Willamette Valley

Lane County Oregon Through the Seasons: A Newcomer’s Calendar The short answer Oregon has four seasons on paper and about a dozen in practice. Expect gray, rainy winters with storm watching on the coast, a sunny “false spring” that fools everyone, a damp June, dry and glorious July and August, a warm “second summer” in September, and harvest season in the fall. Locals plan […]
Lane County One Great Hike Near Every CBPG Office The short answer Every one of our 10 offices has a great hike nearby. Coast highlights include Cape Lookout near Tillamook, Cascade Head near Lincoln City and Oregon’s tallest lighthouse at Yaquina Head near Newport. Inland, try Spencer Butte in Eugene, Mount Pisgah next door in Springfield, and the wildflower-covered Table Rocks near Medford. Ask […]
Lane County 10 Oregon State Parks Worth the Drive, Coast to Rogue Valley In Short Every one of our 10 offices is within easy reach of a great Oregon park. Highlights include Silver Falls near Salem, where a trail passes behind a 177-foot waterfall, Champoeg near Newberg, where Oregon’s first government was formed, Devils Punchbowl near Newport, and Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the country, as a […]
Oregon Oregon Wine Country: Yamhill County and the Rogue Valley In Short Oregon has two very different wine countries within a few hours of each other. In Yamhill County, around Newberg, McMinnville and Sheridan, cool, rainy hills produce some of the country’s most celebrated pinot noir. Head south to the Rogue Valley near Medford, Oregon’s warmest and driest wine region, and you’ll find syrah, tempranillo, […]
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