Notices - Oregon Guide

Get reservations for Campgrounds call 541-474-5285

Josephhine County's Parks Dept. is taking reservations for this years prime camping season, and those who want to stay in popular parks on holiday weekends shouldn't delay.
To make reservations call 541- 474-5285 or visit at 125 Ringuette St. in Grants Pass, 8 am - 4:30 pm.

Fees range from $18 to $20 per night for a full hook-up site which includes water, sewer, and electric; $16 to $18 for a partial hook up site which has electric and water; and $12 to $15 for a tent site which has water only; plus a $5 reservation fee per site.
Picnic shelters will rent for $25 to $100 a day, depending on the size of shelter needed.

May through September is the main camping season.
Last year about 80,000 people slept in parks and thousands more come for day use only.
The parks have no day-use fees.
Some campsites and other facilities are accessible to the disabled.
For answers to your questions please call the department listed above.

Finding things to do

Many historic sites of early settlers are still here.
There are miners in the area in search of Gold and finding it too.

Concert and Theatre opportunities abound like the Oregon Shakespearean Festival, Rogue Music Theatre, and the Britt Music Festival in historic Jacksonville.

The Oregon Vortex is an area of naturally occurring visual and perceptual phenomena, which can be captured on film. The Oregon Vortex, goes way back to the time of the Native Americans who called the area the "Forbidden Ground", a place to be shunned.

Many years before The House of Mystery was built, it was noted that unusual conditions existed there.  A scientific analysis of the disturbance was'nt done til the 20th Century.

Grants Pass

The beauty of the Grants Pass area, mild climate, and caring people, are what you'll find attracts our retirement folks. Our neighborhoods are safe, our people are warm and friendly. We are much alive here with an abundance of things to see and do. There are many unique businesses offering modern conveniences with "Old town" hospitality.

• The Back of the Beyond:
- A Story about Lewis & Clark

• The Story of Sacajawea:
- Guide to Lewis & Clark
• Sacagawea Dollar Coin
- Sacagawea Coins & Coin Sets

• Oregon Trail Games
- Oregon Trail - Africa Trail Games

• Trail of Tears:
- The Rise & Fall of the Cherokee Nation

• The Dominguez-Escalante Expeditions Journal:

Through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776

• I Walked to Zion:
- Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail

• The Gathering of Zion:
- The Story of the Mormon Trail

• National Geographic's Guide to:
- Lewis and Clark Trail

• Hiking Historic Trails
- Utah's Favorite Hiking Trails

• Scenic Driving - Travel guides
- Scenic Driving in Utah

• Historical reading
- The Old Spanish Trail

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