And how could I have forgotten good old French Glen Ore? ( or is that spelled Frenchglen? ) If you look carefully on G-earth, you can see what looks like a small foot bridge across the ditch ( perhaps it is a flood control dam?) The runway was East of the ditch and West of the marsh on USGS charts. It would be great if we could stop in for lunch at a place like this. I really like to support small town business.

Logan Valley Ore. Looks like a very scenic place.

Fossil Oregon. My old USGS map list this as a strip, but I'm thinking that it never was, and that the cartographer made a mistake. Now its a long drive way to several houses. You decide.

Princeton Ore. SE of Burns. Near hwy 78. I don't know if it was ever open to the public. Just adding to the list.

Crowley Guard Station Ore.
The G-Earth pics of this part of Oregon are not very good. And as usual, the little airplane icon is not in the correct location.


So I went here to get a better view:
http://www.ormap.net/flexviewer/index.html
and this is what I found. It looks like there is a strip on the South side of the road, but it could be a fence line. Ormap.net only gives Lat/Long in Decimal Degrees so I did the conversion. In G-Earth you can switch formats by going to "tools/options/show Lat-Long/ and click on the third one down. This will give you the standard format that aviation GPS's use. Remember that Aviation GPS's, FAA A/FD, and sectional charts do not use "seconds". They use decimal minutes. And so should we all here at BCP. ( Just my opinion )



I was not convinced that this was an old strip. I pulled up the USGS chart, and found this one:


I would be interesting to know the history on this place.

Crowley Landing ( Ranch ) Ore. { read that as pvt land ! ]
G-Earth has a poor pic so go here:
http://www.ormap.net/flexviewer/index.html
You will need to convert from decimal degrees to degree, decimal minutes.



Not to be confused with Crowley Guard Station. Not even close.

chosstronaut wrote:Warm Springs BLM Airstrip at Warm Springs Reservoir SE of Juntura.



Now whats interesting is here is the imaging from 2012, it appears that they built a road, that double as an airstrip?

I've confirmed that this was an airstrip based on some older maps, and I believe it was paved to continue its use as such.

I found the old topo map site I used to use: http://mapper.acme.com/ so now I can find some more strips.

Here is what I'll call "Upper Table Airstrip" it is on BLM land so its legal to land, it sits above the South Fork of the Crooked River, to the South East of Paulina.

chosstronaut wrote:"Bates Airstrip" right next to Bates State Park near the junction of Highway 26 & Highway 7. Possibly an old USFS strip?

It is a strip...

Old BLM Airstrip on the John Day

East Road Gulch BLM Airstrip

Willow Spring BLM Airstrip

BladeRunner wrote:
And not to be confused with Langmack, there was a strip at the Mill, just south of the river in Sweet Home Ore.

That strip was built by the Tomco Lumbar Co. and is now owned by some christian group. There is still a cool old group of hangers there, and the east 200' seem to be somewhat maintained, not sure if there are any planes in the hangers, and there are X's on both ends of the strip... I've drug my tires on it before, it still seems to work

In Response to the Summit Meadow thread, I thought that I would bump this one. Tyler dug up a lot of great information in this thread.

Dahl Pine
On Oregon Hwy 26 in the Warm Spring Reservation...but if your crossing the Cascades via Timothy Lakes/South of Mt. Hood and the weather is closing in,....any port in a storm guys. I have no info on this place or condition.





We all miss ya T

[quote="chosstronaut"]Now I know this strip has been discussed on this site before. Cold Springs USFS Airstrip.

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I've been told this strip was put in to spray gypsy moths, with a fleet of Stearman sprayers in the 60's? From the air, its huge, could easily support DC3's, but as was stated earlier, erosion has left big rocks scattered everywhere. Currently Bushwheel use only..

Dahl Pine is on the Rez. You get caught and the Indians will most likely take your plane.

[quote="chosstronaut"]This strip is located on NF land near the headwaters of the South Fork of the John Day.

[img]http://www.backcountrypilot.org/images/originalphotos/3354/3635/78682ba25f6a09f87cdb1d5d.jpg[/img][/quote]

I believe Ellingson Lumber Company built this in the 70's? I was told they flew an Aztec in and out. Remnants of a wood framed hanger remain. Plenty comfortable on 8.50's, though it can be very muddy, vehicles often leave deep ruts.

Readers,
Remember, Tyler and I started this whole thread just to document old strips for historic reasons. Most, if not all, are overgrown, tore up, or otherwise unusable. Please don't mistake any of this for some kind of "trip report" ( which we all need to see more of here on BCP, please ).

Our sport will disappear as fast as the brush grows due to lack of funds and interest in keeping strips open.
Have some spare time? Volunteer for a work party. Know a Old Timer that talks some about a old strip? Post it here.

This is all just to document history. I love old maps. Not sure why I do, but I just does


158 posts here, 3311 views,...not bad.


Remember the Alamo?... I say "Remember Tunnel Meadows Ca" !!

Hawks Valley Ore.



Again, not a trip report, just archiving for the future.

T, I miss your help buddy. You were really good at finding old strips.