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Officials from the Deschutes National Forest have announced a number of road closures for eclipse week, including:

Bend Fort Rock Ranger District eclipse closures:

• Forest Road 370 – one way starting at Todd Lake, Aug 17-21
• Paulina Peak Road. (Forest Road 500) – closed at sunset Aug 20, until 1 pm Aug. 21
• Lava Butte Road. – open to non-motorized traffic only from 9:30 am Aug. 21 through 11:30 am.

Sisters Ranger District eclipse closures:

• Metolius Basin-Green Ridge Forest Road. 1490 closed to motorized use Aug. 17 to 21
• Forest Road 1110 accessing Black Butte closed to motorized use starting at Forest Road 11.
• Forest Road 1140-600/650 leading to Green Ridge Fire Lookout – closed to motorized use Aug. 17 to 21
• Jefferson Lake, Brush Creek and Cabot Lake Trailheads – closed due to Whitewater Fire.

Crescent Ranger District eclipse closures:

• 5815-500 road accessing Odell Butte Lookout – closed Aug. 17 to Aug. 21

This article appears in Aug 9-16, 2017.

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Eclipse Road Closures in the Deschutes National Forest

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
August 9, 2017

<h1>Eclipse Road Closures in the Deschutes National Forest</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />August 9, 2017</p> <p><h2 class="content_h2"> Officials from the Deschutes National Forest have announced a number of road closures for eclipse week, including:</h2> <p> <b><br /> Bend Fort Rock Ranger District eclipse closures:</b></p> <ul> <li>Forest Road 370 - one way starting at Todd Lake, Aug 17-21 </li> <li>Paulina Peak Road. (Forest Road 500) - closed at sunset Aug 20, until 1 pm Aug. 21 </li> <li>Lava Butte Road. – open to non-motorized traffic only from 9:30 am Aug. 21 through 11:30 am.</li> </ul> <p><b> Sisters Ranger District eclipse closures:<br /> </b> </p> <ul> <li>Metolius Basin-Green Ridge Forest Road. 1490 closed to motorized use Aug. 17 to 21 </li> <li>Forest Road 1110 accessing Black Butte closed to motorized use starting at Forest Road 11. </li> <li>Forest Road 1140-600/650 leading to Green Ridge Fire Lookout – closed to motorized use Aug. 17 to 21 </li> <li>Jefferson Lake, Brush Creek and Cabot Lake Trailheads – closed due to Whitewater Fire. </li> </ul> <p><b><br /> Crescent Ranger District eclipse closures: <br /> </b> </p> <ul> <li>5815-500 road accessing Odell Butte Lookout – closed Aug. 17 to Aug. 21</li> </ul> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/eclipse-road-closures-in-the-deschutes-national-forest-3778441/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=26794&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/eclipse-road-closures-in-the-deschutes-national-forest-3778441/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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