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High Lava Plains This area has some of the most recent faulting and youngest volcanic activity in Oregon. Well-preserved in a high desert climate, volcanic features stand out about the plains. Lava Butte, Newberry Crater, Fort Rock and Hole-in-the Ground, in central Oregon, along Highways 97 and 31 south of Bend: A collection of relatively recent volcanic features including volcanoes, cinder cones, buried forests, obsidian flows, lava tubes, and a large explosion crater. For information, contact Deschutes National Forest, 1645 Hwy. 20E, Bend, OR 97701, phone (541) 388-2715; Lava Lands Visitor Center, 58201 S. Hwy. 97, Bend, OR 97707, phone (541) 593-2421; Newberry National Volcanic Monument, Fort Rock Ranger District, 1230 NE 3rd, Suite A 262, Bend, OR 97701, phone (541) 388-5664 Links: Oregon Outdoors Lava Lands Visitor Center Newberry Crater National Volcanic Monument Deschutes-Ochoco National Forests
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