What to see in Oregon, where this state of the United States of America is located, characteristics of the territory and climate, which are the main cities to visit.
Tourist information
A federal state with the capital Salem and major city Portland, Oregon is nicknamed Beaver State, given the large spread of beavers in the vast protected areas.
As for the neighboring states, we have north Washington, east Idaho, south Nevada and California while the western part is washed by the Pacific Ocean.
Wanting to distinguish Oregon in geographical areas, we can define six of them and precisely the mountain ranges of the Pacific coast, the Willamette valley, the Cascade Range, the Klamath Mountains, the Columbia River plateau, the Great Basin region.
The highest mountain is Mount Hood, with its 3,428 meters, located about eighty kilometers from Portland.
Determined by the influence of the Pacific Ocean, the climate is temperate, characterized by variable rainfall depending on the territorial areas.
What see
Lake Crater with its 592 meters is the deepest lake in the United States and represents one of the protected areas, together with the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument and the Oregon Caves National Monument, at the paleontological site of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument and the volcanic area of the Newberry National Volcanic Monument.
Mill Ends Park, famous for being the smallest park in the world, is located in Portland.
The main cities, listed by population, are Salem, Portland, Eugene, Hillsboro, Beaverton, Bend, Medford, Springfield and Corvallis.
The capital Salem, the county seat of Marion, is located in the Willamette Valley, an area with particularly fertile soil where, for this reason, the agricultural sector has developed to a large extent.
