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The entire trail is open to backpacking and horseback riding. Under Travel Management regulations, [5] the Illinois River Trail (from Oak Flat to the old Fantz Ranch) is open to motorcycles with an Oregon ATV [6] permit from September 15 to May 15. No motorized or mechanized equipment (i.e., mountain bikes) are allowed past Fantz Ranch or in ...
The Oregon Dunes are a unique area of windswept sand. They are the largest expanse of coastal sand dunes in North America and one of the largest expanses of temperate coastal sand dunes in the world, [2] with some dunes reaching 500 feet (150 m) above sea level. They are the product of millions of years of erosion by wind and rain on the Oregon ...
Viento State Park is a state park in north central Hood River County, Oregon, near the city of Hood River. The park, named for the former Viento railroad station located there, is administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The park is on the south bank of the Columbia River in the Columbia River Gorge.
The park, which covers more than 4,000 acres (1,600 ha), has a wide variety of amenities such as houseboat rentals, an amphitheater, basketball hoops, and a camp store. The Crooked River Campground within the park opens in spring and closes at the end of September, while a companion Crooked River day-use area is open all year. [21]
Brown's Ferry Park is a 28-acre (11 ha) park in the Clackamas County portion of the city of Tualatin in the U.S. state of Oregon. [1] The park is located along the Tualatin River. It is named for Zenas J. Brown who operated the first ferry in the Tualatin area, and who claimed land at this location in 1850 through the Donation Land Act. [2]
Brown's Park or Browns Park, originally called Brown's Hole, is an isolated mountain valley along the Green River in Moffat County, Colorado and Daggett County, Utah in the United States. [1] The valley begins in far eastern Utah, approximately 25 miles (40 km) downstream from Flaming Gorge Dam , and follows the river downstream into Colorado ...
Historic photos of the Brownsmead fish station, located where Davis Creek feeds into Blind Slough, reveal docked gillnetting boats. One such boat is shown in the boat hoist, resting above the water by several feet on the dock. [3] Brownsmead is the northernmost settlement in the state of Oregon. [citation needed]
The park was named after Oswald West, the 14th Governor of Oregon and the man who led preserving Oregon's beaches for public use. A memorial marker for Matt Kramer, a journalist whose articles helped shift public opinion to preserve the beaches, sits at the trail divide between Short Sands beach and Cape Falcon.