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The variety of locales and amenities of the parks reflect the diverse geography of Oregon, including beaches, forests, lakes, rock pinnacles, and deserts. The state parks offer many outdoor recreation opportunities, such as overnight camping facilities, day hiking, fishing, boating, historic sites, astronomy, and scenic rest stops and viewpoints.
Humbug Mountain State Park, which includes all of Humbug Mountain, features a campground with over 100 campsites. [3] [4] [12] The campground is located between Brush Creek and the beach. It has amenities such as showers, flush toilets, a hiker/biker camp, and an amphitheater. There are also picnic tables in the day-use section, 1 mile (1.6 km ...
Twin Lakes is the name of a set of two alpine lakes along the Elkhorn Crest trail in the southern end of the Elkhorn Mountains in Baker County, eastern Oregon. [2] It is a popular area for hikers, [3] camping, [4] fishing and sightseers seeking to see mountain goats that frequent the western hillside of the lake.
The 45-acre Slate and 856-acre Pyramid fires have brought closures in the Santiam Junction area, including the popular Old Cascades hiking and camping area around the Middle Santiam Wilderness.
Zach Urness has been an outdoors reporter in Oregon for 15 years and is host of the Explore Oregon Podcast. Urness is the author of “Best Hikes with Kids: Oregon” and “Hiking Southern Oregon.”
It is administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The park can be accessed via the US Route 101, 6 miles (10 km) south of Port Orford, and 28 miles (45 km) north of Gold Beach. [2] It covers 1,842 acres (7.45 km 2) of land around 1,759-foot (536 m) Humbug Mountain, one of the tallest headlands on the Oregon coast. [2] [3]
Common recreational activities in Mount Jefferson Wilderness include hiking, backpacking, camping, cross-country skiing, wildlife watching, and mountain climbing on Mount Jefferson and Three Fingered Jack. There are some 190 miles (310 km) of trails in the wilderness, including a 40-mile (64 km) stretch of the Pacific Crest Trail. [6]
At 8,744 feet (2,665 m), Diamond Peak is the highest peak in the wilderness. The next highest named peaks are Mount Yoran at 7,100 feet (2,200 m) and Lakeview Mountain at 7,065 feet (2,153 m). [3] [4] Diamond Peak is a shield volcano formed as the entire Cascade Range was undergoing volcanic activity and uplift. Glaciers carved the large ...