Chandler State Wayside

Chandler State Wayside
Picnic area at Chandler State Wayside
Type	Public, state
Location	Lake County, Oregon
Nearest city	Lakeview
Coordinates	42°24′26″N 120°17′23″W / 42.4071023°N 120.2896822°W / 42.4071023; -120.2896822Coordinates: 42°24′26″N 120°17′23″W / 42.4071023°N 120.2896822°W / 42.4071023; -120.2896822
Area	85 acres (34 ha)
Elevation	4,491 feet (1,369 m)
Operated by	Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

Chandler State Wayside (also known as Chandler State Park) is a state park in south-central Oregon in the United States. It is named in honor of Solomon and Hattie Chandler, who donated the land for the park. The park covers 85 acres (34 ha) of pine forest along a creek. The park provides restrooms and other basic facilities to accommodate the traveling public. Chandler State Wayside is administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

Chandler State Wayside is a day-use park that runs along both sides of U.S. Route 395, approximately 16 miles (26 km) north of Lakeview, Oregon. The wayside provides a stopping place along Oregon's Outback Scenic Byway. The public park area is located on the west side of the highway in a grove of large ponderosa pine. Crooked Creek flows through the park, just east of the developed wayside area.

The park has picnic tables, potable drinking water, and flush toilets. The wayside provides access to fishing spots along Crooked Creek, where rainbow trout can be found. Chandler State Wayside is also a good area for wildlife viewing. There is no fee to use the park area. The wayside has approximately 41,700 day-use visitors each year.

The park property was donated to the state by Solomon and Hattie Chandler. The Chandlers were early settlers in Lake County, Oregon. They established their ranch in the latter part of the 19th century. By the 1920s, they were among the largest land owners in the area. At that time, their ranch extended from the north end of Abert Lake through the Valley Falls area into the Crooked Creek valley. They also owned some dispersed parcels of land in the Goose Lake Valley north of Lakeview. The Chandlers grazed large sheep herds and some cattle on their ranch.