Newberry Volcanic National Monument - Oregon

Take in incredible vistas from the 7985 foot Paulina Peak with views of the Oregon Cascades and the high desert. Newberry National Volcanic Monument includes over 50,000 acres of lakes, lava flows, and cool geology, so the whole family will be erupting with adventure.

Native peoples living in the vicinity of Newberry Volcanic National Monument, visited Newberry Crater for at least 10,000 years in order to quarry obsidian glass, an important material used to craft tools and projectile points. Over the years, the activity of Newberry Volcano included explosive eruptions of ash, pumice, and other volcanic products, one of which formed Crater Lake in the Cascade Range about 6,800 years ago, and periodically buried existing landscapes. Today, these ancient buried camps are archaeological sites, which could reveal volumes about the lives and culture of the people who visited the crater for thousands of years.

Visitors to Newberry National Volcanic Monument can explore some of the spectacular geologic features at the summit of a 500 square mile volcano, which remains very active to this day. Check out the numerous cinder cones, miles of basalt flows, and rhyolite flows of obsidian as well as two alpine lakes full of trout at the summit area.

Newberry Volcanic National Monument is also home to Lava River Cave (Oregon's longest known lava tube), Lava Butte, a 500-foot cinder cone, and 7 different campgrounds. So pack your bags, and head out to one of the newest national monuments in the U.S.