CHAMPOEG Ore. (KPTV) - Outdoor GPS host Owin Hays visits Champoeg State Park to see firsthand how Oregon State Lottery dollars help support and sustain the state’s beloved park system. With over 600 ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — Summer movies at Oregon state parks return this year with family-friendly films at parks around the Willamette Valley including Milo McIver State Park. The first movie will be ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – In February 2021, Brian Pinson had just committed to accepting a position as the park manager of Champoeg State Heritage Area. He and his family were living in Florida, but he ...

The only thing I could remember about Champoeg State Park was swimming there on a hot summer day in 1972. When Nancy, Lisa, Anna and I camped there last weekend, no designated swimming area was to be ...

stimulates the imagination as much as the senses. The park's visitor center helps explain the history of the area, from settlement by French trappers to formation of the first American government on ...

New campsites at Silver Falls, riverside cabins at Champoeg and a visitor center at Kam Wah Chung are all on tap, as the Oregon’s state parks are set for a $50 million upgrade over the next two years.

The great outdoors boom continues in Oregon. Oregon’s state parks posted their second-busiest year on record in 2023, trailing only the pandemic-fueled 2021 season for the number of visits. The park ...

Upgrades are coming to the popular Silver Falls, Smith Rock and other Oregon state parks, thanks to $50 million the state has agreed to spend on park improvements over the next two years. The $50 ...