Bend, Oregon Daycations: Day Trips for Curious Families

Follow easy itineraries packed with information to explore these places and more— The Painted Hills: Take a hike, learn Oregon’s geologic history and eat homemade pie. Newberry Crater: Explore an obsidian flow, dip your toes in the lake and see a waterfall. The Umpqua River: See 17 waterfalls, visit a historic fishing lodge and witness two rivers colliding. Crater Lake: Take a boat ride in a volcano, eat in a 100-year-old lodge and contemplate the United States’ deepest lake in Oregon’s only national park. Tumalo Falls: Hike up a canyon along a creek to a wildflower-laden meadow beyond Bend’s backyard waterfall.

Kim Cooper Findling is an award-winning Oregon travel author and editor. She is the editor of Bend Magazine and of Via, the magazine of AAA Oregon | Idaho. She is the author of eight books about Oregon, including Day Trips to the Oregon Coast and the teen mystery The Sixth Storm, co-written with her daughter Libby Findling. Kim grew up on the Oregon Coast and has lived in Bend for 25 years.