Category: benham falls

• Benham Falls

  

  6,600 years ago hot molten lava spewed from the side of Lava Butte, damming the Deschutes River and creating Benham Lake. The lake would overflow at a low point on a saddle, this channel eventually formed Benham Falls. The Deschutes travels on North towards Bend down two more clusters of rapids (Dillon and Lava Island Falls). […]

  naybeline

  May 16, 2016

  bend, benham falls, deschutes river, newberry national monument, sunriver

  Bend, benham falls, Deschutes River, deschutes river trail, hiking, sunriver