Travel Information for Oregon Hotel Guests
If you are searching for an inn, hotel, motel or resort near an Oregon attraction, amusement and theme parks, or close to shopping, cultural events, historic sites, museums and performing arts centers, or nearby zoos, a festival, a golf course, an Oregon state park, this is where you will find it.
Tourists are flocking to the rugged coastline, snow-dusted mountains, dramatic river canyons and vineyards of OREGON. Its treasure chest of natural resources includes 13 national forests, more than 240 state parks, over 1,700 lakes, and more than 112,000 miles of waterways and rivers. Some 19 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuges are dedicated to protecting the region's native wildlife including birds, antelope, mountain goats, bears and bighorn sheep. The historic Columbia River Highway is the best way to view the beautiful vistas and waterfalls of this area.
ALBANY has museums, antique shopping and over 700 historic buildings in three nationally registered historic districts.
ASHLAND is surrounded by mountain peaks and known for skiing at Mt Ashland, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the nation’s oldest and largest rotating repertory.
The oldest American settlement west of the Rockies and sister city to Warrenton, ASTORIA offers a number of attractions including the Columbia River Maritime Museum, Flavel House, Riverfront Trolley, Firefighters & Children’s Museum, as well as ample opportunities for fishing and boating; the Astoria Column, in a wooded park atop Astoria's highest hill, presents a spectacular view of the historic city; the Fort Clatsop National Memorial celebrates the 1805-06 winter encampment of the 33-member Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Once known as the Queen City of the Mines, BAKER CITY has a wealth of historical attractions including the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.
BEND, nestled at the base of the east side of the Cascade Mountains and surrounded by natural beauty and recreational activities such as at Deschutes National Forest and Smith Rock, this is Oregon’s rock-climbing mecca; museums include the Petersen Rock Garden & Museum and the High Desert Museum.
CANNON BEACH is situated on a 4-mile sandy beach, surrounded by five state parks and with a backdrop of the Coastal Mountains; attractions include Haystack Rock (at 235 Feet the third largest monolith in the world), coastal hikes, biking, kite flying, surfing, beach combing, and bird watching as well as 28 art galleries, fine dining spots and specialty shops.
In the heart of the Willamette Valley, CORVALLIS offers scenery and recreational activities from mountain biking to antique shopping.
CRATER LAKE offers year-round adventure and fun. Crown Point State Park is famous for the view and Vista House, the interpretive center on a rocky promontory, 733 feet above the Columbia River.
Popular attractions in EUGENE include the Lane County Historical Museum and the Oregon Air & Space Museum.
FLORENCE is the gateway to a host of outdoor recreational activities and breathtaking scenery including the theme park, Sand Dunes Frontier and Sea Lion Caves with everything from wild sea lions to sea birds.
GRANTS PASS offers rafting, fishing, boating, and an historic downtown area with antique and specialty shops. The historic Columbia River Highway is the oldest scenic highway in the USA.
Highlights of KLAMATH FALLS include the Favell Museum of Western Art & Indian Artifacts, and the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge.
LAKEVIEW is known as "The Tallest Town in Oregon" because of its location at the highest elevation of any town in Oregon; chief attractions include Old Perpetual Geyser, which spouts every 90 seconds, and the oldest rodeo in the Northwest.
LINCOLN CITY has evergreen forests, broad sandy beaches, the Pacific Ocean, and a lake at its back door, and North Lincoln County Historical Museum.
MULTNOMAH FALLS is a national scenic area.
Top attractions in NEWPORT include the Oregon Coast Aquarium, featuring three large ocean habitats connected by a 200-foot underwater tunnel, and the Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University's research center showcasing marine exhibits for the general public.
ONTARIO has some of the most rugged and spectacular country in Oregon, including the Leslie Gulch-Succor Creek National Back Country Byway, with many striking geologic formations, and the Four Rivers Cultural Center. The Oregon Caves National Monument is an active marble cave created by natural forces over hundreds of thousands of years in one of the world's most diverse geologic realms.
OREGON CITY has many museums and historical buildings offering a glimpse of pioneer life in the Oregon territory; it has the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, and the Museum of the Oregon Territory.
Places on OREGON COAST along Highway 101 include Astoria, Bandon, Brookings Harbor, Charleston, Cloverdale, Depoe Bay and Otter Rock, Florence, Garibaldi, Gearhart, Gold Beach, Lakeside, Lincoln City, Long Beach, Manzanita, Myrtle Point, Nehalem and Wheeler, Neskowin, Netarts, Newport, Oceanside, Pacific City, Port Orford, Reedsport, Rockaway Beach, Seaside, Tillamook, and Toledo.
Also known as the “Round-Up City”, PENDLETON is world-famous for the Round-Up and Happy Canyon show, and for the Tamastslikt Cultural Institute Native American Cultural Center on the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
PORTLAND, Oregon’s "Rose City", is known for its diverse cultural and recreational attractions, from hip coffee houses to Native American art galleries, and ubiquitous bookstores and brew pubs; its Pearl District is a trendy converted industrial district; among its many attractions are Oregon History Center which offers Oregon's rich multicultural history through museum exhibitions, research collections, and publications; the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry which houses the submarine used in the film The Hunt for Red October; and Portland Art Museum. Forest Park, covering nearly 5,000 acres, is the nation's largest urban wilderness.
ROSEBURG is an ideal spot for sampling the outdoor splendor of two regions: the Hundred Valleys of the Umpqua and the Cascade Mountains.
SALEM, Oregon's Capital city, offers everything from beautiful vistas and parks, to outstanding performing and visual arts, to quaint shopping and dining experiences; attractions include the Oregon State Capitol and the Mission Hill Museum. Near Salem is the Enchanted Forest, a theme park world of fantasy where storybook characters come alive in a forest setting.
Crested near the mouth of the Columbia River, SEASIDE and its expansive two-mile promenade offers a blend of recreational activities, entertainment and culture.
SILVERTON, an agricultural center established in 1854, is the home of the Oregon Garden showcasing the wealth and diversity of Oregon horticultural resources, and the gateway to the Silver Falls State Park, the largest park in the Oregon State Park System.
SISTERS is tucked into the spectacular Oregon Cascades - try hiking, biking, golfing, rafting, snowmobiling, skiing and more in the Sisters area: Pristine lakes, rivers, streams and forests beneath the snow-capped Three Sisters Mountains on the east side of Oregon's Cascade Mountains offer outdoor recreational activities at places like Aspen Lakes, the Hoodoo Ski Area and Deschutes National Forest. Strawberry Mountain Wilderness Area is a high-country rugged wilderness which contains five of the seven major life zones in North America.
Set in the lush, green valley nestled between the Coast Range and the Pacific Ocean, TILLAMOOK offers visitors the Tillamook Air Museum, the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, and the Tillamook County Creamery Association to watch the cheese making process and taste it too.
Just twenty minutes east of TROUTDALE rushes the water of Multnomah Falls Multnomah Falls, a national scenic area.
WARRENTON, sister city to Astoria, offers a number of attractions including Fort Stevens and ample opportunities for fishing and boating activities, birdwatching and exploring the trails system.
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