Cogleton Hollow

Cogleton Hollow gives you that “something’s hiding here” feeling before you even step out of the car. Agate and jasper show up in streaks across the hills, and the ground loves to drop easy surface finds if you keep walking. The whole area near Post Oregon stays open, warm, and ready for anyone chasing color.

Getting There

Congleton Hollow – This tested our GPS. It confidently led us to a road that hasn’t existed since wagon wheels were the hot new tech. Google even pretends there’s a road—tiny gray line and all. But zoom in (which I didn’t), and boom: steep embankment. No road. Just disappointment.

Here’s what actually works: mark 44°05’59.0″N 120°02’16.5″W as your turn-off. That’s where you want to leave the main road. Download google offline maps of the area. No signal out there unless you’re friends with a hawk. Add this as stop A and Cogleton Hollow as stop B.

On the map, Congleton Hollow sits just north of a grassy strip. But we saw the real action south of it—people hauling buckets, climbing the hill. That’s probably where the serious limb cast loot is. We didn’t make it that far. Just wandered about 100 feet from the truck and still found some sweet limb casts.

Late May was hotter than expected. No shade unless you count stubborn shrubs. I’d go back in fall or early spring.

The river may look nice but dont do it. There are leeches.