It has been called the most spectacular drive in Oregon. The Steens Mountain Loop Road departs the tiny, historic town of Frenchglen and climbs up Oregon’s eighth-tallest mountain on a tour of massive ...

FRENCHGLEN, Ore. -- It has been called the most spectacular drive in Oregon. The Steens Mountain Loop Road departs the tiny, historic town of Frenchglen and climbs up Oregon's eighth-tallest mountain ...

FRENCHGLEN — It has been called the most spectacular drive in Oregon. The Steens Mountain Loop Road departs the tiny, historic town of Frenchglen and climbs up Oregon’s eighth-tallest mountain on a ...

It's getting late in the season, so you might want to put this on your to-do list for next summer: the driving tour of the The gravel road auto tour in Harney County, 60 miles south of Burns, climbs ...

The mountain is best known for the Steens Mountain Loop Road -- the highest road in the state -- which begins in the hamlet of Frenchglen, Ore., and runs 52 miles past campsites, lakes and even to the ...

OUTDOORS TRAVEL — If you’re looking for an outdoors-related road trip, complete with opportunities for hiking, fishing and wildlife watching, consider the drive to Oregon’s Steens Mountain. Zach ...

FRENCHGLEN, Ore. — It has been called the most spectacular drive in Oregon. The Steens Mountain Loop Road departs the tiny, historic town of Frenchglen and climbs up Oregon’s eighth-tallest mountain ...

Jeremy Dickman of Sisters, takes in the scenery along the Big Indian Trail in the Steens Mountain Wilderness. SOUTH STEENS CAMPGROUND — In 1999, I took a trip with some college friends to Steens ...

Couldn't they have been painted in polka dot, or perhaps tie-dye like the old hippie shirts? Instead, collectively, five new large propane tanks are a big white eyesore on the summit of Steens ...

Oregon’s eighth tallest mountain, a 50-mile-long scarp in the desert, makes for a delightful getaway in fall when the starry nights are crisp and the quaking aspen shiver golden leaves. Just don’t ...

SOUTH STEENS CAMPGROUND, Ore. — In 1999, I took a trip with some college friends to Steens Mountain. Nearly a quarter-century later, memories of that trip were beginning to fade. But what I did ...