Rest Area Regulations

According to Oregon Administrative Rule 734-030-0010, the following activities are prohibited in a rest area:

Lighting a fire except at locations where fireplaces are provided.
Picking up or removing plant life or forest products.
Hunting birds or animals or discharging firearms.
Mutilating defacing, damaging, or removing any structure or facility.
Digging up, defacing, or removing any dirt, stone, rock, or other natural substance.
Operating a concession or selling merchandise, except for a permitted "free coffee" program or pursuant to an agreement between the Department and the Oregon Commission for the Blind.
Operating a motor vehicle in any area not constructed or designed for motor vehicles. All motor vehicles shall be parked in designated areas only.
Allowing a pet to run loose. Allowing a pet on a leash, except a seeing-eye dog, in any area except designated pet areas. Allowing a pet, except a seeing-eye dog, in any building. Allowing livestock to run at large.
Depositing refuse of any kind except in designated containers.
Dumping, spilling, or allowing to leak any sewage or waste water from the vehicle.
Using rest room facilities to bathe, wash clothing, dishes, or other materials.
Participating in a public demonstration, disturbance, or riotous behavior which interferes with the reasonable use of the rest areas by other rest area visitors.
Camping overnight or remaining in the rest area for more than 12 hours within a 24-hour period, or setting up a tent in a rest area.
Creating noise by any means which interferes with the reasonable use of the rest area by other rest area visitors.