Families with Kids · 15 min south
📍 Visit Petersen Rock Garden
Quirky homemade stone castles + sculpture park ~10 min south on Hwy 97. Free, almost no one knows about it.
Quirky homemade stone castles + sculpture park ~10 min south on Hwy 97. Free, almost no one knows about it.
A quirky, hand-built sculpture park assembled by Danish immigrant Rasmus Petersen between 1935 and 1952 from rocks, geodes, and minerals collected within a 100-mile radius. Miniature castles, towers, bridges, and a small museum. Pure roadside-Americana magic, especially for kids.
Google's editorial: Storied gardens & museum featuring architectural structures composed of petrified wood, lava & rock.
Crooked River Ranch RV Park puts you within a short drive of Smith Rock, Bend, Sisters, and the Deschutes — all 59 things on our list.