Tag: 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

• Lava Butte

  

  Halfway between Bend and Sunriver is Lava Butte, a 5,020 foot cinder cone. The Lava Lands Visitor Center sits at the base of the butte and is the hub of the Newberry Caldera National Monument. The center hosts a delightful northwest bookstore and informative interpretive site (complete with topographic map and helpful rangers). There is an easy […]

  naybeline

  May 16, 2016

  bend, buttes, family adventure, lava butte, newberry national monument

  Bend, bend oregon, benham falls, butte, caldera, central oregon, fire lookout, hiking, lava, lava butte, lava fields, newberry crater, Oregon, sunriver