RHH's photos with the keyword: newberry national volcanic monument

This is one of the waterfalls that drains Paulina Lake in Newberry National Volcanic Monument in Oregon. The falls are on Paulina Creek and flow around an island before reuniting further down.

This is half of Paulina Falls, a double waterfall on the creek that drains Paulina Lake in Newberry National Volcanic Monument in Oregon.

Paulina Falls is on a creek that drains Paulina Lake in Newberry National Volcanic Monument in Oregon. It is a short hike to the double falls which drop 80 feet (24 meters) as the creek flows around an island.

Penstemon deustus, the Hot-rock Penstemon prefers volcanic soils which are evident in this photo taken at Lava Butte in Newberry National Volcanic Monument, Oregon.

These are some of the wildflowers we found growing in the lava flows around Cinder Butte in Newberry National Volcanic Monument in Oregon. You can see a bit of the lava cinders in this photo of Rydberg's Penstemon and it is even more evident in the other photos. One wildflower, the Hot-rock Penstemon grows only in lava flows and so its range is very limited.

Lava Lands is part of Newberry National Volcanic Monument and lies south of Bend, Oregon. It is an area of old lava flows, volcanic cones and lakes. This is area is old enough that it is covered with vegetation but the area around the visitors' center is nearly bare of flowers, grass or trees.

Cinder Butte is an old cinder cone in Newberry National Volcanic Monument. There is a shuttle bus from the visitors' center to the top but we hiked to the top and then around the rim of the cone. This was taken from the road on the way to the top.

From Crater Lake National Park we headed north to the area of Bend, Oregon, where we spent the rest of the day at Lava Lands, part of the Newberry National Volcanic Monument. We hiked the trails through the lava beds, walked to the top of Cinder Butte and then went on to the area of Mount Paulina. This is Cinder Butte from the trail through the lava beds. Cinder Butte is an old cinder cone with a road to the top which we walked instead of taking the shuttle bus. At the top we also walked the rim of the cone.