There’s been quite a bit written lately about Smith Rock. Most of that writing has been about the overcrowding and the long wait—so it’s easy to forget why the site is so popular in the first place. As Central Oregonians, we know how beautiful and downright majestic Smith Rock is, so obviously people from all […]
Seven Wonders of Oregon
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Swarming Smith Rock
Finding solutions to the growing number of park visitors
If Central Oregonians were to compile a list of complaints about living here, it’d probably be a short list. But it’s a safe guess what the number one problem would be: too many people are coming here. Nowhere is this more apparent than at the state parks around the area—and the park hit the hardest […]
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Listening and Wondering
Sen. Ron Wyden hears concerns at Oregon’s seven wonders
Although the pounding forces of nature forged the Oregon Coast thousands of years ago and volcanic explosions—and implosions—left their distinct marks on the landscape with a series of mountain ranges (and craters and lava tubes) throughout the state, over the course of just one single year seven spots in Oregon have been singled out as […]
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One Minute, Seven Wonders of Oregon
Travel Oregon’s new ad campaign depicting the Seven Wonders of Oregon is pretty darn cool. Check out gorgeous footage of Mount Hood, the Oregon Coast, The Columbia River George, The Painted Hills, Smith Rock, The Wallowas and Crater Lake in their new commercial below.