Interior Oregon's largest sand dunes lie at forest's edge. Summer Lake, Winter Ridge: The sprawling desert lake is famous for its annual waterfowl migration spectacle, especially snow geese.

Explore one of Oregon's most underrated but otherworldly natural areas with incredible desert views and hiking trails close to the ... try a three-hour loop made up of the Sand Lily, Mazama ...

Historically, much of the dunes in Oregon and Washington were sparsely vegetated mounds of loose sand. To keep the grains from blowing into and overwhelming nearby settlements, there was an ...

From Cape Kiwanda to South Sister, the Rogue River and Wallowa Lake Tram, these are the best places to explore and eat in ...

Oregon’s high desert is a shoulder season paradise for outdoors lovers . Nov. 9, 2024 at 6:00 am Updated Nov. 9, 2024 at 7:00 am . By . Syma Mohammed. Special to The Seattle Times.

King heads to Oregon’s Smith Rock State Park in a sand-colored CX-50 that blends in with the area’s high desert landscape. Thirty miles northeast of Bend, the park spans 650 acres and features ...

High Desert Real Estate Photography. Location. Juniper Preserve resort is located on 640 acres in Bend, Oregon, with views of Mount Bachelor and the Cascades, Three Sisters Wilderness, and Smith Rock.

Stargazing in the Oregon Outback Dark Sky Sanctuary. Diablo Rim (5.5 miles one way): Diablo Rim is a large, heavily faulted uplift on the east side of Summer Lake. The rim is segmented into many ...

For Desert Princess Country Club in Cathedral City, the shortage meant plans to replace sand in 51 bunkers on the 27-hole golf facility were derailed.

But this sandy universe was largely inspired by a place right here on Earth: The sweeping sand dune ecosystem along the central Oregon coast. In the mid-1950s, Herbert visited Florence, Oregon ...