Bald Peak State Scenic Viewpoint is a compact 26-acre day-use park perched atop Bald Peak, the highest point in Oregon's Chehalem Mountains at 1,629 feet, offering sweeping panoramic vistas of the Willamette Valley, Tualatin Valley, Coast Range, and Cascade Mountains on clear days.
Paradise Point State Recreation Site is a small coastal state park in Curry County, southern Oregon, USA, about 2 miles northwest of Port Orford off U.S. Highway 101 via Paradise Point Road.
Fort Clatsop, a reconstructed 50-by-50-foot log stockade nestled in coastal forests near the Lewis and Clark River five miles southwest of Astoria, Oregon, served as the winter encampment for Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's Corps of Discovery from December 7, 1805, to March 23, 1806, after reaching the Pacific amid relentless rain, where the 33 explorers—including Sacagawea and York—hunted elk, made salt from seawater, traded with Clatsop and Chinook tribes, and documented journals, maps, and specimens.
Sea Lion Caves, America's largest sea cave system formed 25 million years ago from basalt amid Oregon's central coast 11 miles north of Florence on Highway 101 near milepost 179, spans a football-field-sized main chamber with a 125-foot vaulted dome and passages flooded by Pacific tides, accessed via a gift shop elevator descending 208 feet through solid rock since 1961.
Deschutes River State Recreation Area is a 35-acre state park in Sherman County, northern Oregon, USA, at the confluence of the Deschutes and Columbia Rivers, a few miles east of The Dalles near Interstate 84.
Agate Beach State Recreation Site is an 18-acre day-use state park in Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, situated between Newport and Yaquina Head along U.S. Highway 101, renowned for its wide sandy beach ideal for hunting colorful agates, razor clam digging, and surfing.
Tumalo State Park is a year-round state park in Deschutes County, central Oregon, USA, located about 4 miles northwest of Bend along the Deschutes River amid ponderosa pines, junipers, and alders.
Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint is a roadside state park straddling Deschutes and Jefferson counties in central Oregon, USA, about 9 miles north of Redmond along U.S. Route 97 overlooking the Crooked River Canyon.
Bandon State Natural Area is an 879-acre coastal state park in Coos County, southwestern Oregon, USA, located west of U.S. Route 101 off Beach Loop Drive, about 5 miles south of Bandon.
Unity Lake State Recreation Site is a 39-acre green oasis in Oregon's high desert along the shores of Unity Reservoir in Baker County, near Unity off Highway 245, about 50 miles east of John Day.
Blue Mountain Forest State Scenic Corridor is a protected evergreen forest park in Umatilla and Union Counties, Oregon, USA, stretching along Interstate 84 (Old Oregon Trail Highway) between Deadman's Pass and Spring Creek.
Brooks Wine, a biodynamic family-owned winery in Amity, Oregon's Eola-Amity Hills within the Willamette Valley, was founded in 1998 by visionary Portland native Jimi Brooks—who drew from history and philosophy to pioneer holistic farming—producing acclaimed Pinot Noir, Riesling, and aromatic whites from 20 estate acres on volcanic and sedimentary soils, continuing under his son Pascal, winemaker Chris Williams, and sister Janie Heuck after Jimi's untimely 2004 passing at age 38.
Wygant State Natural Area is a forested state park in Hood River County, Oregon, USA, located about six miles west of Hood River in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, accessible via the Mitchell Point Trailhead parking lot off Interstate 84.
D River State Recreation Site is a compact day-use state park right in central Lincoln City, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, where the world's shortest river—measuring just 120 feet—flows from Devils Lake into the Pacific Ocean along Wecoma Beach.
Steel Bridge, a pioneering through-truss double-deck vertical-lift span crossing Portland's Willamette River between Old Town Chinatown and the Lloyd District, opened in 1912 to replace an 1888 swing-bridge—the city's first railroad crossing—designed by Waddell & Harrington at a $1.7 million cost with a 211-foot lift span providing 26 feet clearance closed or 163 feet fully raised via independent decks and 9 million pounds of counterweights.
Spirit Mountain Casino, Oregon's largest gaming destination operated by the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde in Grand Ronde on Oregon Route 18, opened in 1995 after tribal restoration in 1983 and construction funded by an $18.9 million loan, quickly becoming the state's top tourist spot with nearly three million annual visitors.
Sunset Bay State Park is a stunning 405-acre coastal gem near Charleston in Coos County, Oregon, USA, just 2.5 miles southwest of Coos Bay along the Cape Arago Highway, featuring a sheltered horseshoe-shaped sandy beach cradled by towering sea cliffs and dramatic ocean vistas.
Tolovana Beach State Recreation Site is a day-use state park at the southern end of Cannon Beach in Clatsop County, Oregon, USA, managed by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and offering free public access to expansive sandy shores along the Pacific Ocean from dawn to dusk with no overnight parking or camping.
