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The 114.22-acre (46.22-hectare) Pilot Butte State Scenic Viewpoint, presented as a gift to the State of Oregon in 1928, is a Bend icon. Pilot Butte itself is a popular hiking destination with two trails to the summit, each gaining about 490 ft (150 m) in elevation.
Inside the city limits is Pilot Butte State Scenic Viewpoint, an old cinder cone. Bend is one of three cities in the continental U.S. (with Portland, Oregon, and Jackson, Mississippi) to have an extinct volcano within its city limits. [15] It is reached by U.S. Route 20.
Pilot Butte State Scenic Viewpoint: Scenic viewpoint: Central Oregon--Bend: Tumalo State Park: State park: Central Oregon: Yes: Yes: Bend: Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint: Scenic viewpoint: Central Oregon: Yes-Redmond: Smith Rock State Park: State park: Central Oregon-Yes: Redmond: Booth State Scenic Corridor: Scenic corridor: Southern ...
[2] [3] [24] Nearby state parks with public facilities, trails and interpretive signs include Tumalo State Park, Cline Falls State Scenic Viewpoint, Smith Rock State Park, Pilot Butte State Scenic Viewpoint, and Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint. [25]
Heceta Head Light is a lighthouse on the Oregon Coast 13 miles (21 km) north of Florence, and 13 miles (21 km) south of Yachats in the United States. It is located at Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint, a state park, midway up a 205-foot-tall (62 m) headland.
The facility is named in honor of Peter Skene Ogden who first entered the Crooked River Valley while leading a Hudson's Bay Company trapping party in 1825. Although no mention is made at the park itself, it was also the site of one of Oregon's most sensational murders, [2] which led to the conviction of Jeannace June Freeman of first degree murder.
Coats said he owns a small interest in 160 acres on the north side of South Butte, and so strong is the antipathy toward access that he faced death threats when he first tried to visit his own parcel.
The north end abuts the Pistol River State Scenic Viewpoint. More than 14 named creeks cross the corridor. The Oregon Coast Trail meanders for about 27 miles (43 km) through the park, among 300-year-old Sitka spruce trees and several natural arches and bridges. There is beach access and some sand dunes.