Discover Grants Pass
Grants Pass is known for
it's amazing beauty and the famous Rogue River! Enjoy jet boat
rides, fishing and and countless outdoor activities. It is
considered the "gateway" to the Oregon Coast and the Redwood
Forest. Grants Pass has also become known for it's unique culture;
enjoy downtown shopping with many antique stores and eclectic
boutiques, award winning wineries, and fine dinning such as Matsukaze, Musashi's, Pongsri, and more.
Many summer
activities include the Saturday Growers Market, Boatnik Festival,
First Friday Art Walk, The Rogue Music Outdoor Theater, the
Barnstormers Theater which offers Plays year-round.
THE ROGUE RIVER
Home of Hellagte Canyon, where many famous television scenes were
filmed such as Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid, Rooster Cogburn and
more. Hellgate Jetboat Excursions can take you though miles of the
upper and lower Rogue River. There are plenty of rafting companies
to pick from, whether you are whitewater rafting or just takin' it
easy. There is plenty of wildlife to enjoy along the way.
Pottsville Museum
Journey back in time to an
Era Gone Bye. Pioneer town, Outdoor exhibits, Steam Engine
Tractors, Stage Coaches, Buildings, Mill works. An indoor Museum
features "Oregon Memories", including Debbs Potts
(former Governor) historian information, antiques. and more.
Applegate Trail Interpretive Center
Applegate
Trail Interpretive Center provides a first hand look into the
local area, history, fabulous displays, gold mining, history
theatre & more. Located right beside the Museum is
Fort Leland and the Grave Creek Covered Bridge rich in history
regarding Martha Leland, Indian Wars, gold & more.
Oregon Vortex - House Of Mystery
The Oregon
Vortex is a glimpse of a strange world where the improbable is the
commonplace and everyday physical facts are reversed. It is an
area of naturally occurring visual and perceptual phenomena, which
can be captured on film. No matter your education or profession
you will find a challenge to all your accepted theories.
Table Rock
Upper and Lower Table Rocks are located in Sams Valley near
Medford & Central Point. Table Rock was a sanctuary for Takelma
Indians. The two Table Rock mesas are both Open all year and No
fee to hike them . The 125-foot-thick andesite rims capping these
U-shaped mesas are remnants of a lava flow that snaked down the
Rogue River Valley 9.6 million years ago from vents east of
Prospect. Since then, erosion has worn away the softer surrounding
rock, leaving the hard andesite perched 800 feet above the plain.
OTHER LOCAL INTERESTS:
Jacksonville
- Home of the Britt Festival - 40 minute drive
Ashland
- Home of the Shakespeare Festival - 1 hour drive.
The
Oregon Caves - about 2 - 3 hour drive.
The
Redwoods and Oregon Coast - about 2 - 3 hour drive.
Seven
Feathers Casino - about a 2 hour drive.
Crater
Lake - is a 4 - 5 hour drive.
