Camping

Winter still weighs heavily near Mt. Hood, where many popular campgrounds will be closed this holiday weekend because of snow. According to the Mt. Hood National Forest, the closed list includes Trillium Lake, Frog Lake, Clear Lake, Clackamas Lake, Little Crater Lake, and Still Creek.  If you booked a site at one of these campgrounds,...
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Think you take good photographs?  Here’s a chance to find out just how good you are. Oregon Parks and Recreation’s popular photo contest is back for its third year. The Parks Department is accepting entries from now until August 1st. The rules are pretty simple: Any amateur photographer is eligible, it doesn’t matter how...
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Walk through Oswald West State Park and you’ll soon see why this is one of the most popular spots on the Oregon Coast. It’s the trees. This is one of the last places where you can hike through an ancient spruce-hemlock forest.  Many of the trees are 200-400 years old.  Some are survivors of the great...
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