{
  "name": "Cascade Lakes Highway",
  "slug": "cascade-lakes-highway",
  "url": "https://www.bestdrivingroads.com/roads/cascade-lakes-highway/",
  "summary": "Sixty-six miles out of Bend past Mount Bachelor and a chain of alpine lakes, Broken Top and the Three Sisters on the horizon before the road turns south through lava country.",
  "roadNumbers": [
    "OR 372",
    "CR 46"
  ],
  "location": {
    "country": "United States",
    "region": "Oregon",
    "start": {
      "name": "Bend",
      "lat": 44.051422,
      "lon": -121.331866
    },
    "end": {
      "name": "Crescent",
      "lat": 43.499264,
      "lon": -121.851313
    }
  },
  "measurements": {
    "lengthMiles": 68.3,
    "lengthKm": 109.9,
    "driveMinutes": 130,
    "corners": 55,
    "hairpins": 0,
    "maxGradientPercent": 7,
    "summitMetres": 1952.8,
    "elevationConfidence": "measured",
    "difficulty": "moderate",
    "tightnessOutOf10": 4
  },
  "timing": {
    "bestSeasons": [
      "summer",
      "autumn"
    ],
    "closesInWinter": true
  },
  "conditions": {},
  "hazards": [
    "Closed beyond Mount Bachelor in winter",
    "Deer and elk near dusk",
    "Snow lingering into early summer"
  ],
  "scenery": [
    "mountain",
    "lakes",
    "forest"
  ],
  "pointsOfInterest": [
    "Devils Lake",
    "Crane Prairie Reservoir"
  ],
  "geometry": {
    "pointCount": 344
  },
  "attribution": {
    "source": "Routes - bestdrivingroads.com",
    "citation": "Cite with a link to the road page. Stats are measured from the mapped line, not copied from other lists; where elevationConfidence is \"approximate\" the 30 m DEM cannot resolve that line and the elevation figures are indicative.",
    "roadGeometry": "(c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
    "terms": "Facts are free to cite with attribution; bulk reproduction of the catalogue requires permission (simon@keane.studio)."
  },
  "updated": "2026-07-25"
}