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

They then drove up and down a highway east of Bend, finally pulling into a parking lot near a bike trail outside a different forest, part of the Oregon Badlands Wilderness area. Reached by phone ...

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 ...

In Central Oregon in February, that often requires heading east. Alas, one of the more popular trails in the Oregon Badlands Wilderness Area (designated by Congress as such in 2009) is the Dry River ...

Oregon, back in 2022. This new one promises more of the same, with incremental improvements across the board. When the new Forester Wilderness goes on sale, it will face few equals in its segment. The ...

The next significant protections came 25 years later when the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 protected new Wilderness around Mt. Hood and in the Oregon desert–including the Oregon ...

The Moon Pit is a 440-acre site located about 16 miles southeast of Bend off Highway 20, adjacent to the Oregon Badlands Wilderness. County records state the Badlands Rock Trailhead is about 700 ...

Vast swaths of the country are given over to soaring snow-crowned peaks, thick, trail-laced forests, and sprawling lakes and rivers. Read on to discover the most spectacular slice of wilderness in ...

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 ...

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 ...

The trail will remain open. The Flatiron Rock Trail leads into the Oregon Badlands Wilderness and the parking area is located roughly 17 miles southeast of Bend, OR, off Highway 20. Maintenance ...