Mount Bachelor’s chairlift never stops running, and all summer it’s hauling bikers and disc golfers instead of skiers
Sahalie Falls, Koosah Falls and the blue pool everyone photographs sit on the same Oregon trail, and almost nobody rides all 25 miles
A dog chasing a bear found Oregon’s only marble cave in 1874, and it still takes 500 stairs to see it all
Bagby Hot Springs’ wooden tubs are hand-carved from single cedar logs, and a volunteer group is the only reason they still stand
This 30-mile Oregon loop passes six covered bridges, and one of them is the last of its kind west of the Mississippi
Tumalo Falls takes two minutes to see from the parking lot, and the trail behind it hides four more waterfalls
Oregon has the most successful cheetah breeding program outside Africa, and you can drive straight through it
Bend, Oregon spent $9.7 million engineering its river into three channels, and one of them isn’t for you
One Oregon parking permit gets you into three state parks, and the middle one used to be a millionaire’s private garden
This Central Oregon rim trail stares straight at Broken Top and the Three Sisters, and the permit to hike it costs one dollar
The Rogue River’s famous rafting permit caps at 120 people a day, and the whitewater right outside Grants Pass never needed one
This Oregon hot spring’s tub is carved into solid rock, and a waterfall faces it from across the river
This Oregon lake has natural hot springs built into its own shoreline, and the hike there is nearly flat
William Clark crossed this Oregon headland in 1806 chasing a beached whale, and you can still hike his exact route
Oregon has the world’s largest dark sky sanctuary, and this year’s best meteor shower peaks there with zero moon in the way
Mount Thielsen’s summit scramble has killed more hikers than every technical climb on the mountain combined, and most people should stop before it
This Oregon Coast suspension bridge can hold more weight than two log trucks, and it hangs right over a waterfall
Multnomah Falls only charges $2 to park this summer, but the lot that looks free will cost you way more
Hood River is the wind sports capital of the world, and there’s a cove built just for people who’ve never tried it
Oregon’s coast hides the tallest sand dunes in North America, and sandboarding down them costs less than a movie ticket
Thor’s Well on the Oregon Coast only performs for about two hours a day, and most people show up at the wrong time
This Columbia River Gorge trailhead leads to two waterfalls, but the bridge to one of them washed out years ago
Oregon’s clearest lake is nearly as pure as distilled water, and right now, most of the way in is closed
