Fort Rock State Park
on the Oregon Outback Scenic Byway


fort rock state park on the oregon outback scenic byway, an ancient volcanic outcropping - a maar of tuff that today sits in the midst of cattle ranches, but was once surrounded by water from an ancient lake.

As of now, I don't have a camera with a wide angle lens, so I've settled for a picture of different segments of Fort Rock. This, and others, were taken while walking on the trail on the inside of the "fort" jutting up from pummy soil that was formed through aeons of volcanic eruptions, shaping the Oregon high desert.

fort rock state park on the oregon outback scenic byway, an ancient volcanic outcropping - a maar of tuff that today sits in the midst of cattle ranches, but was once surrounded by water from an ancient lake..

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