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TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 11
Chapter 2 PHOTO ADVICE 23
Chapter 3 NORTHERN OREGON COAST 41 Astoria area 43 Cannon Beach and Ecola State Park 44 Oswald West State Park 49 Three Capes Scenic Route 50 Cape Meares Lighthouse 50 Cape Lookout State Park 51 Clay Myers State Natural Area 51 Cape Kiwanda & Haystack Rock 51 Cascade Head 52 Lincoln City 53 Newport 55 Seal Rock to Yachats 56 Cape Perpetua 58 Heceta Head Lighthouse 59
Chapter 4 SOUTHERN OREGON COAST 61 Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area 63 Coast Range Waterfalls 66 Coos Bay Area 70 Bandon 73 Cape Blanco 77 Port Orford to Gold Beach 78 Cape Sebastian State Scenic Corridor 78 Samuel Boardman State Scenic Corridor 79 Harris Beach State Park 80 Oregon Redwoods 81
Chapter 5 SOUTHWEST OREGON 83 Siskiyou Mountains 84 Oregon Caves National Monument 86 Rogue Valley 87 Table Rocks 88 Lower Rogue River 92 Land of the Umpqua 95 Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuges 96 8 Table of Contents
Chapter 6 SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES 99 Upper Rogue River 100 Diamond Lake 104 Crater Lake National Park 105 South Umpqua River 113 North Umpqua River 115
Chapter 7 WILLAMETTE VALLEY & PORTLAND 119 The Willamette Valley 120 Southern Willamette Valley 121 Central Willamette Valley 123 Covered Bridges 126 Silver Falls State Park 128 Tulip and Iris Festivals 134 Willamette Valley Wine Country 135 Portland 138
Chapter 8 COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE & HOOD RIVER VALLEY 143 Gorgeous Vistas 145 Waterfall Wonderland 146 Fields of Flowers 155 Tom McCall Preserve 156 Washington Wildflower Hot Spots 158 Hood River Valley 161 Lost Lake 163
Chapter 9 NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES 165 Mount Hood 166 Wildwood Recreation Site 167 Lolo Pass 169 Mirror Lake 171 Timberline Lodge 172 Paradise Park 173 Mount Hood Meadows 173 Sahalie Falls 174 Tamanawas Falls 175 Cooper Spur 178 Trillium Lake 178 West Cascades National Scenic Byway 179 Mount Jefferson Wilderness 182 Table of Contents 9
Chapter 10 CENTRAL WESTERN CASCADES 185 Lower McKenzie River 186 Old Growth Forests 188 Upper McKenzie River 189 Koosah and Sahalie Falls 190 Iron Mountain 191 Santiam Pass – Big Lake 193 McKenzie Pass 194 Scott Lake 198 Proxy Falls 199 West Cascades National Scenic Byway 202 Willamette Pass Highway 204 Diamond Drive – Timpanogas Lake 205 Salt Creek Falls and Diamond Creek Falls 206 Waldo Lake 207 Willamette Pass 208
Chapter 11 CENTRAL OREGON 209 Canyon Creek Meadows 210 Metolius River 211 Three Creek Lake and Tam McArthur Rim 212 Badlands Wilderness 218 Tumalo Falls 220 Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway 221 Deschutes River 228 Newberry National Volcanic Monument 230
Chapter 12 SOUTHEAST OREGON 233 Fort Rock 235 Christmas Valley Sand Dunes 236 Lakeview Area 238 Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge 239 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge 242 Steens Mountain 244 Alvord Desert 247 Owyhee Uplands 249 Leslie Gulch – Succor Creek – Lake Owyhee 250 Highway 20 254 10 Table of Contents
Chapter 13 NORTHEAST OREGON 255 Lower Deschutes River 257 Columbia Plateau 258 John Day Fossil Beds National Monument 260 Painted Hills Unit 260 Clarno Unit 264 Sheep Rock Unit 266 Blue Mountains 268 Oregon Trail 270 Wallowa Valley 272 Wallowa Mountains 274 Hells Canyon 277
APPENDIX 281 Selected Bibliography - Guidebooks 282 Selected Bibliography - Photo Books 283 On the Go Resources 284
RATINGS 289
INDEX 295
About the author 301