Love this park and love the Willamette Valley in Oregon. So much to do there. Not only did we do a bunch of hiking in and around the falls at Silver Falls but we managed to find some time to explore the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm. Beautiful! Campground: Silver Falls
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Nehalem Bay State Park – Nehalem, Oregon
Campground: Nehalem Bay State Park Location: Nehalem, Oregon Site: B36 Cost: $16 Services: W/E Comments: Another of our favorite Oregon State Parks right on the beach. Some of the sites can be a bit small but the campground is quite large so you can probably find something if you not
Continue readingFort Stevens State Park – Astoria, Oregon
Campground: Fort Stevens State Park Location: Astoria, Oregon Site: 258 Cost: $18 Services: W/E Comments: We love this park and continue to return, over and over again. Lots of hiking and biking both on trails and on the beach. Great history, museum, fort, bunkers, batteries, shipwrecks, etc. You can watch
Continue readingLarrabee State Park – Bellingham, Washington
We love to drive the Chuckanut Drive when we are visiting this area. Beautiful!. And stop at The Oyster Bar for fabulous views and great food! Campground: Larrabee State Park Location: Bellingham, Washington Site: T22 Cost: $28 Services: W/E Comments: A beautiful campground just south of Bellingham in a hilly,
Continue readingCarl G. Washburne Memorial State Park – Florence, Oregon
We encountered quite a bit of rain after leaving Sunset Bay so we decided to head indoors and discovered the wonderful Umpqua Discovery Center in Reedsport, Oregon. We ended spending almost the entire day there. No one else was there so we had the place to ourselves and just took
Continue readingSunset Bay State Park – Coos Bay, Oregon
We visited here in March during the winter storms. What great fun to watch the waves and see all the action in the Pacific. Just don’t turn your back on them! Campground: Sunset Bay State Park Location: Coos Bay, Oregon Site: D32 Cost: $16 Services: E Comments: Nice state
Continue readingCape Blanco State Park – Port Orford, Oregon
Campground: Cape Blanco State Park Location: Port Orford, Oregon Site: A26 Cost: $12 Services: W/E Comments: Hands down my favorite campground anywhere. Great big private sites and miles of open beach to walk on every day. There is a hill to walk down and here’s the catch, you have to
Continue readingBullards Beach State Park – Bandon, Oregon
Campground: Bullards Beach State Park Location: Bandon, Oregon Site: C60 Cost: $16 Services:W/E Comments: You can never go wrong with a State Park in Oregon, especially one on the coast. Link to Map in “Where We’ve Been”
Continue readingSilver Falls State Park – Silverton, Oregon
We stopped by The Oregon Garden in Silverton on our way to the campground. Beautiful botanical garden. We also spent a day in Salem and did a nice long walk around Bush’s Pasture Field and the Bush House Museum. Campground: Silver Falls State Park Location: Silverton, Oregon Site: 11 Cost:
Continue readingDeschutes River State Recreation Area – Oregon
Campground: Deschutes River State Recreation Area Location: Wasco, Oregon Site: A15 Cost: $12 Services: E Comments: A beautiful park right on the Deschutes River with tons of hiking and lots of trees. Be careful though, lots of train noise. There are train tracks on each side of the Deschutes River
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