OREGON - THE BEAVER STATE |
Hauptstadt: | Salem | ||
Beiname: | The Beaver State | ||
Motto: | "She flies with her own wings" | ||
Zeitzone: | Pacific Standard Time | ||
Höchster Berg: | Mount Hood | ||
Einwohner: | ca. 4 Mio | ||
Highlights: | Oregon Coast, Mount Hood, Mirror Lake, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Cape Sebastian State Park, etc | ||
Nachbarstaaten: | Washington, Idaho, Nevada, California |
Oregon befindet sich im pazifischen Nordwesten der USA.
Oregons grenzt im Norden an Washington, der Columbia River zum Teil eine natürliche Grenze bildet.
Idaho liegt im Osten sowie Teile Teil von Nevada und Kalifornien im Süden. Im Westen hat Oregon eine wunderschöne Küste am Pazific.
Der höchste Berg ist mit einer Höhe von 3425 Metern der Mount Hood. Oregon durch eine sehr gebirgige Landschaft, die sich fast über den gesamten Staat erstreckt, einer der höchstgelegenen Staaten der USA.
Der Westen und Norden von Oregon ist eines der fruchtbarsten und landwirtschaftlich ertragreichsten Gebiete der Welt.
Im Westen regnet es sehr oft im Südosten in der sogenannten Hochwüste herrscht eher arides Klima.
Alle von uns besuchten Highlights des Staates auf einen Blick - auf das Bild klicken
Die Hauptstadt des Staates in Salem mit rund 160.000 Einwohnern, die größte Stadt ist Portland mit ca. 600.000 Bewohnern.
Oregon gilt als sehr lebenswerter Staat.
Nationalparks:
- Crater Lake Nationalpark
National Monuments:
- Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
- John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
- Newberry National Volcanic Monument
- Oregon Caves National Monument
State Parks:
- Ainsworth State Park
- Alderwood State Park
- Alfred A Loeb State Park
- Azalea State Park
- Bald Peak State Park
- Bandon State Park
- Battle Mountain State Park
- Beachside State Park
- Benson State Park
- Beverly Beach State Park
- Big Creek State Park
- Boiler Bay State Park
- Bolon Island State Park
- Bonneville State Scenic Corridor
- Bowers Rocks State Park
- Bridal Veil Falls State Scenic Viewpoint
- Buena Vista Ocean Wayside State Park
- Bullards Beach State Park
- Camas Mountain State Park
- Cape Blanco State Park
- Cape Lookout State Park
- Cape Meares State Park
- Cape Sebastian State Park
- Carl G Washburne Memorial State Park
- Cascadia State Park
- Casey State Park
- Casey State Park Picnic Area
- Catherine Creek State Park
- Champoeg State Park
- Chandler State Park
- Clyde Holiday State Park
- Collier State Park
- Coquille Myrtle Grove State Park
- Corbett Memorial State Park
- Crown Point State Park
- Dabney State Park
- Darlington State Park
- David Douglas State Park
- Depoe Bay Wayside Ocean State Park
- Detroit Lake State Park
- Devils Elbow State Park
- Devils Lake State Park
- Devils Punch Bowl State Park
- Ecola State Park
- Elk Creek Tunnel Forest State Park
- Ellmaker State Park
- Emigrant Spring State Park
- Farewell Bend State Park
- Floras Lake State Park
- Fogarty Creek State Park
- Forest Wayside State Park
- Fort Rock State Park
- Fort Stevens State Park
- Geisel Monument State Park
- George W Joseph State Park
- Golden and Silver Falls State Park
- Governor Patterson Memorial State Park
- Guy W Talbot State Park
- Harris Beach State Park
- Hat Rock State Park
- Helmick State Park
- Hilgard Junction State Park
- Hug Point State Park
- Humbug Mountain State Park
- Illinois River Forks State Park
- J E Harris State Park
- J S Burres State Park
- Jackson F Kimball State Park
- Jessie M Honeyman Memorial State Park
- John B Yeon State Park
J* ohn Day Fossil Beds State Park - L Presley and Vera C Gill State Natural Site
- Lake Owyhee State Park
- Lampman State Park
- Lang Forest State Park Wayside
- Lausmann State Park
- Lava River Caves State Park
- Lewis and Clark State Park
- Lindsey Creek State Park
- Lost Creek Ocean Wayside State Park
- Maud Williamson State Park
- Mayer State Park
- McLeod State Park
- Memaloose State Park
- Millicoma Myrtle Grove State Park
- Milo McIver State Park
- Molalla River State Park
- Nehalem Bay State Park
- Neptune State Park
- Nestucca Spit State Park
- Newburgh State Park
- Ochoco Lake State Park
- Ochoco Wayside State Park
- Ona Beach State Park
- Ontario State Park
- Oswald West State Park
- Otter Crest State Park
- Painted Hills State Park
- Perkins Peninsula State Park
- Pilot Butte State Park
- Pistol River State Park
- Ponsler State Park
- Port Orford Cedar State Park
- Portland Womens Forum State Scenic Viewpoint
- Powers State Park
- Prineville Reservoir State Park
- R A Booth Memorial State Park
- Red Bridge State Park
- Redwood State Park
- Richardson Point State Park
- Robert W Sawyer State Park
- Rocky Butte State Park
- Rocky Creek State Park
- Rooster Rock State Park
- Saddle Mountain State Park
- Samuel H Boardman State Park
- Seal Rock State Park
- Seneca Fouts State Park
- Shepperds Dell State Park
- Sheridan Wayside State Park
- Shore Acres State Park
- Silver Falls State Park
- Sisters State Park
- Smith Rock State Park
- Sodaville Springs State Park
- South Beach State Park
- Starvation Creek State Park
- Sunset Bay State Park
- Sunset Highway State Park
- Susan Creek State Park
- Swiftwater State Park
- The Cove Palisades State Park
- Tou Velle State Park
- Tugman State Park
- Tumalo State Park
- Umpqua Lighthouse State Park
- Umpqua Wayside State Park
- Unity Lake State Park
- Valley of the Rogue State Park
- Viento State Park
- Wallowa Lake Highway Forest State Scenic Corridor
- Wallowa Lake State Park
- Wayside State Park
- Willamette Mission State Park
- Willamette Stone State Park
- Wilson River Highway Forest State Scenic Corridor
- Wygant State Park
- Yachats Ocean Road State Park
- Yachats State Park
- Yamhill Landing State Park
- Yaquina Bay State Park
- Yoakam Point State Natural Site
- Ziba Dimmick State Park