Smith Rock in Spring Storming

World renowned sightseeing, hiking, rock climbing and photography at Smith Rock State Park in central Oregon.

Smith Rock is composed of welded rhyolite tuff. Gray Butte, the smooth peak in the background, is composed of basalt and rhyolite tuff deposited as an ash flow. The basalt is about 18 million years old, the rhyolite is about 12 million years old.

Forward ~ Storm clearing at dusk on Smith Rock.

Back ~ Clouds open the way for light.

A Guide to hiking and rock climbing on Smith Rock. Please, do everything you can to leave the rock as you found it. :-) Rock Climbing Ethics from the National Outdoor Leadership School. Oregon State Parks: Smith Rock State Park in Oregon.

Oregon State Parks: Smith Rock State Park in Central Oregon.

Smith Rock in Central Oregon: Travel Directions, Map and Scenery.

Travel Oregon and northern California while staying at Gathering Light ... a retreat
located south of Smith Rock, near Crater Lake National Park in Oregon.

Travel on the West Cascades National Scenic Byway to Gathering Light .... a retreat: Travel Directions, Map and Scenery.

Directions to and Day Trips in either Oregon or California of about 100 miles from the retreat.

Explore little Known Scenic Places near Crater Lake National Park and the retreat: Travel Directions, Map and Scenery.

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Contact Brad at Gathering Light ... a retreat.

Hagelstein Park (pictured above), one of the many birding trails not far from Gathering Light ... a retreat. Rustic simplicity, a place to "Just Be", Gathering Light is nestled on the banks of the river, surrounded by the Fremont Winema National Forest of southern Oregon and not far from Crater Lake National Park.

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