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template: byway.jade
id: "68917"
name: "Snake River-Mormon Basin Back Country Byway"
distance: "130"
duration: Allow 2 1/2 hours to drive the byway
description: "The Snake River/Mormon Basin Back Country Byway provides you with amazing sights. The route is full of towering river canyons, aspen lined meadows, flowered basins, and timbered mountains teeming with wildlife."
contact: "**BLM - Vale District Office**  \r\n541-473-3144  \r\n\r\n**Baker Office**  \r\n541-523-1256  "
path: 
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  - "qumpGpozmUn@tYLj|@C|bA"
websites: 
  - url: "http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/byways.php"
    name: BLM Back Country Byways in Oregon
  - url: "http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/vale/index.php"
    name: "BLM Vale, Oregon Office"
designations: 
  - BLM Back Country Byway
states: 
  - OR
ll: 
  - -117.80296299999992
  - 44.803329000000076
bounds: 
  - - -117.87243636363633
    - 44.35118181818194
  - - -117.10048699999993
    - 44.836479000000054

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Drive along the river canyons, through aspen lined meadows, over flowered basins, and into the timbered mountains. The Snake River/Mormon Basin Back Country Byway is scattered with wildlife and habitat projects. The wooded areas are the sites of timber harvests and reforestation projects, so watch out for logging trucks. This byway is also known for its mining exploits from both past and present. Come learn about the Basin's history in mining.