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PLAN YOUR TRIP TO OREGON
Oregon vacations are fun to plan: here are some great trip ideas, destinations and climate info to help you plan your Oregon getaway.
Oregon is a place of robust life, delicious wines, artisan cheeses, mountain slopes and tranquil lakes, cascading waterfalls and luscious fruits, signature golf and relaxing resort spas, museums and practicing artists.
Some natural treasures include the Columbia River Gorge, Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, Crater Lake National Park, Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, Mt. Shasta, Lassen National Park, Ecola State Park, the Cascade Mountain Range, the Clackamas River, and John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. Abundant wildlife is here to be discovered.
Portland enjoys mild weather, with January average highs at 46°F and lows at 34°F, up to July average highs of 80°F, and lows of 57°F. A metropolitan city, Portland invites you to enjoy cultivated gardens, jet boat excursions, beaches, fine dining, museums, galleries and microbreweries.
Whether metropolitan or rugged, the adventure you seek awaits you in Oregon.
- Lewis and Clark mentioned several important sites in their journals which can still be seen in the Columbia River Gorge. A sign in Lewis and Clark State Park describes the name of Sandy River as the “quicksand” river.
- Hells Canyon sports 8,000 foot depths.
- Gray whales can be spotted off the coast of Oregon from mid-December to mid-January as they make their yearly migration between the Arctic Ocean and back to the Pacific Ocean off of Mexico.
- Human occupation of the West Cascades is confirmed by archaeological remains dating back 10,000 years.