List of Oregon State Parks/New article
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This List of Oregon State Parks (eventually will) list the 184 state parks managed by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The variety of locale and amenities reflect the diversity of Oregon, from pristine sandy beach to thickly forested mountain to barren desert, the state parks offer a wide variety of facilities suited for overnight camping, day hiking or a brief roadside gander at scenic vistas of natural wonders.
For the purpose of categorization, these terms are used here:
- Coast refers to locations within walking distance of the coastline. (Normally the term is the dozen or so miles from the Ocean to the crest of the Coast Range.)
- North Coast is from the Columbia River to just south of Lincoln City, Oregon.
- Central Coast is from Lincoln City to Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area.
- South Coast is from the Dunes NRA to California.
- Coastal Mountain
- Willamette Valley
- North Cascades
- Central Cascades
- Southern Cascades
- ? (what's the area between I-5 and Brookings called?)
- Columbia Gorge is where the river passes through the Cascade Range
- Central Oregon is the high plateau Great Basin east of the Cascades, but west of 110° (?) longitude.
- Eastern Oregon
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Name Region Close to Agate Beach State Recreaton Site Central Coast Newport Ainsworth State Park Columbia River Gorge Troutdale Alderwood State Wayside Willamette Valley Junction City Alfred A. Loeb State Park South Coast Brookings Alsea Bay Historic Interpretative Center Central Coast Waldport Arcadia Beach State Recreation Site North Coast Cannon Beach Bald Peak State Scenic Viewpoint Willamette Valley Hillsboro Bandon State Natural Area South Coast Bandon
