OR 140 then intersects OR 62 (which runs between Medford and Crater Lake National Park) and travels east into the Cascade Mountains.

It then runs along the southwestern shore of Upper Klamath Lake, where it is part of the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway.

Southeast of town, OR 140 intersects with Oregon Route 39, heads north on a shared alignment for about two miles (3 km), on the Klamath Falls-Malin Highway No.

Heading east it provides a spectacularly exciting view for any front seat passenger as the cliff face is impossible to see giving the impression of being high in the air with no support.

Almost exactly 30 miles (48 km) west of Lakeview, there is a rest stop featuring an informational sign on a "balloon bomb" explosion that took place on May 5, 1945, and resulted in the only civilian casualties of World War II in the continental United States.