Between Crater Lake and Columbia River Gorge, Bend, Oregon, is an outdoor destination ... was formed 1,300 years ago and is the youngest lava flow in Oregon. This area has a vault toilet and ...

Bend, Oregon, is home to some of the most fascinating geological terrain in the Pacific Northwest. Towering volcanoes, ancient calderas, and fresh lava flows are a testament to the region’s ...

Before that historic event in 1969, nearly all of the Apollo astronauts trained to walk on the moon in Central Oregon ... negotiating the jagged lava flows and studied the terrain.