Oregon’s Painted Hills look like they’ve been draped in a gently rumpled Pendleton blanket. With their gorgeous bands of reds and golds undulating ...

From Crater Lake to the Painted Hills in Oregon, discover some of USA TODAY’s Most Treasured Views in America for 2025.

The Painted Hill are pretty small, so it's tough to come up with a memorable moment in that 7 Wonder of Oregon, short of a gorgeous sunset or a violent dust storm. Thus, I am expanding the ...

This is the week Travel Oregon hides the Painted Hills bike! Should they hide it in the Painted Hills, it's likely to be found before, or right at, sunrise due to the open landscape and small ...

Photographer’s description: “I particularly enjoy photographing the Painted Hills in spring when the wildflowers provide a colorful contrast to the pastels and texture of the hills in the ...

A state parks advisory committee that met in Salem today voted to officially designate the Painted Hills Scenic Bikeway. The new bikeway becomes the 15th route in the scenic bikeways program which is ...