Launching Soon · A Field Guide

Quieter Side of the Pines

A new dispatch from La Pine, Oregon — Newberry's caldera, the south end of the Deschutes, and a forest that still feels like a forest.

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A South Deschutes Dispatch

Drive past the Big Tree.

La Pine's state park keeps the oldest, tallest ponderosa in Oregon — 162 feet of bark and shade, standing watch over a bend in the river since before Oregon was a state.

La Pine is the town an hour south of Bend where the forest thickens and the lots get bigger. It's the gateway to the Newberry National Volcanic Monument, the launch point for Paulina and East Lake, the place to put in for a slower stretch of the Upper Deschutes.

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A calm forested lake — the kind of stillness you find at Paulina
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The Caldera

Newberry Volcano's twin lakes, hot springs, and obsidian flow — a national monument in your back yard.

Photo: McKayla Crump / Unsplash

A river running cold and slow through Central Oregon pines
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The River

The Upper Deschutes runs slow and cold through La Pine State Park. Drift boats, fly rods, and big trees on the bank.

Photo: Shawn / Unsplash

An empty road through the high desert — La Pine's wide-open quiet
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The Room

An acre, a well, a wood stove, a view of the Cascades. South Deschutes is where Central Oregon still has room to breathe.

Photo: Daniel Herron / Unsplash

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