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02/21/2025

02/21/2025

Happy 166th Birthday, Oregon! 🎂
DID YOU KNOW: Five of Oregon's 17 National Historic Landmarks are in southern Oregon, including the Jacksonville Historic District?
Stay tuned throughout the day for fun facts about Oregon!

02/21/2025

Historic Jacksonville, Inc. is kicking off its 2025 season on Saturday, February 22, with a new and unique offering: the “Daily Life Then and Now: 1900 vs. 2025” tours at Jacksonville’s 1870s C.C. Beekman House Museum.

02/21/2025

05/03/2024

Many good reasons to love living in the Rogue Valley

The Pacific Crest Trail runs north and south 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada; every year hardy thru-hikers attempt to complete the trail in a single season, logging 25 to 30 miles a day.

05/03/2024

Southern Oregon may be world-famous for its frothy whitewater, but flatwater paddlers also have plenty of options. Placid lakes come ringed by shady forests and gentle creeks with little current flow under rolling mountains, making this an ideal place to float in a kayak or atop a paddleboard. Late....

05/03/2024

Create your own adventure with our Recreation Maps! Choose from our less traveled areas the Oregon Outback, Illinois Valley and the Upper Rogue. See all of the maps and download them https://www.southernoregon.org/visitor-resources/recreation-maps/

Visit Grants Pass | Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce | Lake County Chamber of Commerce | Eagle Point & Upper Rogue Community

05/03/2024

Great Pinot Noirs are made in southern Oregon, but you have to work to track them down. We've rounded up expert-approved bottles to explore.

12/15/2023

Today from 10–2

Don't miss this Drive-Up Food Drive tomorrow December 15th from 10-2pm!
Josephine County Food Bank

12/15/2023

Where can you find the most beautiful national park in America? If Google reviewers have any say, it might be right here in Oregon.

Crater Lake topped the list of the most beautiful national parks in the U.S., complied by travel blog Travel Lens, which scoured Google Reviews looking for the words “beautiful,” “stunning,” “breathtaking” and “gorgeous.”

Among reviews of Crater Lake, 45.26% contained one or more of those words, Travel Lens said, placing it narrowly above second place Acadia National Park in Maine, and third place Glacier National Park in Montana.

Crater Lake is known for its famous blue-hued lake that fills an ancient volcanic caldera – the remains of Mount Mazama, which dramatically imploded more than 7,000 years ago. Rim Drive circumnavigates the lake, offering beautiful views from every angle. It makes for a scenic drive or bike ride.

Read more: https://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2023/12/oregon-national-park-named-americas-most-beautiful-according-to-google-reviews.html

(Photo by Marc Adamus/The Register-Guard via AP)

12/15/2023

So many reasons to live in the beautiful Rogue Valley