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1. Cascade Streamwatch

   Mt. Hood, Oregon’s tallest mountain, beckons travelers through a forested corridor to wade the waters of the Wild and Scenic Salmon River. Located along the Mount Hood Scenic Byway near the town of Welches, Wildwood Recreation Site is a day-use area home to a wide…

   Location: Mt Hood Hwy, Welches, OR

2. Champoeg State Heritage Area

   Situated on the south bank of the scenic Willamette River, Champoeg’s acres of forest, fields and wetlands recreate the landscape of a bygone era. Visitors can tour the park’s visitor center, Newell House, and Pioneer Mother’s Log Cabin museums to discover pioneer life at Champoeg.…

   Location: 7679 Champoeg Rd NE, St. Paul, OR 97137

3. Chiloquin, Oregon

   The Chiloquin area offers trophy trout fishing, canoeing, kayaking and boating in the world-famous Williamson, Sprague and Wood rivers, as well as the huge Klamath-Agency Lakes.  Enjoy spectacular lake and Cascade Mountain scenery, thousands of miles of hiking and riding, and a position directly under the Pacific Flyway…

   Location: Chiloquin, OR 97624

4. Chucksney/Grasshopper Meadow Complex

   The center of Chucksney/Grasshopper Meadow Complex can be reached after a grueling hike over steep terrain that will take you over small streams, near sheer cliffs, through bear and mountain lion habitat, and through beautiful rock gardens and forests of firs, lodgepole pine, western hemlock…

   Location: Willamette National Forest

5. Clackamas River Corridor

   Welcome to the wilderness. This corridor from Estacada to Ripplebrook Ranger Station and on to Detroit Lake and the Santiam Pass offers a glimpse into glorious forested habitat, havens for deer, elk, bear, critters and birds. Breathtaking geologic basalt outcroppings, rushing whitewater and the glassy-still…

6. Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum

   Located in the heart of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum brings to life the human stories and natural history of one our nation’s most compelling landscapes. After seeing the Gorge with your own eyes, the Museum tells…

   Location: 990 SW Rock Creek Drive, Stevenson, WA 98648

7. Columbia River Gorge Tours

   The Columbia River Gorge lies between two national forests, a volcanic mountain range, a dense forest and high desert, making it a perfect springboard for tours of this recreational “playground.” The National Scenic Area is uniquely protected to ensure the preservation of its natural beauty and its…

   Location: PO Box 101, Cascade Locks, OR 97014

8. Cougar Dam

   Cougar Dam, on the south fork of the scenic McKenzie River, is just off the McKenzie/Santiam Pass Scenic Byway.  The dam demonstrates some cutting-edge efforts in support of the Willamette Hatcheries Biological Opinion Project and migrating salmon.  A temperature control tower takes water of various…

   Location: Cougar Dam

9. Crystal Mountain

   Crystal Mountain Resort is predominantly a ski area but this natural land has much to offer in the off-season months as well. In the summer the resort provides scenic chairlift rides, a mountaintop restaurant, hiking, fishing, tennis, and mountain biking. After Labor Day the ski…

10. Dee Creek Farm

    Specialty cheeses, poultry, vegetables, and more, produced on this dynamic, chemical free farm.  Dee Creek currently have a creamery, mobile processing unit, certified kitchen, movable animal houses, greenhouses, ponds, an old barn, and a farmhouse from the 1900’s. In an effort to serve the community more…

    Location: 2402 Little Kalama River Road, Woodland, WA 98674