Hike up any of the buttes around Bend, and you’ll be well-rewarded with a twofer of lung-and-leg-strengthening exercise and fantastic big-bang-for-your-buck vistas worthy of tourism brochures.
You don’t have to drive far to experience a caldera-filled lake, and unlike its famous sibling to the south, Paulina Lake in the Newberry National Volcanic Monument has an easier-to-access