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The first piece of wild I visited in Oregon, way back in 2012. The trail here is easy and accessible; the memories and learnings since are rugged, overpowering, and constant, and ultimately awesome. Like the river.
Experienced by Hatham
25 km from Bend
Three Creek Lake Sunset
Experienced by Clint McKoy
31 km from Bend
Hiking Mount Bachelor Oregon
Experienced by Les Anderson
31 km from Bend
Oregon winter mountain
Experienced by Les Anderson
32 km from Bend
Over the summer, my best friend Grant and I went backpacking. I captured this shot naked, shortly before sunset, just after we hopped out of the pools surrounding our camp. It was magical and all too much fun.
Experienced by Jack Sloop
34 km from Bend
Sunrise at Spark’s Lake
Experienced by Naresh Bojja
37 km from Bend
Taken at sunrise in Oregon’s Smith Rock State Park. Beautiful sunrise behind the Cascade mountain range.
Experienced by Doug Devine
37 km from Bend
Yesterday we took a trip out to Smith Rock State Park to soak in Oregon’s High Desert. It’s the perfect outdoor adventurer’s playground with sheer cliffs made up of volcanic layers of basalt and tuff with the Crooked River cutting it’s way through the canyon. Climbers enjoy this area, and there are many trails for easy to moderate/hard hikes.
Experienced by Dale Nibbe
37 km from Bend
Yesterday we took a trip out to Smith Rock State Park to soak in Oregon’s High Desert. It’s the perfect outdoor adventurer’s playground with sheer cliffs made up of volcanic layers of basalt and tuff with the Crooked River cutting it’s way through the canyon. Climbers enjoy this area, and there are many trails for easy to moderate/hard hikes.
Experienced by Dale Nibbe
58 km from Bend
Oregon Coast Pathway
Experienced by Brandon Burridge
59 km from Bend
Searching for a camp spot, we found a long dirt road that we drove down and discovered this amazing little spot. We cleared it out, and discovered the moss bench (back of photo) and built a fire. Right next to this spot there is a rushing river which makes it the perfect setting to fall asleep to!
Experienced by Matt Whitacre
67 km from Bend
Green Oregon forest
Experienced by Kayla
67 km from Bend
Offroading on some sand dunes in Oregon
Experienced by Clay Banks
67 km from Bend
Strolling through the beautiful beaches along Route 101
Experienced by Clay Banks
73 km from Bend
This was taken at a small pull off in Crescent, OR. The view of this mountain (diamond peak) was so far away that it was barely visible in the distance. I got out the biggest lens I had and was amazing to see these wonderful scenes. Weirdly enough it was also snowing. This was in July.
Experienced by Nathan Anderson
107 km from Bend
Visiting the Painted Hills for the first time in Central Oregon. Road trip for blog @lostandremote
Experienced by Ashley Bard
108 km from Bend
Me: It's almost dark out, I'm in the middle of huge inland sand dunes and have no idea where the dirt road went, there's a consistent 30 mph wind blowing sand everywhere...now would be the perfect time to get out of my car and fly my drone! I nearly blinded myself from sand blowing in my eyes and the wind was blowing so hard that even at full speed, my drone was still being pushed further away... But I had to capture that texture, the curves, the shadows, and the awesome wisps of sand flying across the desert floor. I think this photo proves my efforts were worth it.
Experienced by Dan Meyers
131 km from Bend
I spotted this random formation long ago because of it's boxy shape and the colorful mosses on the cliff face. I recently made it back out to this part of Central Oregon's high desert and took a few photos with my drone. That is some wild geology.
Experienced by Dan Meyers
137 km from Bend
Late evening at mt hoods slope.
Experienced by adrian
138 km from Bend
Abiqua falls is difficult to reach. First, you have to reach the middle of nowhere. Then, you take a thoroughly messed up “road” on foot or by car. Finally, you have to scramble down a hill, and about 1/4 mile over rocks next to a river. At least you reach Abiqua. Yeah, it’s worth it. This was by far my favorite waterfall I’ve ever experienced – go if you can do so carefully! The best waterfall experience was followed up with a pretty strange one: a group of people decided to take up target practice with rifles next to our car. This area isn’t a part of a park so it’s unprotected.
Experienced by rachel baskerville