Deschutes National Forest
1001 SW Emkay Drive
Bend, OR 97702
(541) 383-5300
Ochoco National Forest
3160 N.E. 3rd Street
Prineville, OR 97754
(541) 416-6500
Crooked River National Grassland
813 S.W. Hwy. 97
Madras, OR 97741
(541) 475-9272
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Recreational Activities
Boating
Boating Regulations for water bodies of the Deschutes and Ochoco National
Forests are set by the Oregon State Marine Board. The Oregon
State Marine Board's website has a wide variety of Oregon boating information
including:
Information on water levels at major Deschutes Basin reservoirs can be
found on the Bureau
of Reclamation's website.
Below is a list of Central Oregon rivers, lakes and reservoirs and
the special boating regulations that apply to them. For information
on other areas outside Central Oregon check the Oregon State Marine Board's
website.
- ALL LAKES - The discharge of any sewage from marine toilets
is prohibited on all freshwater lakes, impoundments and reservoirs that
are not accessible by boat from the ocean.
- Big Lake - Linn County
- Slow-no wake for motorboats within 200' of shore, designated swimming
area, and posted area around boat landing and ramp.
- Cache Lake - Jefferson County
- Charlton Lake - Deschutes County
- Crane Prairie Reservoir - Deschutes County
- 10 mph speed limit for motorboats.
- Boats with toilets prohibited unless toilets are:
- equipped with approved device to render waste harmless; or
- rendered inoperative by sealing discharge outlet.
- Crescent Lake - Klamath County
- No special boating regulations
- Cultus Lake - Deschutes County
- Boats with toilets prohibited unless toilets are:
- equipped with approved device to render waste harmless; or
- rendered inoperative by sealing discharge outlet.
- Dark Lake - Jefferson County
- Davis Lake - Deschutes & Klamath Counties
- 10 mph speed limit for motorboats during legal fishing days and
hours.
- Delintment Lake - Harney County
- 5 mph speed limit for motorboats.
- Deschutes River (above Lake Billy Chinook) - Deschutes &
Jefferson Counties
- Towing of water skiers and other towed devices prohibited.
- Personal watercraft prohibited.
- Motor prohibited:
- between Deschutes National Forest boundary and Jefferson County
line including Mirror Pond in Bend;
- between La Pine State Park and Pringle Falls;
- between Aspen Camp boat ramp and north end of Lava Island.
- Slow-no wake, maximum 5 mph speed limit for motorboats between
Wickiup Dam and Deschutes National Forest Boundary.
- 5 mph speed limit for motorboats from the Forest Service boundary
upstream to the north end of Lava Island.
- Devils Lake - Deschutes County
- East Lake - Deschutes County
- 10 mph speed limit for motorboats during legal fishing days and
hours.
- Boats with toilets prohibited unless toilets are:
- equipped with approved device to render waste harmless; or
- rendered inoperative by sealing discharge outlet.
- Elk Lake - Deschutes County
- 10 mph speed limit for motorboats during legal fishing days and
hours.
- Boats with toilets prohibited unless toilets are:
- equipped with approved device to render waste harmless; or
- rendered inoperative by sealing discharge outlet.
- Gold Lake - Lane County
- Hand Lake - Jefferson County
- Haystack Reservoir - Jefferson County
- Slow-no wake, maximum 5 mph for motorboats within signed western
and southern cove buoy lines.
- Hosmer Lake - Deschutes County
- 10 mph speed limit for motorboats.
- Electric motor only.
- Irish Lake - Deschutes County
- Island Lake - Jefferson County
- Jack Lake - Jefferson County
- Lake Billy Chinook - Jefferson County
- 10 mph speed limit for motorboats:
- Crooked River Arm above Crooked River Bridge;
- Deschutes River Arm above Deschutes River Bridge;
- Metolius River Arm 1,000' upstream of Street Creek.
- Slow-no wake, maximum 5 mph, within buoyed areas:
- Cove Palisades State Park marina;
- Crooked River boat ramp;
- Chinook Island Cove (Metolius Arm);
- Camp Perry South cove (Metolius Arm);
- Within 200' of designated swimming area.
- Beaching, anchoring, mooring restricted:
- on Crooked River Arm within 200' of east shore between marked
area north of Cove Marina and Crooked River Bridge, and west
shore from state park boundary north, approximately 2,000';
- on Deschutes River Arm within 200' of east shore between marked
area approx. 2,000' north of northernmost ramp and Deschutes
River Bridge.
- Boats with marine toilets prohibited unless toilet is equipped
with holding tank or rendered inoperative, preventing any overboard
discharge.
- Lake Simtustus - Jefferson County
- Slow-no wake for motorboats within 300' of moorage and extending
to opposite shore.
- 10 mph speed limit for motorboats upstream of a point 0.85 miles
upstream of dam.
- Boating prohibited within tailrace area enclosed by log boom downstream
from Round Butte Dam.
- Mooring and boating prohibited to log boom and between boom and
Pelton Dam.
- Lava Lake - Deschutes County
- 10 mph speed limit for motorboats.
- Boats with toilets prohibited unless toilets are:
- equipped with approved device to render waste harmless; or
- rendered inoperative by sealing discharge outlet.
- Link Lake - Jefferson County
- Little Cultus Lake - Deschutes County
- 10 mph speed limit for motorboats.
- Boats with toilets prohibited unless toilets are:
- equipped with approved device to render waste harmless; or
- rendered inoperative by sealing discharge outlet.
- Little Lava Lake - Deschutes County
- 10 mph speed limit for motorboats.
- Lucky Lake - Deschutes County
- Meadow Lake - Deschutes County
- North Twin Lake - Deschutes County
- Ochoco Reservoir - Crook County
- Towing of water skiers and other towed devices restricted:
- to 200' or more from shore, except on "safe" take-offs
and landings;
- to counter-clockwise pattern on take-offs and landings;
- to take-offs, landings no closer than 45 degrees from shore.
- No skier pick-ups within 200' of shore.
- Distances of boats following water skiers must be at least:
- 300' behind skier;
- 100' alongside skier.
- Towing boat's bow must not be crossed within 200'.
- 5 mph speed limit for motorboats including "safe"take-offs
and landings by water skiers:
- within 200' of shoreline, boat ramp, marked swimming area;
- within state park boat ramp area;
- east of orange boundary markers;
- within the boat rental area cove marked by buoys.
- Odell Lake - Klamath County
- No special boating regulations
- Paulina Lake - Deschutes County
- 10 mph speed limit for motorboats during legal fishing days and
hours.
- Boats with toilets prohibited unless toilets are:
- equipped with approved device to render waste harmless; or
- rendered inoperative by sealing discharge outlet.
- Prineville Reservoir - Crook County
- 5 mph speed limit for motorboats including "safe" take-offs
and landings by water skiers:
- within 200' of shoreline, boat ramp, marked swimming area;
- east of orange-marked boundary half-mile west of Owl Creek
entrance.
- Towing of water skiers and other devices restricted:
- to 200' or more from shore, except on "safe" (see
P. ii) take-offs and landings;
- to counter-clockwise patterns on take-offs and landings.
- Take-off, landing area restricted to no closer than 45 degrees
from shore.
- No skier pick-ups within 200' of shore.
- Round Lake - Jefferson County
- Scout Lake - Jefferson County
- South Twin Lake - Deschutes County
- Sparks Lake - Deschutes County
- 10 mph speed limit for motorboats.
- Summit Lake - Klamath County
- No special boating regulations
- Suttle Lake - Jefferson County
- 10 mph speed limit for motorboats from 8 p.m. to 9 a.m. PST on
entire lake, and from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. PST outside areas where marked
as allowed at west end.
- Boats with toilets prohibited unless toilets are:
- equipped with approved device to render waste harmless; or
- rendered inoperative by sealing discharge outlet.
- Taylor Lake - Deschutes County
- Three Creek Lake - Deschutes County
- Todd Lake - Deschutes County
- Waldo Lake - Lane County
- 10 mph speed limit for motorboats.
- Slow-no wake, maximum 5 mph for motorboats within 300' of boat
ramp or moorage.
- Walton Lake - Crook County
- Wickiup Reservoir - Deschutes County
- 10 mph speed limit for motorboats on Deschutes River and Davis
Creek arms.
- Boats with toilets prohibited unless toilets are:
- equipped with approved device to render waste harmless; or
- rendered inoperative by sealing discharge outlet.
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