# Prineville Reservoir State Park

It is situated on the shores of the eponymous Prineville Reservoir, created in 1961 for irrigation and flood control by damming of the Crooked River by the predecessor of the US Bureau of Reclamation.

**Type:** park

**Location:** OR, US

**Nearest town:** Prineville

**Certified:** 2021

It is situated on the shores of the eponymous Prineville Reservoir, created in 1961 for irrigation and flood control by damming of the Crooked River by the predecessor of the US Bureau of Reclamation.

[Official site](https://stateparks.oregon.gov/index.cfm?do=park.profile&parkId=26)

[Source](https://darksky.org/places/prineville-reservoir-state-park-dark-sky-park/)

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