Explore Oregon Podcast: Hikes, hot springs, dark skies and thick steaks in the OR Outback

Zach Urness, Salem Statesman Journal

May 21, 2024 at 10:22 AM·1 min read

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks about the Oregon Outback and Summer Lake area, a land of desert canyons, hot springs, hikes and quite possibly Oregon's best restaurant.

The region was recently established as the Oregon Outback International Dark Sky Sanctuary, but Urness looks at all the daytime adventures, along with the best time to visit and places to stay.

He talks about Crack in the Ground, Cowboy Tree Diner and Summer Lake, among many other places to fish, bird-watch, hunt, hike and explore.

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Zach Urness has been an outdoors reporter in Oregon for 16 years and is host of the Explore Oregon Podcast. Urness is the author of “Best Hikes with Kids: Oregon” and “Hiking Southern Oregon.” He can be reached at zurness@StatesmanJournal.com or (503) 399-6801. Find him on X at @ZachsORoutdoors.

This article originally appeared on Salem Statesman Journal: Podcast: Hikes, hot springs and thick steaks in the Oregon Outback

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