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Deschutes National Forest
Deschutes National Forest
Deschutes National Forest IUCN Category VI (Managed Resource Protected Area)
National Volcanic Monument, containing cinder cones, lava flows, and lava tubes. The Forest also contains five Wilderness areas, six National Wild and Scenic Rivers, the Oregon Cascade Recreation Area, and the Metolius Conservation Area. Forest headquarters are located in Bend, Oregon. There are local ranger district offices in Bend, Crescent, and Sisters.[5]
Recreation
Recreational activities in Deschutes National Forest include boating, fishing, wildlife watching, and hiking, as well as mountain biking on an extensive system of trails.[6]. Hiking and skiing can be done on Mount Bachelor, a stratovolcano in the Cascade Range.
Sparks Lake and South Sister Location Nearest city Coordinates Oregon, USA Bend, OregonNearest city: Bend, Oregon 44°00′00″N 121°30′00″W / 44°N 121.5°W / 44; -121.5Coordinates: 44°00′00″N 121°30′00″W / 44°N 121.5°W / 44; -121.5 1,800,000 acres (7,284 km2) 3,162,000[1] (in 2006) U.S. Forest Service
Gallery
Paulina Todd Lake Creek Moffitt Butte and Falls Broken Top
Area Visitors Governing body
The Deschutes National Forest is a United States National Forest located in parts of Deschutes, Klamath, Lake, and Jefferson counties in central Oregon. It comprises 1.8 million acres (7,300 km²) along the east side of the Cascade mountains.[2] In 1908, the Deschutes National Forest was established from parts of the Blue Mountains, Cascade, and Fremont National Forests. In 1911, parts of the Deschutes National Forest were split off to form the Ochoco and Paulina National Forests and parts of the Cascade and Oregon National Forests were added to the Deschutes. In 1915, the lands of the Paulina National Forest were rejoined to the Deschutes National Forest.[3] A 1993 Forest Service study estimated that the extent of old growth in the forest was 348,100 acres [4]. Within the boundaries of the (140,900 ha) Deschutes National Forest is the Newberry
Obsidian flow, Paulina lake on the left & East Lake on the right
Crater Volcanic Lava Butte of Broken rock in Newformation berry Na- Top tional Volcanic Tumalo Falls Monument
References
[1] Revised Visitation Estimates - National Forest Service [2] "McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass Scenic Byway: Deschutes National Forest, OR" (HTML). America’s Byways. Washington,
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D.C.: U.S. Department of Transportation. 2006. http://www.byways.org/browse/ byways/2148/places/11679/. Retrieved on 2006-12-31. [3] Deschutes National Forest from the US Forest Service. [4] Bolsinger, Charles L.; Waddell, Karen L. (1993), Area of old-growth forests in California, Oregon, and Washington, United States Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Resource Bulletin PNW-RB-197, http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/ pnw_rb197.pdf [5] USFS Ranger Districts by State
Deschutes National Forest
[6] Mountain bike trails from the US Forest Service.
See also
• • • • Deschutes River Crack in the Ground Cascade Mountains Mt. Bachelor ski area
External links
Deschutes & Ochoco National Forests; Crooked River National Grassland from the US Forest Service.
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