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# Stories From the Oregon High Desert
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/oregon-field-guide/specials/stories-from-the-oregon-high-desert-slmob6/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:14:26.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T12:23:01.000Z
- Description: A new long distance trail captures the solitude, geology, beauty of Oregon's High Desert.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Oregon Field Guide, #ZZZ_Show_4dbc70b7-9042-49b8-95cb-0e0dd07fb57a, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_25eec9e9-c47d-4c15-a81b-ce8006e9c13b, #special

The Oregon Desert Trail (ODT) introduced by the Oregon Natural Desert Association invites hikers to experience the vast public lands and striking features of Oregon’s desert outback. It starts near Bend and winds its way southeast in a“W” shape as it links hidden jewels like Crack In The Ground, the Owyhee Canyonlands and Steens Mountain with outposts like Christmas Valley, Fields and Frenchglen.