South from Bend, Oregon. Best used for overnight parking No established campsites Your on your own. Find a level spot to park and that is that. There are several better places to camp... See listing at bottom of this page. Railroad Tracks through Lava Lands You can camp beside the towering walls of a lava flow. The train tracks go right through the lava fields making an abstract photo. There are established trails. Benham Falls is just a short walk. There are several other dispersed campsites in the area, you just have to find them. NO CAMPING FROM RAILROAD TRACKS TO THE RIVER Lava Lands Visitor Center is at the junction of Hwy.97 and Road#9702. You can drive to the top of Lava Butte. (They spent millions of tax dollars to build the Visitor Center, but forgot to budget enough to keep it open to the public. Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays...) Benham Falls is 4 miles on Road#9702 Recreation Pass Required / $5 Daily Fee At the end of Road#9702 is the parking area for Benham Falls Trailhead. Vaulted toilet and garbage service. Day Use Only

Road#9720 / View of Lava Butte from Cinder Pit If you click on image and enlarge it, there is an old firetower on top of Lava Butte. As little kids, we used to think this was where Santa Clause lived... least that was what the grandparents had us to believe. DIRECTIONS: From Bend take Hwy.97 south (Milepost 149-150) Turn towards Lava Lands Visitor Center. Before the entrance gate turn on Road #9702 Go towards Benham Falls Recreation Area. Before the railroad tracks you will see Road #500 It is about 1/4 mile to the edge of the lava field. Snow on Road #9702 It mostly melted by the next day. April 30, 2009 MAP These are our personal hand drawn maps Not guaranteed for accuracy Bend, OR DISTANCES: (From Benham Falls Trailhead) Deschutes River Trail #2.1 Benham Falls 1/2 mile Dillion Falls 3.5 miles Lava Island Falls 7 miles Sunriver 1 mile Lava Lands Visitor Center 4.5 miles Misquotes were out in full force... we have never seen it so bad. (July 2, 2007) Road#9720 / View from Cinder Pit Fog covering the valley floor. Viewed from top of the cinder butte on Road#9720 Check out the Lava Cast Forest It is unique how the lava made casts around the trees, which are now holes in the ground, with the molds are left as evidence. Fort Rock Also see: CRANE PRAIRIE RESERVOIR Also see: EFR OHV / CAMP II TRAILHEAD Also see: EFR OHV / ROAD 25 STAGING AREA Also see: EFR OHV / CHINA HAT CAMPGROUND Also see: EFR OHV / ROAD 2510 STAGING AREA Also see: EFR OHV / SOUTH LAVA TRAILHEAD Also see: EFR OHV / SAND SPRINGS CAMPGROUND Also see: HAYSTACK RESERVOIR Also see: LAVA FLOW CAMPGROUND Also see: NEWBERRY CRATER and MONUMENT Also see: OLD HIGHWAY 20 Also see: PINE MOUNTAIN OBSERVATORY Also see: PRINEVILLE / NORTH SHORE Also see: PRINEVILLE / SALT CREEK Also see: ROCK CREEK CAMPGROUND Also see: SPARKS LAKE RECREATION AREA Also see: WICKIUP RESERVOIR / ROAD#090 Also see: WICKIUP RESERVOIR / ROAD#4260 Also see: WICKIUP RESERVOIR / ROAD#4280 Also see: WICKIUP RESERVOIR / ROAD#4370 Also see: WICKIUP RESERVOIR / ROAD#44 Chemtrails Jan.22, 2004 CHEMTRAILS What are these funny clouds? No more blue skies... CAMPGROUND INDEX CAMPING RECIPES CAMPING CHECKLISTS TOURIST PHOTOS Pine cones in plastic bags... Good idea to help save the forest. Another good idea... FROM THE BLOG: We were camped on Road#500 when a train rolled by. Usually the engineers will wave, but this time he sneered and called law enforcement, said he suspected we were in a stolen car. Sheriff Officers soon arrived and approached with caution. They were friendly and quickly realized we were only camping... FROM THE BLOG: It was the middle of winter and the snow was about three feet deep, when a couple of drugged out meth heads tried driving through the snow with a passenger vehicle and quickly got stuck. In a parinoid state of rage they acted like it was our fault and started getting face to face. From there became a case of self-defence and they were lucky to walk away, maybe a little bruised and broken. www.eugenecarsey.com OREGON CAMPGROUND DIRECTORY Free camping and campgrounds. BEND OREGON LAVA BUTTE