# Blue Basin

> A bowl of blue-green claystone in the Sheep Rock Unit. The Island in Time trail follows a creek into the basin past fossil replicas; take water, as summer aft

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A bowl of blue-green claystone in the Sheep Rock Unit. The Island in Time trail follows a creek into the basin past fossil replicas; take water, as summer afternoons are very hot.

- **Nearest town:** Dayville, OR
- **Category:** Nature & parks
- **GPS:** 44.5955, -119.6311

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