Golden sunrise and fog Big Lake, Oregon.
Big Lake is 225 acres in size and is situated on the historic Santiam Wagon Road. It was the first resting place for early travelers heading west. A youth camp operates under special use permit on the east side of the lake. Volcanic peaks and cinder cones visible from the lake include Mt. Washington, Sand Mountain, Hoodoo Butte, Hayrick Butte and Three Fingered Jack. Big Lake Campground sits at its namesake lake along Santiam Pass, a 4,800-foot mountain pass through the Cascade Range in western Oregon. Big Lake is popular for motor boating and water skiing, as well as camping, picnicking, fishing and swimming. Once again, we got up nice and early from our camping area and walked over to a nice vantage point and watched the fog drift across the lake as the sun started coming up. Original public domain image from Flickr