Glass Buttes
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Off the Beaten Path Adventures

From north and south, to east and west, let these adventures give you some ideas for excursions that might not already be on your radar, within two hours of Bend.
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Check out these adventures to beat the crowds on your next trip. Eastbound: Glass Buttes Southbound: Century Drive Gravel Pond Westbound: Stahlman Point Northbound: White River Falls State Park

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Eastbound: Glass Buttes

This stark stretch of land is a legal obsidian collection spot—but watch what you call those who do so
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

My internet research on Glass Buttes turned up a thread that made mention of something curious: Some people who collect rocks don’t like to be called “rockhounds.” Is it because it conjures a dog-like image? Does it just sound too desperate? The thread didn’t say—leaving us thread-readers on red.  If rockhounding is something you already […]

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