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High Lava Plains
This area has some of the most recent faulting and youngest volcanic activity in Oregon. Well-preserved in a high desert climate, volcanic features stand out about the plains. |
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Paulina Lake, near Bend, is part of the Newberry National Volcanic Monument. |
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Fort Rock in Lake County is the remains of an ancient tuff ring that formed in a violent explosion. |
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Lava Butte, Newberry Crater, Fort Rock and Hole-in-the Ground,
in central Oregon, along Highways 97 and 31 south of Bend: A collection of relatively recent volcanic features including volcanoes, cinder cones, buried forests, obsidian flows, lava tubes, and a large explosion crater. For information, contact Deschutes National Forest, 1645 Hwy. 20E, Bend, OR 97701, phone (541) 388-2715; Lava Lands Visitor Center, 58201 S. Hwy. 97, Bend, OR 97707, phone (541) 593-2421; Newberry National Volcanic Monument, Fort Rock Ranger District, 1230 NE 3rd, Suite A 262, Bend, OR 97701, phone (541) 388-5664 |
Links:
Oregon Outdoors
Lava Lands Visitor Center
Newberry Crater National Volcanic Monument
High Desert Museum
Deschutes-Ochoco National Forests
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