Summer Lake
on the Oregon Outback Scenic Byway

winter ridge in the background with old settler's school in the foreground, photograph taken at summer lake on the oregon outback scenic byway.

cottonwood lake in the oregon outback, a slight deviation from the oregon outback scenic byway.

Forward ~ Lake Abert on the Oregon
Outback Scenic Byway.

Back ~ Winter Ridge at Summer Lake on the Oregon Outback Scenic Byway.

USFS: Deschutes Ochoco National Forest.

The Oregon Outback Scenic Byway where the beauty of the high desert unfolds, silence alight in delicate colors that alter with the slightest movement. Travel Directions and Scenery.

Summer Lake and the John Fremont Day Area pictured to the left.

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Our Getaways offer written Directions, Maps and suggested scenery, spanning Oregon and northern California; places Brad and I have visited and loved. These getaways offer simplicity, yet beauty in scenery, waterfalls, hiking trails, campgrounds, mountains, hot springs, mountain lakes, equestrian trails, mountain biking trails, wild and scenic rivers, scenic byways, Crater Lake National Park, national monuments & more.

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Travel Oregon and northern California while staying at Gathering Light ... a retreat located
near Crater Lake in the Klamath Basin of Oregon.

cabins on the river at gathering light ... a retreat in southern oregon: while staying at the retreat travel to 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.

If you're out and about on the Oregon Outback Scenic Byway, travel from Lakeview to Gathering Light .... a retreat: Directions and Scenery.

Travel Directions to and Day Trips of about 100 miles from the retreat.

Little known Scenic Places: hiking, sightseeing, wildlife viewing, birding, and more, near the retreat and Crater Lake National Park: Travel Directions, Map & Scenery.

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Cottonwood Meadow Lake on the drive from Lakeview, Oregon to the retreat pictured above.