Volcanic Vistas Guide to Newberry National Volcanic Monument

View to the northeast across Newberry National Volcanic Monument from Paulina Peak on . Community concern for the preservation of the area led to the establishment of the Monument in 1990. The Deschutes National Forest manages the Monument to preserve and protect the area’s unique geologic and ecological resources. The exceptional scenic and recreational opportunities cover 50,000 acres. Photo: Mary Williams

What Can I See In... Useful Contacts EMERGENCY 911 2 Hours: Lava Lands Visitor Center and * Newberry National Volcanic Monument *Due to limited parking atop Lava Butte, 30 minute parking passes are issued www.fs.usda.gov/goto/centraloregon/nnvm on a first come, first served basis. Vehicles longer than 22 ft. prohibited. Lava Lands Visitor Center 541-593-2421

Half-Day: Deschutes National Forest 541-383-5300 www.fs.usda.gov/centraloregon Above sites plus explore Lava River Cave** Bend Fort Rock Ranger District 541-383-4000 **Allow about 2 hours for round trip through entire cave. Gate closes at 4pm.

Discover Your Northwest 877-874-6775 Full Day: www.discovernw.org\deschutes Above sites plus Lava Cast Forest*** ***Access site via gravel road, 9 miles one way. Pick up brochure at Lava Lands Deschutes County Sheriff or download from Deschutes National Forest website. (Non-emergency and Animal Control): 541-693-6911 http://sheriff.deschutes.org 2-3 Days: See ALL of Newberry National Volcanic Monument! Department of Fish & Wildlife 800-720-6339 www.dfw.state.or.us/ Visit all of the above sites plus the following sites within the ODOT Road Conditions 511 (toll free in Oregon) Newberry Caldera: www.tripcheck.com/ 1-800-977-ODOT (toll free in Oregon) 1-503-588-2941 (outside Oregon) Buy a 3-Day Paulina Visitor Center Monument Pass National Weather Service www.weather.gov/ Enter Bend or La Pine, Oregon Big Obsidian Flow for $10! Paulina Falls Crater Lake N.P. Information 541-594-3000

Paulina and East Lakes Newberry National Volcanic Monument Drive to the top of Paulina Information HOTLINE 541-383-5700 Peak (7,984 ft.) for one of the best views in Oregon!

Volcanic Vistas is produced by Discover Your Northwest in 80% partnership with the Deschutes National Forest. Published May 2012 80% post-consumer recycled paper

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What’s New on the Monument? NEWBERRY QUICK FACTS

VolCano tYPe: shield-shaped composite

area: 1,200 square miles—about the size of Rhode Island

nearBY toWnS: Bend, Sunriver, LaPine, and Redmond

PoPUlation on or near neWBerrY laVaS: about 200,000

CalDera area: 17 square miles

The first of eleven new interpretive panels Detail of Newberry Caldera from the new eleVation: 7,984 feet above sea on the Trail of the Molten Land. 3-D topographic model of the Monument. level—Paulina Peak summit

the trail of the molten lanD the larGeSt VolCano in the CaSCaDeS heiGht aBoVe BenD: About 4,000 feet provides insights into the formation of volcanic arc is a little hard to get your the cinder cone, Lava Butte, and close up head around. Fortunately, the rangers laSt erUPtion: about 1,300 years ago— views of its basaltic a’a lava flow. A newly at Lava Lands Visitor Center have a Big Obsidian Flow completed (June 2012) section of the trail new interpretive tool to help visitors provides barrier-free access. New full color do just that. This fall, the Deschutes olDeSt laVaS: about 400,000 years interpretive panels along both the old and National Forest contracted the services new trail sections help visitors imagine of Rauda Scale Models, Inc. to build a nUmBer of VolCaniC ConeS anD VentS: what the conditions would have been like model that illustrates the over 50,000 more than 400 just over 7,000 years ago during Lava acres of the Newberry National Volcanic Butte’s two-phase eruption. In addition to Monument in exquisite detail. The 5’ eStimateD total VolUme: 120 cubic addressing these exciting geologic events, x 9’ scale model resides in the visitor miles (mi3) (for example, South Sister is some panels share the current story of how center bookstore where rangers will be 5 mi3 and Mt. St. Helens is 6 mi3) life is adapting to this harsh environment, available to further orient visitors to introducing the visitor to the plant and the geologic wonders awaiting them on VolUme of laVa BUtte Cone anD floW: animal life that lives on the lava. Newberry National Volcanic Monument. Less than 1 mi3

SoUrCe: USGS faCt Sheet 2011-3145

GREENER GOALS FOR THE GREENER GOOD Deschutes National Forest is a leader in innovative ways to reduce fossil fuel usage within all aspects of operations; from hybrid vehicles to 100% off-the-grid facilities the Deschutes National Forest is leading by example. The U.S. government challenged all federal agencies to reduce fuel consumption in facilities by 65% by year 2015 with the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Newberry National Volcanic Monument contributes to the success of the Deschutes National Forest by greening operations one step at a time. In 2012, the Monument is improving its solar power system at Lava River Cave (LRC), piloting the use of rechargable lanterns at LRC, using bicycles for staff travel between Lava Lands and LRC, installing bike racks at both sites, printing the Vista with 80% recycled paper and soy ink, and using E-85 fuel in one of our newer vehicles.

RECREATION PASSES ARE REQUIRED at designated day use sites on the Deschutes National Forest including sites within Newberry National Volcanic Monument.

Recreation Passes accepted include : National Forest Recreation Day Pass ($5), Annual Northwest Forest Pass ($30), Interagency Annual Pass ($80), Interagency Senior Pass ($10), Interagency Access Pass (FREE with documentation), the NEW Interagency Military Pass and the 3-day Monument Pass*($10). *The 3-day Newberry National Volcanic Monument Pass is only sold at Monument Welcome Stations (see below) and is good only for sites within the Monument.

Passes are available at Newberry National Volcanic Monument Monument Welcome Stations (Lava Lands Visitor Center, Lava River Cave, Paulina Visitor Center and Newberry Welcome Station), Forest Service offices throughout Washington and Oregon and online at http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/centraloregon/passes-permits/recreation

Benefits: 95% of the revenue from Recreation Passes stays in the local area for facility maintenance, interpretive services, and ecosystem protection. These passes are your opportunity to care for our public lands and pass on your natural legacy. Thank You!

Discover Your Northwest Newberry National Volcanic Monument is managed through a partnership between the Deschutes National Forest and Discover Your Northwest (DYNW). DYNW is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the discovery of northwest public lands, enriching the experience of visitors, and building community stewardship of these special places today and for generations to come. Proceeds from DYNW retail operations are used to fund conservation education programs, publications, exhibits, guest speakers, events and other services designed to enhance your appreciation of the area.

Become a member today and receive a 15% discount at DYNW locations on public lands throughout the Northwest. For more information: www.discovernw.org 206-220-4140 Discover Your Northwest 164 Jackson Street Seattle, WA 98104

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Volcanic Vital Signs

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)/Cascades Newberry’s status as hazardous—its relatively Volcano Observatory (CVO) scientists recent eruptive activity (the 1300 year old Big and volunteers installed eight new real- Obsidian Flow), and its proximity to human time seismic and deformation (GPS) volcano population centers. Until last summer, only monitoring stations around Newberry Volcano, one seismic station existed on Newberry in August 2011. By November 2011, scientists Volcano. USGS considered a lone seismic had linked all sites into a telemetry system station inadequate for providing timely that sends real-time field data to the USGS- warning of a volcano’s reawakening. CVO in Vancouver and the University of Washington Pacific Northwest Seismic Network At volcanoes such as Newberry, (PNSN) in Seattle. earthquakes and slow movement can be symptoms of subsurface movements of Monitoring stations feature a seismometer magma, gas, and fluids. Often, volcanic buried in the ground and a GPS receiver. reawakening can begin subtly, with many Seismometers are so sensitive that they can earthquakes of a magnitude less than 1.0, and detect elk (or people) walking nearby, and the with ground deformation measured in tiny GPS instruments can detect ground movement fractions of an inch. Additional monitoring stations will provide baseline data that USGS Cascade Volcano Observatory staff setting up of just a few millimeters. With several months seismic/GPS station on Newberry Volcano in 2011. If you of careful study of background seismicity and improves scientists’ ability to detect and interpret which movements are normal for the encounter a monitoring station during your hikes around deformation levels, the new Newberry Volcano Newberry, please do not disturb. monitoring network is now fully operational. area, and which might indicate volcanic unrest. Photo: Seth Moran, USGS/CVO The idea is similar to your doctor having a baseline record of your vital signs, so that Newberry is a quiet volcano. In the when one of those signs changes your doctor “Newberry Volcano first six months of operation, only one small can interpret that change in your system and - ’s earthquake has occurred in the caldera, but it respond appropriately. would not have been detected without the new Sleeping Giant” network. The instruments have recorded the If you encounter a monitoring station during your hikes Learn more about Newberry fracturing of ice in lakes several miles distant. around Newberry, please do not disturb. You can check Volcano’s history with A 2004 USGS assessment of monitoring Newberry’s vital signs yourself at the following website USGS’s newly published Fact networks at 13 major Cascade volcanic of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network: Sheet 2011- 3145: centers, found Newberry to be one of the http://old.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/PNSN/welcome.html volcanoes “most in need” of additional where real time data from the new monitoring http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3145/fs2011-3145.pdf monitoring. Two factors contribute to stations is displayed.

Geothermal Power from Newberry Volcano - Is is possible? AltaRock’s EGS Demonstration Create a reservoir of tiny cracks by AltaRock Energy & Davenport Power think so... pumping clean cold groundwater down an existing production well in a process called “hydroshearing.” NEWBERRY VOLCANO has had a long history power and represents an unlimited resource that of geothermal energy prospecting dating back can dynamically change our energy future. The Inject a diverter down the well bore to to the 1970s. In the 1980’s, a USGS research Obama administration’s fiscal year 2013 budget temporarily block water flow to the newly drill found hot steam (509F) 3,057 feet below requests a 71% increase to geothermal and EGS open fractures so that a total of three the surface near the center of Newberry’s funding. fracture zones can be opened deeper in the caldera. The establishment of the Monument well bore. ended drilling inside the caldera. Subsequent WHAT MAKES NEWBERRY VOLCANO drilling outside the Monument boundary SUCH AN IDEAL SPOT TO TEST THIS NEW The hydroshearing process creates very encountered only hot dry rock. TECHNOLOGY? 1) a recently drilled production small earthquakes which will be mapped well on Newberry’s west flank, outside reveal the size, location, and orientation of WHY GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION AT the Monument boundary, already in place the fracture network. NEWBERRY VOLCANO? Newberry is an active extending 10,060 feet below the surface; 2) volcano with lots of available relatively shallow very impermeable dry rock below 6,500 feet; Lastly, water will be pumped down the heat. It is the largest volcano in the Cascade 3) temperatures over 600°F at the bottom of injection wells, flow through the fracture Range and has built itself a broad shield shape the well bore; 4) Newberry is an active volcano network absorbing heat, and then be through repeated eruptions over the last 400,000 which has had historically very low seismicity. pumped out of the production well years. Only 75,000 years ago, Newberry’s summit creating hot water and steam. collapsed forming a caldera from a major HOW WILL THEY DO IT? See a brief eruption which volcanic ash has been found as description of the EGS Demonstration process No actual electricity will be generated far as San Francisco, California. Its last eruption at right. See AltaRock Energy’s website (address through this demonstration project. was an explosive obsidian flow centered in the below) for a full description of the process. Newberry caldera a mere 1,300 years ago. if thiS eGS DemonStration WorKS and ALTAROCK ENERGY & DAVENPORT POWER shows that geothermal power can be produced are teaming up to see if Newberry’s geothermal from Newberry Volcano as a commercially energy can be harnessed to produce power from economical energy source, then Davenport its hot dry rock. AltaRock hopes its application Power may realize its dream of producing 100 of a new technology called Enhanced Geothermal MW of electricity which could provide power to Systems (EGS) will be able to create a reservoir 100,000 homes. And Newberry Volcano…well, of tiny cracks filled with hot water that can be it just may become the first in the Cascade used to generate geothermal power. Geothermal Range to produce geothermal power. energy provides clean renewable base load For more information on the latest Newberry geothermal project:

AltaRock Energy - Newberry EGS Demonstration: www.altarockenergy.com/projects Injection Well Stimulation

Source: www.altarockenergy.com/projects Davenport Power - Newberry Geothermal: www.newberrygeothermal.com/

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- ALL Trailheads Tr r Rim - Cinder Hill Boating Sites Crate Day Use Passes may - East Lake Boating Site be purchased 24/7 at - Hot Springs Boating Site the Self-Service Fee Newberry National Major Paved Road Camping Area Boat Ramp Restaurant RV Dump Site - Little Crater Boating Site Station in front of Volcanic Monument the PVC. Other types Minor Paved Road Picnic Area Water Cabin Rental Amphitheater - Little Crater Picnic Site of Recreation Passes Hiking only Trail - Big Obsidian Flow Interpretive Site may be purchased Dirt/Gravel Road Visitor Center Restrooms Showers Trailhead Trail - Paulina Falls Picnic Site at the Newberry 0 0.5 1 2 Miles Welcome Station and Trail w/ Restrictions Contours 200ft. Viewpoint Fee Station Laundry Lava Flow - Paulina Peak Viewpoint the PVC when those - Paulina Boating/Picnic Site sites are open.

Newberry Caldera Trails Miles One Way Elev Change Use Difficulty

Crater Rim Trail #57 21 6330-7600 feet hike,bike,horse difficult

Obsidian Flow Trail # 58.1 0.5 6330-6850 feet hike only easy

Little Crater Trail # 53 1.5 6330-6850 feet hike only moderate

Little Crater Tie 0.6 6330-6600 feet hike only moderate

Lost Lake Trail #58.2/58.4 3.9 + 0.6 7100-7440 feet hike, bike, horse difficult

Newberry Crater Trail #3958 9.2 6350-7300 feet hike, bike, horse moderate

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Newberry National Major Paved Road Camping Area Boat Ramp Restaurant RV Dump Site Volcanic Monument Minor Paved Road Picnic Area Water Cabin Rental Amphitheater Hiking only Trail Dirt/Gravel Road Visitor Center Restrooms Showers Trailhead Trail 0 0.5 1 2 Miles Trail w/ Restrictions Contours 200ft. Viewpoint Fee Station Laundry Lava Flow

Newberry Caldera Trails Miles One Way Elev Change Use Difficulty

Parallel Trail #58.3 2 6450-7000 feet hike, bike, horse moderate

Paulina Falls Trail #57 0.5 6120-6280 feet hike only easy

Paulina Lakeshore Loop #55 7.5 6330-6560 feet hike only moderate

Paulina Peak Trail #57 0.25 7800-7980 feet hike only moderate

Peter Skene Ogden Trail # 56 8.6 4300-6350 feet hike, horse, bike moderate

Silica Trail # 58.5 . 0.5 6350-6365 feet hike only moderate

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LAVA LANDS VISITOR CENTER

OPEN 9:00am to 5:00pm

Weekends in May Memorial Day Weekend May 26 - 28 Thursday-Monday May 31- June 30 Daily July 1 - September 3 Thursday-Monday September 6 - 30

thinGS to Do at laVa lanDS Lava Butte, as viewed from its lava flow on Trail of the Molten learn about volcanoes in the Lawrence A. Chitwood Lands at Lava Lands Visitor Center. Exhibit Hall and orient yourself with the 3-D topographic model of Newberry National Volcanic Monument. tour. NEW ADA compliant trail section provides barrier- free travel. Older trail sections have grades that may be DriVe to the top of Lava Butte, paved road 1 3/4 miles challenging without assistance. one way. Parking is limited to 10 vehicles (< 22’ long), so please ask for a 30 minute time pass from the Ranger as WalK the Trail of Whispering Pines, paved 1/3 mile you arrive. Lava Butte passes are issued on a first come, loop. Follow the edge of the Lava Butte flow as it winds first served basis and on busy days there may be a wait. through the shady whispering pines. WalK the Lava Butte Rim Trail, unpaved 1/4 mile loop ShoP in the Discover Your Northwest bookstore for with a panoramic view of Newberry National Volcanic books, maps and gifts. Monument and surrounding area. Please respect the heCK at the visitor center front desk for Film and pavement barriers placed there for your safety as we work C Ranger Program Schedule. to repair the surface at the top of Lava Butte. eaSheD etS are ok outside on a leash. Please WalK the Trail of the Molten Land, paved 1 mile loop. l P cleanup after your pet. NEW full color interpretive signs provide for a self-guided

Lava Lands Visitor Center & Vicinity To Benham Falls Day Use Area & Deschutes River 4 mi (6.4 km)

Active Fire Lookout Please do not disturb Fire Staff Lava Butte Trail 1/4 mi (0.4 km) unpaved loop Lava Butte Lava Flow Lava Butte The Breach cinder cone 5020’ (1568 m)

Lava Butte Lava Flow Trail of the Whispering Pines 1/3 mi (0.5 km) Lava Butte paved loop Lava Butte Lava Flow Lava Flow Black Rock Trail 4 mi (6.4 km) unpaved Trail of the After-Hours Molten Land Parking* 1 mi (1.6 km) paved EXIT Car Parking

Turn here Bus / RV for Lava River Cave Parking and return to HWY 97 Entrance Only To Sunriver Gate Closed in summer Follow the red road up Lava Butte 1.75 miles (2.8 km) To Bend & La Pine Underpass Highway 97 Highway 97

KEY *No Overnight Parking Lava River Cave (1 mi.) Trails Lava Butte Rd. & Viewpoints Hwy 97 Exit 151 (2 mi.) Forest Service Visitor Center Restrooms Welcome Station

Page6 6 Newberry Leave NatioNalWhat You VolcaNic Find MoNuMeNt 2011 Lava Lands and Lava River Cave LAVA RIVER CAVE OPEN 9:00am to 5:00pm* (*Gates close at 4:00pm)

Memorial Day Weekend May 26 - 28 Thursday-Monday May 31- June 30 Daily July 1 - September 3 Thursday-Monday September 6 - 30

Cave Conservation Tour participants descending into Lava River Cave. helP KeeP laVa riVer CaVe BatS healthY by visiting the Bat Conservation Station upon arrival at ViSitation GUiDelineS: Lava River Cave and completing a short survey before you

enter the cave. See article below for more information on *Wear warm clothing: Cave temperature White-nose Syndrome. averages PetS: Only certified service dogs are allowed in the around 40 degrees Farenheit. Cave provided a container is carried in to remove waste. Please *Wear closed-toed shoes. Cave access requires either leave your pet at home or have a member of your party walking on stairs and uneven surfaces. stay on top with your pet. There is not enough shade in the *Watch your head and consider not using child parking lot to leave your pet in your vehicle safely. carrier backpacks. Cave headroom is variable. *Please use the restroom before entering the CaVe ConSerVation toUrS: 3:00pm (Daily) Cave. The Cave is about one mile long, one Guided tour focusing on cave geology, ecology and stewardship way and there are no bathrooms down there. CaVe reStriCtion: The back of the Cave from the *Carry at least 3 light sources with you (only crawl space forward is now CLOSED to visitors to further propane lanterns or flashlights please).There prevent the spread of spores that cause White-Nose is no lighting in the Cave. Propane lanterns are Syndrome. Do not go beyond the closure indicators. available for rent at the site. Lantern rental $5.00.

Protecting Bats Help keep Lava River Cave bats at Lava River Cave healthy by...

Bats and White-Nose Syndrome …not wearing clothing, boots, or use any gear (headlamp, camera, fanny pack, White-nose syndrome (WNS) is responsible etc.) in Lava River Cave that have been for the death of over 5,000,000 hibernating used in a cave or mine outside Oregon bats in the eastern and midwestern U.S. or Washington. since 2006. In some bat winter roosts (hibernacula), 90 to 100 percent of the bats …wear warm clothes, sturdy boots, and are dying. This new disease is caused by needed safety items but limit other gear a cold-loving fungus that thrives in caves in the cave. and mines. Named for the white powder around the nose, the fungus can also appear little brown myotis close-up of nose with fungus in …visiting the Bat Conservation Station on the ears, wings, and forearms or may New york. Photo courtesy ryan von linden, New york at Lava River Cave and complete the not be visible at all. The fungus appears to Dept. of environmental conservation ( Dec ) , 2008 short survey. cause bats to frequently wake up during winter hibernation using up fat reserves ....Do Not continue past the closure into and water needed for winter survival. The the crawl space at the end of the Cave. fungus primarily spreads from bat-to-bat contact but may also be spread by humans The Deschutes National Forest ...disinfecting your clothing, boots, and on clothing or equipment used in caves or has over 350 caves. Many caves and mines gear worn in Lava River Cave before mines. on public lands in the midwest and eastern going in another cave on or off the U.S. have been closed to visitors since 2008 Forest.Disinfecting guidelines on DNF There is no known health risk to humans to reduce the potential for spread of the website. See link on this page. from WNS. However, the impacts to humans spores and WNS. Please help us keep caves from the loss of bats may be great. Bats play open in the West and protect bats by not a crucial role in the health of our ecosystem wearing clothing, boots, or any gear in Lava by consuming over half their body weight River Cave that has been used in a cave or each night in insects including pest species. mine outside Oregon or Washington. Nationally, scientists estimate annual economic losses of $3 to $53 billion dollars If you plan to visit another cave on or off the Forest, due to an increase in insect pests as a result after visiting Lava River Cave, please clean your of the high mortality of bats from WNS and boots, clothing and gear before going into that cave. wind powered turbines. For more information on white-nose syndrome, bats, and cave conservation visit these websites:

Deschutes National Forest http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/centraloregon/wns U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service http://www.fws.gov/WhiteNoseSyndrome/ Healthy long-eared bat. National Speleological Society http://www.caves.org Photo: Diane Probasco, uSFS Bat Conservation International http://www.batcon.org/home/default.asp

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Knott Rd. POINTS OF INTEREST er iv R s 1) Lava Lands Visitor Center offers information, te u Bend ch interpretive exhibits, films, bookstore, water, restrooms, es 2 mi. D trails, and picnic tables. Pick up a free 30 minute time pass to drive up Lava Butte for a panoramic view of the Monument and surrounding area.

2) Lava River Cave, one mile long, is the longest

7 lava tube in Oregon. Cave visitors should wear C 9 h High Desert ina y close H toed-shoes, warm clothing and carry at at w Museum R least twod. light sources (only propane lanterns or H flashlights please). Rent lanterns at the site.

3) The Deschutes River and Benham Falls are located on the northwest border of the Monument. Picnic, walk, bike, and observe wildlife along this 3 scenic stretch of the Deschutes. Connect to the Deschutes River Trail here on foot or bike. Short 4 Miles from 97 interpretive loop trail from Benham Day Use Area Lava Lands 0 2 tells the story of the site’s logging history. to Benham Falls 1 4) Lava Cast Forest offers a one-mile self-guided

3 0 interpretive trail winding across a 7,000 year old 7 9 Newberry Volcano basalt lava flow that enveloped Cottonwood Rd. Sunriver 2 a mature forest taking the shape of the trees as it cooled. Trail brochures are sometimes unavailable Northbound travelers at the site. Pick up a brochure at Lava Lands or EXIT HERE for Lava download from DNF website. Access via 9 miles of Lands Visitor Center er unimproved road. iv R g in r Dr. 5) Paulina Falls drops dramatically nearly 100 feet Sp South Century 9 Miles to over volcanic cliffs. Access the Falls via a short Lava Cast Forest walk from the parking lot off Road 21. unimproved road 6) Paulina Visitor Center, on the floor of Newberry Deschu Caldera, offers information, interpretive exhibits, and tes Braid Rd. a bookstore. Stop in for the Ranger Talk schedule. evert Vand 4 7) Paulina Peak Viewpoint is the highest point on the rim of Newberry Volcano at 7,984 feet offering a 360- degree view of the surrounding landscape. 12.5 Miles from Vehicles less than 23 feet in length may ascend 7 9 the unimproved road to the Peak when the road is Lava Lands Visitor Center y snow-free and the gate is open, typically in June. w to Paulina Lake Rd. H Access Newberry Caldera 8) Paulina and East Lakes may originally have been one large lake, much like Crater Lake, but deposits of pumice and lava divided the crater into two separate bodies of water. The lakes offer excellent LaPine State fishing from late spring through fall. Park 9) Big Obsidian Flow is Oregon’s youngest lava flow (1,300 years old). Over 170 million cubic yards State Rec Rd. Turn here for of obsidian and pumice erupted from a vent within Paulina Lake Rd. the caldera. A one-mile loop interpretive trail Newberry Caldera guides you across a corner of the flow. Prairie Rd. Access

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INFORMATION KIOSK This product is reproduced from geospatial information prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. The Forest Service cannot assure the reliability or suitability of this information if used for a purpose other than which it was created. Original data elements were compiled from various sources. Spatial information may not meet national map accuracy standards. The information may be updated, corrected, or otherwise modified without notification. Deschutes NF Boundary For additional information about this data, contact the Deschutes National Forest.

Newberry Monument Boundary 0 1.25 2.5 5 Miles Newberry Caldera

Newberry National Volcanic Monument information hotline 541-383-5700

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