The well-preserved Boyd Cave is a 1,880-foot lava tube found southeast of Bend, nearby a system of several other caves. The cave is only accessibly via a set of metal stairs that lead down through ...

Terry RichardLava tubes are common in the central Oregon landscape southeast of Bend. This dog should not be in Hidden Forest Cave, though the photo was taken some years ago when visiting ...

A sign marks the turn off for Boyd Cave, located off of China Hat Road south of Bend. (Ryan Brennecke/Bulletin photo) In Central Oregon, much emphasis is placed on the landscape’s most dramatic ...

Cleaning a cave is no small task. In 2019, volunteers from a coalition of groups in Central Oregon cleaned decades of graffiti off the walls of Boyd Cave, a 1,600-foot lava tube southeast of Bend.

The cave is open only from May 1st into September. It’s a highly popular Central Oregon outing. Get there early, maybe 9:30 ...

A wildfire near Swamp Wells Trail, about a mile south of Boyd Cave and around nine miles south of Bend, as seen in July 2021. ... according to a Central Oregon Fire Info press release.

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Central Oregon is known for its outdoors and recreation, but now one of its most beloved caves, Boyd Cave southeast of Bend, has been vandalized. The Deschutes National Forest ...

Brooklyn Boyd of Centennial voted the SBLive/SI Oregon Volleyball Athlete of the Week (10/14/2024) Boyd received 46.72% of the vote, beating out Tigard's Sloan Sanders, who finished second with 43.43% ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A new wildfire that broke out late Sunday about a mile south of Boyd Cave and nine miles south of Bend has burned an estimated 64 acres, but crews working through the night ...

BEND, Ore. — Sometimes, during our crisp, clear autumn days here in Central Oregon, it is better to seek out the open desert to soak up the warm sunshine rather than be tucked deep in the ...