Oregon Travel: Eugene
Eugene is home to the Oregon Ducks, whose national reputation as a winning Pac-12 football team has helped change the view of Eugene as little more than a hippie holdover from the 1970s.
Trip Planners
1859’s Trip Planners are your source for exploring the great state of Oregon. Whether you are a local looking for a weekend family getaway or just visiting, each article is an insider’s guide to the best trips in Oregon.
Oregon Travel: Seaside
Where waves, history and kitsch are coastal currency—Seaside.
Oregon Travel: Bend
Home to good microbrews, good trails, and good paddling, Bend is a vibrant outpost settled on the high desert just east of the volcanic Cascade Range.
Oregon Travel: Brookings
In the southwest corner of Oregon, six miles from the California border, is unpretentious Brookings.
Oregon Travel: Cannon Beach
Art, wine and waves mix easily here. So, too, do sweatshirts and dogs.
Oregon Travel: Medford
Medford, a city of 78,000 residents, is starting to come into its own as a destination—not just a place to stay.
Oregon Travel: Pendleton
For a week every September, Pendleton is the epicenter of the national rodeo universe.
Oregon Travel: Ashland
Ashland is a storybook town: a village cradled by steep forested slopes on one side and hills that change from green to tawny, to white and snowy on the other.
Oregon Travel: Florence
Florence is a perfect staging ground for exploring one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world, from the mountainous southern dunes to the craggy beauty of Heceta Head and Cape Perpetua to the north.