The High Desert Museum is located near Bend, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1982, it brings regional wildlife, culture, art and natural resources together to promote an understanding of natural and cultural heritage of North America's high desert country. The museum includes indoor and outdoor exhibits of wildlife in natural-like habitats along with traveling exhibits and living history demonstrations.
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Deschutes River Woods is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Deschutes River Woods had a population of 5,532.
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Lava Island Falls are rapids on the Deschutes River. Rated a Class 5 for watercraft, they are difficult to navigate because of an island of lava from Lava Butte that blocked part of the river.
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Seventh Mountain is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Deschutes County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The community lies along the west bank of the Deschutes River southwest of Bend.
Century Drive Highway, part of the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway, connects Bend to Seventh Mountain. From Seventh Mountain, the byway runs west to Mount Bachelor and its ski area. The CDP is closely associated with the Seventh Mountain Resort, which includes 21 lodging buildings with more than 200 condominiums.
As of the 2020 census, Seventh Mountain had a population of 407. The CDP covers an area of 2.0 square miles.
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Lava Butte is a cinder cone in central Oregon, United States, just west of U.S. Route 97 between the towns of Bend, and Sunriver in Deschutes County. It is part of a system of small cinder cones on the northwest flank of Newberry Volcano, a massive shield volcano which rises to the southeast. The cinder cone is capped by a crater which extends about 60 feet deep beneath its south rim, and 160 feet deep from the 5,020-foot summit on its north side. Lava Butte is part of the Newberry National Volcanic Monument.
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Caldera High School is a public high school located in Bend, Oregon. Caldera is the newest school opened in the Bend-La Pine School District.
In addition to sections of Bend, the high school's attendance boundary includes Deschutes River Woods. The school district states that residents of these locations are in a choice zone where a student may attend either Caldera High or La Pine High School: Sunriver and Three Rivers.
The museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. It is also a Smithsonian Affiliate institution.