On November 16, 2002 Funhog placed the Crooked River Ranch #4
Letterbox near Terrebonne, Jefferson County, OR. This box is placed on
a plateau where you have a sweeping overview of the confluence of the
Deschutes River, entering from the left and Squaw Creek on the right.
The Department of Fish and Wildlife hoped to reintroduce native
bighorn sheep to the Squaw Creek Canyon. Crooked River Ranch has its
own herd of feral Mouflon sheep which would have to be removed before
any wild sheep could live here. In 2001, the homeowners association
held a vote and the bighorns lost, the Mouflons remain, For now, your
imagination will have to provide the sight and sound of a wild ram
traversing the rimrock.

To the trailhead: Just north of Terrebonne on Hwy 97, turn west on
Lower Bridge Rd. There is a highway sign for Crooked River Ranch at
this intersection. Follow the signs on to the Ranch. Once you have
made a 90 degree left turn you will be on Chinook Ave. From Chinook
follow the green and white signs to the Fire Hall. Take the first
right past the Firehall on North Rim Road. Continue on this road which
will eventually change names to Peninsula Drive. Just before Peninsula
turns to gravel turn left on North Meadow Drive, also gravel. Take the
third right on Scout Camp Trail. This road will become rough and rocky
as soon as you reach the BLM land. Don't bother to try this portion of
the road with your car if it's muddy. There are many places where the
road splits and comes back together and one clear fork. Keep left at
the fork. Drive to the end of the road and park beside the big stump.

To the letterbox: Standing beside the stump where you parked your car,
look in the direction of 280 degrees magnetic. Your goal is a bushy
sagebrush growing on the very tip of the point. There is a gap in the
rimrock (and a trail of sorts) at 340 degrees, marked by an aging
fencepost and a fallen tree. Once at the sagebrush, take a compass
reading of 60 degrees. Walk in this direction until you have a lone
juniper at 350 degrees and your trusty stump at 85. The letterbox is
at your feet.