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Central Oregon boasts no shortage of hiking trails. These 10 options include easy-to-follow paths and showcase the variety of terrain the high desert has to offer. From beginner to advanced, pick your poison.

10 Hikes in Central Oregon

More information on these hikes and many others can be found in Brittany’s book, Day Hiking Bend & Central Oregon – available at REI.

This article appears in Scout 2018.

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10 Hikes in Central Oregon

by Brittany Manwill, The Source - Bend, Oregon
May 16, 2018

<h1>10 Hikes in Central Oregon</h1> <p class="byline">by Brittany Manwill, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />May 16, 2018</p> <p> Central Oregon boasts no shortage of hiking trails. These 10 options include easy-to-follow paths and showcase the variety of terrain the high desert has to offer. From beginner to advanced, pick your poison. </p> </p> <p> <i>More information on these hikes and many others can be found in Brittany's book, <a href="http://brittanymanwill.com/writing/" target="_blank">Day Hiking Bend &amp; Central Oregon</a> – available at REI.</i> </p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/scout/10-hikes-in-central-oregon-6005468/&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=37600&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/scout/10-hikes-in-central-oregon-6005468/&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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