Things to Do in Oregon
Oregon is at its best in summer, when the coast is sunniest and the Cascades and high desert open up, though the coast is worth a trip any time of year. Use the map to pick an area, then open its guide for hours, fees and RV parking tips.
Oregon · Beaver State
Areas
12 on the map
1 with guides so far
Attraction guides
9
All in the Oregon Coast area
Elevation
0–11,249 ft
Pacific Ocean to Mount Hood
Seasons
Jun–Sep
Coast is mild but wet in winter
Updated October 31, 2026 · Each guide covers hours, admission and RV parking
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Oregon Coast
Haystack Rock and Ecola State Park, the Astoria Column, Tillamook Creamery, the Oregon Coast Aquarium and Sea Lion Caves.
See things to do in Oregon CoastHaystack Rock and Ecola State Park, the Astoria Column, Tillamook Creamery, the Oregon Coast Aquarium and Sea Lion Caves.
Food carts, gardens and Powell’s Books, with Multnomah Falls about 30 minutes east.
Windsurfing, orchards on the Fruit Loop and waterfall hikes in the Columbia River Gorge.
Willamette Valley wineries, farm stands and Silver Falls State Park.
A college town on the Willamette, with the McKenzie River drive nearby.
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Rogue River and day trips to Crater Lake.
Timberline Lodge, summer trails and lakes on Oregon’s tallest peak.
The deepest lake in the U.S., with rim viewpoints and boat tours. The full rim drive is usually open only in summer.
Sunny high desert, river floats, Smith Rock and the Cascade Lakes.
Striped clay hills and fossil beds in the John Day country.
The Pendleton Round-Up every September and woolen mill tours just off I-84.
Wallowa Lake and the Eagle Cap Wilderness, sometimes called the Alps of Oregon.
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Sea Lion Caves
Ride an elevator 208 feet down through the headland into America’s largest sea cave, where Steller sea lions crowd the rocks in winter, 11 miles north of Florence on US-101.
Cape Perpetua Scenic Area
Watch the surf boil through Devil’s Churn and Thor’s Well, then drive the winding forest road to an 800-foot overlook that takes in about 70 miles of Oregon coastline, just south of Yachats.
Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area
Walk out to Oregon’s tallest lighthouse, browse the BLM interpretive center, then pick your way down to the Cobble Beach tide pools on a basalt headland just north of Newport.
Oregon Coast Aquarium
Walk through 200 feet of acrylic tunnels under sharks and rays, watch sea otters and puffins outdoors, and look out over Yaquina Bay at this nonprofit aquarium just south of Newport’s bay bridge.
Tillamook Creamery
Watch Tillamook cheese being made and packaged from the viewing gallery, try free samples, then grab a scoop at the ice cream counter – all right on US-101 at the north end of Tillamook.
Columbia River Maritime Museum
Oregon’s official maritime museum sits on the Astoria riverfront, with Coast Guard rescue boats, Graveyard of the Pacific stories and a walk through the 1950 Lightship Columbia, all on one ticket.
Thank you to the people behind these photos. Please support them by giving their work a look. Photos: Sea Lion Caves: Oregongirlmary on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0); Cape Perpetua Scenic Area: John Fowler on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0); Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area: Jeffhollett on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); Oregon Coast Aquarium: OCAQMarketing on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); Tillamook Creamery: PortlandSaint on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0); Columbia River Maritime Museum: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). Header photo (Haystack Rock): King of Hearts on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map outline from the U.S. Census Bureau; roads from OpenStreetMap contributors.
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