Use the ODOT highway map to drive north of Fields on the county road that switches to gravel after eight miles. You'll be getting close when you spot the pancake flat of the Alvord Desert.

What to Pack for Camping at Alvord Desert Luckily, you don’t have to pack much to enjoy the Alvord Desert. What you want to ...

East of Oregon's moist and mossy coast lurks the Alvord Desert--northernmost of any in ... First fly to Bend, Oregon (see map, above). Rent a car with good tires, high clearance and, preferably ...

The empty desert opened and stretched on for miles, for what felt like eternity – and I felt myself open up with it. The Alvord Desert, located in the far, southeast corner of Oregon ...

The Alvord Desert is located in a rural corner of southern ... leaving behind a crusted map of salt. As Bart speeds through the barren desert at 110 miles per hour, fine-print appears: "Do ...

An Australian company staked a massive lithium claim on the desert playa only to find the land is off limits to mining. Stakes mark a mining claim in the Alvord Desert near Fields, Ore.

You stand at the edge of the Alvord Desert rubbing your eyes waiting for reality to return. But land sailing is not a mirage. It’s the real deal. And it’s epically Oregon. “It is far-out ...

East of Oregon's moist and mossy coast lurks the Alvord Desert--northernmost of any in the U.S.--bleached, forbidding, beautiful and on the move. In the Bible the Devil takes Jesus to a mountain ...