Portland
Call it what you want – PDX, P-town, Stumptown, City of Roses, Bridge City or Beervana – Portland positively rocks.
Call it what you want – PDX, P-town, Stumptown, City of Roses, Bridge City or Beervana – Portland positively rocks.
The Willamette Valley, a fertile 60-mile-wide agricultural basin, was the holy grail for Oregon Trail pioneers who headed west more than 150 years ago.
Full of youthful energy, liberal politics, alternative lifestylers and with a fun-loving atmosphere, eclectic Eugene is a vibrant stop along your I-5 travels.
Snowy peaks are scattered all around this beautiful region, offering an outdoors smorgasbord of recreational adventures.
The gloriously still waters of Crater Lake reflect surrounding mountain peaks like a giant dark-blue mirror, making for spectacular photographs and breathtaking panoramas.
The gateways to wine country, these small cities were originally founded as Quaker settlements.
Although the real action is far downriver, most people find more peaceful adventures in the gentle waters north of scrappy Shady Cove – which has plenty of services.
The Rogue is a legendary white-water river that flows from its headwaters at Crater Lake to its terminus at Gold Beach, on the Pacific Ocean – 215 miles total.
An early transportation center, Cascade Locks (at exit 44 off I-84) derives its name from the navigational locks, completed in 1896, that cut through the treacherous rapids here.
Home to three native groups – the Wasco, the Warm Springs and the Paiute – Warm Springs Indian Reservation stretches from the peaks of the Cascades in the west to the banks of the Deschutes River to the east.
The highest peak in southeastern Oregon, Steens Mountain (9773ft) is part of a massive, 30-mile-long fault-block range that was formed about 15 million years ago.
The Metolius River bursts in all its glory from a ferny hillside, flowing north through a beautiful pine-filled valley as it passes beneath rugged Mt Jefferson, Oregon's second-highest peak (10,495ft).
This nondescript little Portland suburb, nestled next to the Willamette River, was the final stop on the Oregon Trail and the first US city founded west of the Rockies.
Charleston is a tiny bump of civilization on the Cape Arago Hwy, a commercial fishing port that sits just 8 miles southwest of bustling Coos Bay but feels worlds away.
South of Burns, covering 290 sq miles of lake, wetland and prairie, is this important breeding and resting refuge for birds traveling along the Pacific Flyway.
An idyllic little town, Halfway lies on the southern edge of the Wallowa Mountains and is surrounded by beautiful meadows dotted with old barns and hay fields.
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