Explore one of Oregon's most underrated but otherworldly natural areas with incredible desert views and hiking trails close ...

The Oregon Badlands is the strangest wilderness in Oregon, with no mountains, lakes or streams. This desert landscape east of Bend was buried by a basalt lava flow about 10,000 years ago. As more lava ...

The creation of the Badlands Wilderness Area (click for BLM pdf file on the area) just east of Bend is a nice protection of the central Oregon landscape. Of course, the Badlands lava flow has been ...

Bend ... the Oregon Badlands Wilderness (tinyurl.com/ycks89n) includes more than 29,300 acres of high-desert terrain, including lava rocks, canyons, ancient juniper ...

The Oregon Badlands Wilderness Act was signed into law in 2009, permanently protecting the Badlands. The 3-mile trek to Flatiron Rock is a rambling stroll that requires about an hour of hiking.

BEND, Ore. — Even in the depths of a somewhat harsh winter, hikers in Central Oregon can find trails that remain relatively dry and snow free. Areas east and north of Bend offer several ideal ...

It’s a 6-mile-round-trip hike in the Oregon Badlands Wilderness that leads to a large rock outcropping. The path from the parking lot is wide and easy to follow. The scenery is that classic ...

Oregon Department of Transportation and flagging ... Meanwhile, a small, two-tree fire in the Badlands Wilderness area east of Bend was monitored but not extinguished. Bend-Fort Rock Ranger ...

Ten people this year have finished the Oregon Desert Trail. The view from an early section of the trail in the Badlands Wilderness. Photo: Caleb Diehl Despite the small number of completions, tourism ...

About 17 miles east of Bend, the Oregon Badlands Wilderness is nearly 30,000 acres of twisted junipers and interesting rock formations that make for an ideal hiking destination during the fall and ...

It’s a 6-mile-round-trip hike in the Oregon Badlands Wilderness that leads to a large rock outcropping. The path from the parking lot is wide and easy to follow. The scenery is that classic ...