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Cape Kiwanda Hike Oregon Coast Pacific City Beach Walk Cape Kiwanda Natural Area

Cape Kiwanda in Cape Kiwanda Natural Area

Cape Kiwanda is the southernmost of the 3 Capes in the Tillamook area on the Oregon Coast. An Oregon State Parks Natural Area protects this short, dramatic point. The park is too small... Read more.

Lava River Cave Bend Oregon Lava Tube Newberry National Volcanic Monument Oregon Deschutes National Forest

Lava River Cave in Newberry National Volcanic Monument

Lava River Cave is the longest lava tube in Oregon and is fascinating to explore. Put fresh batteries in your flashlights and head to Newberry National Volcanic Monument, which is in... Read more.

Cape Lookout Trail Coastal Hike Cape Lookout State Park Oregon

Cape Lookout Trail in Cape Lookout State Park

Treat yourself to gargantuan ocean views from the edges of Cape Lookout, hiking 5 miles round trip to a viewpoint at the end of this tall promontory on the Oregon Coast. Cape Lookout... Read more.

Marquam Nature Park Loop Hike West Hills Southwest Portland Oregon Marquam Trail

Marquam Trail Loop in Marquam Nature Park, Portland

Marquam Nature Park is walking distance from downtown Portland, but is tucked away and remains less well known than other parks in the West Hills. Marquam Nature Park provides ample... Read more.

Shevlin Loop Trail Bend Oregon Hike Shevlin Park Tumalo Creek

Shevlin Loop Trail in Shevlin Park, Bend

Shevlin Loop Trail explores pine forests along Tumalo Creek in Shevlin Park, which is just four miles west of downtown Bend. This pleasant woodland trail is mostly easy with a few... Read more.

Archie Briggs Canyon Trail Bend Oregon Hike Deschutes River Trail Overlook

Archie Briggs Canyon Trail in Bend

Archie Briggs Natural Area presents views over a dramatic stretch of the Deschutes River north of Bend. The river makes a sweeping curve beneath tall cliffs of volcanic rock and is... Read more.

Glendale Peak Hike Griffith Park Riverside Trail East Ridge Trail Henry's Trail to Glendale Peak Trail Los Angeles California

Glendale Peak in Griffith Park

Mount Hollywood and Mount Lee might get the bulk of the summit-bagging hikers in Griffith Park, but Glendale Peak is a fine target of its own, hosting grand views of downtown Los... Read more.

Griffith Park Glendale Peak Mount Hollywood Loop Hike Griffith Park Los Angeles California

Glendale Peak – Mount Hollywood Loop in Griffith Park

It is often said that two is better than one. Take a hike on Glendale Peak – Mount Hollywood Loop and you'll agree – two summits are better than one! Think of this Griffith Park... Read more.

Pilot Butte Trail Bend Oregon Hike Pilot Butte Nature Trail Pilot Butte State Park

Pilot Butte in Bend

Pilot Butte is the biggest landmark in the city of Bend. This extinct cinder volcano is visible from almost everywhere in the city and its summit surpasses expectations with knock-out... Read more.

Head of the Metolius Springs Metolius River Headwaters Deschutes National Forest Central Oregon Hike

Head of the Metolius in Deschutes National Forest

Gaze north from the observation site at the end of Head of the Metolius Trail and you'll have a beautiful (if traditional) view of a river flowing through a pine forest toward Mount... Read more.

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