Oregon

The Beaver State

(Pictures and places in bold are places I have been to.)

Iconic Foods

      • Dungeness Crab
      • Fish and Chips
      • Vietnamese Chicken Wings
      • Marionberries/Marionberry Pie
      • Hazelnuts
      • Tillamook Cheese
      • Pear and Blue Cheese Ice Cream from Salt & Straw
      • Bacon Maple Bar from Voodoo Doughnut
      • Moonstruck Chocolates
      • Coffee

Hells Canyon National Recreation Area is listed under Idaho (which shares it).

Honorable mention to Salem, including the Willamette Heritage Center at The Mill, and the nearby Silver Falls State Park

10. Owyhee Canyonlands, located in southeastern Oregon, which are proposed for protected status (wildowyhee.org)

9. Newberry National Volcanic Monument (USFS)

8. Proposed Douglas Fir National Monument area, which includes parts of Willamette National Forest and adjacent BLM land, including Mount Jefferson Wilderness area and Quartzville Creek Wild and Scenic River (douglasfirnationalmonument.org)

7. Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve, plus the nearby Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument (BLM)

6. Mount Hood – Mount Hood National Recreation Area at Mount Hood National Forest, and the Mount Hood National Scenic Byway

5. John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, including the Painted Hills

4. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, including Multnomah Falls, and the Historic Columbia River Highway All-American Road

3. Oregon’s Pacific Coast – Pacific Coast Scenic Byway All-American Road (U.S Route 101 – north to south:)

      • Astoria
      • Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
      • Cannon Beach with Haystack Rock, plus Ecola State Park
      • Oswald West State Park
      • Devils Punchbowl State Natural Area
      • Yaquina Head Lighthouse and Outstanding Natural Area
      • Thor’s Well – Cape Perpetua Scenic Area – Siuslaw National Forest
      • Sea Lion Caves
      • Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area (USFS)
      • Samuel H. Boardman Scenic Corridor – Arch Rock, Secret Beach, Thunder Rock Cove, Natural Bridges, etc.

2. Portland

      • Pioneer Courthouse Square
      • Portland Farmers Market
      • Old Town Chinatown
      • Washington Park (International Rose Test Garden and Portland Japanese Garden)
      • St. Johns Bridge
      • Pearl District
      • Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (in Washington State)
      • Portland Art Museum
      • Portland’5 Performance Art Venues
      • Mill Ends Park

1. Crater Lake National Park and the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway All-American Road