Author: roadsideoregon.com

How many deer can you see? Taken from Hwy-19 between Fossil and Kimberly in eastern Central Oregon. Most people think of green forests and rain when they think of Oregon. Central and most of Eastern Oregon is not that. The… read more How Many Deer?

A Central Oregon valley as viewed from highway 27 South of Prineville. Download HD Wallpaper

The lava flow at McKenzie Pass, from Belknap Crater, forms a great foreground to the view of the North Sister and Middle Sister mountains (the South Sister is hidden behind the Middle Sister in this view). All three of the sisters… read more McKenzie Pass

Sparks Lake is near Mt. Bachelor and the South Sister (the mountain in the photograph) in central Oregon. This photograph was taken shortly after sunrise on a just above freezing, perfect August morning. I can almost smell the cutthroat trout over the campfires. The lake… read more Sparks Lake

A fantastic drive through the rocks! This hidden gem is north of Mitchell in Central Oregon (perhaps Eastern Oregon at this point…). From Hwy-26, exit at Mitchel taking Hwy-207 North until you see Twickenham Road to the left. Twickenham Road… read more Girds Creek Road

The International Rose Test Garden is located in Washington Park in Portland, Oregon. It features 10,000 roses plants from about 650 varieties. Any time is nice, but the blooms peak in the June/July time range. That is the best, most… read more Roses!

I remember the first time I saw this waterfall. I came up to the viewpoint and said “WOW”. Tumalo Falls is a 97 foot/30 meter waterfall only 14 miles/23km from the city of Bend in Central Oregon. The three mile/five km… read more Tumalo Falls

An unidentified mushroom north of Santiam Junction in Oregon located perhaps 20 yards/meters off of Hwy–22. Unless the mushroom is a delicious Morel or Chanterelle variety, I don’t even touch it. When I was taking this photograph, there were probably… read more Mushroom

Three Creeks Lake is framed in by the Tam MacArthur Rim.  You can see it here as a stone “wall” in the background.  If you are up for a hike, the views at the top are breathtaking. If you continue… read more Three Creeks Lake

One of many near the Oregon Coast, this one was at the parking area at Boiler Bay. Download HD Wallpaper

Sometimes called a “pitcher plant”, Darlingtonia Calofirnica are a carnivorous plant that digest insects in the bottom of a large tube. From the sign at the “Darlingtonia State Natural Site” five miles/8 km North of Florence on Hwy-101 on the… read more Darlingtonia (Carnivorous Plant)

The Painted Hills, a unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, get their name from the stratifications in the soil. The bands are from layers of silt, vegetative matter and more from the time this was an ancient river… read more Painted Hills