Cant Ranch House


The Cant Ranch House is near the paleontology center. Once upon a time a mail-order house built by a Scottish immigrant family, it offers a peek into settlers' early lives – it was something of a hub for the community in the 1910s until the mid-1920s. There are picnic grounds and a riverside trail that are lovely to visit even if the house is closed.


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1. Thomas Condon Paleontology Center

0.16 MILES

This excellent paleontology center is 2 miles north of Hwy 26 at Sheep Rock Unit. The well-presented displays include a three-toed horse and petrified…

2. Sheep Rock Unit

0.67 MILES

Featuring the most walks and hikes of the three John Day fossil-bed units, Sheep Rock is also closest to the paleontology center. Above loom majestic,…