Central Oregon is a natural wonderland, a high desert region that boasts deep canyons, snowy peaks, and idyllic spots for recreation — like this scenic state park where you can camp, hike, or swim.

Paulina Lake as seen near the trailhead for the hot springs, near the terminus of Little Crater Campground. (David Jasper/The Bulletin) It’s early August, and the mosquitoes in the Central Oregon ...

There aren’t many places where you can fish, swim, paddle and soak in a hot spring all in the same day and there are even fewer that you can do it all within an active volcano. But for us Central ...

For the past 15 years, I’ve been on a quixotic quest to visit as many of Oregon’s snowy waterfalls as possible. Our state’s cascades are resplendent any time of the year, but it’s the snow and ice and ...