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.
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: 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.
Oregon Travel: The Dalles
Renowned for 300 annual days of blue sky, The Dalles sits cradled by angular cliffs and sloping grassy hillsides.
Oregon Trip Planner: High Desert
Incorporated in 1910, Redmond was named after Frank T. Redmond, who settled here in 1905. Originally dubbed Hub City because it was a day’s horseback ride from here to Bend, Madras, Prineville and Sisters, Redmond remains a pivot point with the area’s only commercial airport at Robert’s Field.