Why Spring Is the Perfect Time To Visit Oregon’s High Desert City Cast Portland

Despite our iconic forests, mountains, and waterfalls, some Oregonians say the real adventure awaits us in the high desert, east of the Cascades. Out there, you’ll see landscapes unlike anywhere else in the Northwest, remnants of volcanic activity, aromatic brush and desert wildflowers, black-tailed jackrabbits, and a big ole crack in the ground. Today on City Cast Portland, Norther Emily of Wild Solitude Guiding fills us in on why spring is the perfect time to visit the high desert.
Discussed in today’s episode:

Maupin

Lower Deschutes River

Criterion Tract

Smith Rock

Gray Butte

Painted Hills Natural Beef

Christmas Valley

Fort Rock

Crack in the Ground

The Lost Forest and Shifting Sand Dunes

Summer Lake Hot Springs


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