Ride Oregon RallyNext edition TBA · Oregon
The Ride Oregon Rally is the annual gathering of the BMW Riders of Oregon, held each summer at the Grant County Fairgrounds in John Day, Oregon, in the high-desert John Day River country of the Blue Mountains. The 2026 event marks the rally's 46th edition and the club's 50th anniversary. The format centers on group rides into the surrounding canyons and mountains, evening dinners, a bonfire, and morning coffee. The John Day area provides access to scenic roads in the Ochoco and Malheur national forests. Camping (tent and RV) is on-site at the fairgrounds.
A small-scale, rider-run club rally that keeps attendance capped and puts the emphasis on actually riding — with guided and self-guided routes into the canyon and mountain roads of eastern Oregon's high desert right outside the gate.
The Ride Oregon Rally is the annual gathering of the BMW Riders of Oregon, held each summer at the Grant County Fairgrounds in John Day. Now in its 46th year and coinciding with the club's 50th anniversary, it's a deliberately intimate event — attendance is capped (roughly 400 spots per county guidelines) to preserve the feel of a small regional rally rather than a large national one.
The format is straightforward: two catered dinners, on-site tent camping on the fairgrounds' grass, hot showers, morning coffee, evening bonfire, motorcycle movies, seminars, door prizes, and a mix of guided group rides and self-guided options with route maps provided. Both paved and unpaved adventure routes are offered, so riders on standard road bikes and those on adventure-oriented machines each have options. The Grant County Fairgrounds have been the rally's home base for more than two decades, and riders come from across the western U.S. and beyond.
The surrounding roads are the main draw. John Day sits at the junction of US-395 and US-26, putting riders within reach of river canyon roads, mountain passes, high desert, and the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in a single day's riding. Some routes into the Malheur National Forest include unpaved sections, so route planning matters depending on your bike. Services thin out quickly once you leave town, so fuel planning is worth doing in advance.
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