When I think of the bucket-list-worthy places in Oregon to visit, the Oregon Coast is the first to enter my mind. However, you cannot forget about our state's dense, beautiful forests. The wooded ...

North Oregon coast travelers will get another beach option this spring. Nehalem Bay State Park, which has been closed for more than six months, will reopen to the public May 23, the Oregon Parks and ...

Day-use parking fees for some state parks went from $5 to $10 at the beginning of the year, and the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department will be applying those same fees in locations where there ...

More Oregon state parks will begin charging for parking this spring. An additional 22 park sites will charge visitors a $10 ...

Trained Oregon State Park volunteers will be stationed at 14 sites along the Oregon Coast from 10 AM to 1 PM, Saturday, Dec. 27 through Wednesday, Dec. 31, to help visitors spot gray whales on their ...

The big increase in visitors last year was driven entirely by a surge of people to the Oregon coast, the only region in the state that saw an increase over 2023, the data shows. Coastal parks saw an 8 ...

Oregon state parks reported a decline in visitors in 2025, a trend that affected even the state’s least-visited park sites.

Gray whales are migrating south, from summer feeding grounds off the coast of Alaska down to the lagoons of Mexico, to give birth. As they swim past Oregon, it’s possible to see their breathing spouts ...