2011 Map of Bowden Ranch

About this map

Bowden Ranch sits at the heart of this high-desert landscape in southeastern Oregon, marking a point of human settlement along the drainage of Rattlesnake Creek. The terrain is defined by a series of prominent rises including the Red Hills in the northwest and the Bowden Hills to the southwest. A network of unpaved ranch roads, such as Bowden Ranch Rd and Rattlesnake Creek Rd, connects the isolated ranching operations to the broader geography of Malheur County. Deep incisions in the landscape like Tudor Canyon and Wire Corral Canyon underscore the erosive power of seasonal water flowing toward the eastern creek systems of Chimney Creek and Bull Creek. This 2011 survey documents a remote corner of the American West where the cattle-ranching legacy is etched into the topography through names like Battle Creek and Beber Ranch Rd.