Ancient juniper trees border trails in Oregon’s Badlands Wilderness. The Oregon Badlands Wilderness, so named for its wild and rugged terrain, lies just 15 miles east of Bend, Oregon.

To make it easy for you, the local conservation group Oregon Wild compiled a hiking guide for trails along some of our state’s most scenic rivers and waterways.

Oregon Trails: History and hiking meet at Central Oregon's Criterion ghost ranches. ... And yet in 1909, feuding railroad moguls launched a race to lay track upriver to Bend.

Bend, Ore. Sept. 7, 2019 8:15 p.m. People who flock to central Oregon’s hiking and biking trails can be deadly for one of the region’s most iconic large animals.

The main part of the Deschutes River Trail is upstream, between Meadow picnic ground to Benham Falls, in the Deschutes National Forest.

Explore a wide variety of inspiring landscapes just outside of the city. The post Trekking Bend’s Fiery Past: 6 Volcanic ...