The air is cool, the high desert is nearly completely silent, and the Milky Way stretches like glitter across the sky ...

From Memorial Day to Labor Day, on weekends, you can camp at the park and join one ... and access to the scenic Ochoco National Forest. Dark Sky Week is celebrated annually, and this year it ...

The mystical Ochoco National Forest has an activity for any type of ... Yes, that’s right, camp right in the middle of Oregon ...

I loved the ritual of loading up the family car like a high-stakes game of Tetris, the audiobooks that kept us company on the meandering drive, the setting up of camp, and the thoughtful ... or ...

Emilie Marlinghaus from Bend holds a sign against the mass eviction of people living in Deschutes National Forest on May 1 near Bend. Many people were brought to China Hat camp by police ...

PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) -- With favorable weather conditions in place, the Ochoco National Forest Monday it is beginning this year's prescribed fire operations this week on nearly 900 acres about ...

The official term is “non-recreational camping,” a phrase the Forest Service uses to describe people who camp in a national forest for longer than the designated limit, which in the Deschutes ...