Dyer State Wayside, a rest stop with picnic tables and public toilets, lies about 10 miles (16 km) south of Condon, along Oregon Route 19.

[2] In 1997, a group of volunteers called Dyer Partners renovated the park, which had become "an overgrown weed patch with rotting picnic tables".

In 2000, OPRD installed an irrigation system and Gilliam County road crews made pathways and improved the parking lot.

[4] In 2004, the group, whose numbers were said to be "dwindling," made another stab at improving the site.

With assistance from personal from Deschutes State Park, they aimed to make connections with water pipes installed two years earlier.