Our little band of characters has come up with a fun family challenge: to visit all of the 194 Oregon State Parks!
The Rules
- “Visiting” means camping at the campgrounds, and thoroughly exploring the day use parks.
- At least two of us have to be present to check each park off the list.
Ben is a total nerd, and although wordpress.com won’t let him embed it here, he wants to show off his cool tracking system!
Current progress: 46/194 (24%)
Agate Beach State Recreation Site- Ainsworth State Park
- Alderwood State Wayside
- Alfred A Loeb State Park
- Alsea Bay Historic Interpretive Center
Arcadia Beach State Recreation Site- Arizona Beach State Recreation Site
- Bald Peak State Scenic Viewpoint
- Bandon State Natural Area
- Banks-Vernonia State Trail
- Bates State Park
- Battle Mountain Forest State Scenic Corridor
- Beachside State Recreation Site
- Benson State Recreation Area
- Beverly Beach State Park
- Blue Mountain Forest State Scenic Corridor
Bob Straub State Park- Boiler Bay State Scenic Viewpoint
- Bolon Island State Scenic Corridor
- Brian Booth State Park
- Brian Booth State Park (Beaver Creek)
- Bridal Veil Falls State Scenic Viewpoint
- Bullards Beach State Park
- Cape Arago State Park
- Cape Blanco State Park
- Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area
- Cape Lookout State Park
- Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint
- Cape Sebastian State Scenic Corridor
- Carl G Washburn Memorial State Park
- Cascadia State Park
- Casey State Recreation Site
- Catherine Creek State Park
- Champoeg State Heritage Area
- Chandler State Wayside
- Clay Myers State Natural Area at Whalen Island
- Cline Falls State Scenic Viewpoint
- Clyde Holliday State Recreation Site
- Collier Memorial State Park
- Coquille Myrtle Grove State Natural Site
- Cottonwood Canyon State Park
- Crissey Field State Recreation Site
- Crown Point State Scenic Corridor
- D River State Recreation Site
- Dabney State Recreation Area
- Darlingtonia State Natural Site
- Del Rey Beach State Recreation Site
- Deschutes River State Recreation Area
- Detroit Lake State Recreation Area
Devils Lake State Recreation Area- Devils Punch Bowl State Natural Area
- Dexter State Recreation Site
- Driftwood Beach State Recreation Site
- Ecola State Park
- Elijah Bristow State Park
- Ellmaker State Wayside
- Emigrant Springs State Heritage Area
- Erratic Rock State Natural Site
- Face Rock Scenic Viewpoint
- Fall Creek State Recreation Area
- Farewell Ben State Recreation Area
- Fogarty Creek State Recreation Area
- Fort Rock Cave
- Fort Rock State Natural Area
- Fort Stevens State Park
Fort Yamhill State Heritage Area- Frenchglen Hotel State Heritage Site
- Geisel Monument State Heritage Site
- George W Joseph State Natural Area
- Gleneden Beach State Recreation Site
- Golden State Heritage Site
- Golden and Silver Falls State Natural Area
- Goose Lake State Recreation Area
- Government Island State Recreation Area
- Governor Patterson Memorial State Recreation Site
- Guy W Talbot State Park
HB Van Duzer Forest State Scenic Corridor- Harris Beach State Park
- Hat Rock State Park
- Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint
- Heritage Landing (Deschutes)
- Hilgard Junction State Park
- Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail
- Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail – Bridge of the Gods Trailhead
- Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail – Tooth Rock Trailhead
- Hoffman Memorial State Wayside
- Hug Point State Recreation Area
- Humbug Mountain State Park
- Illinois River Forks State Park
- Iwetemlaykin State Heritage Site
- Jackson F Kimball State Recreation Site
- Jasper Point (Prineville Reservoir)
- Jasper State Recreation Site
- Jessie M Honeyman Memorial State Park
- John B Yeon State Scenic Corridor
- Joseph H Stewart State Recreation Area
- Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site
- Koberg Beach State Recreation Site
- LL Stub Stewart State Park
- LaPine State Park
- Lake Owyhee State Park
- Lewis and Clark State Recreation Site
- Lost Creek State Recreation Site
- Lowell State Recreation Site
- Luckiamute Landing State Natural Area
Manhattan Beach State Recreation Site- Maples Rest Area
- Mary S Young State Recreation Area
- Maud Williamson State Recreation Site
- Mayer State Park
- McVay Rock State Recreation Site
- Memaloose State Park
- Milo McIver State Park
- Minam State Recreation Area
- Molalla River State Park
- Mongold (Detroit Lake)
Munson Creek Falls State Natural Site- Muriel O Ponsler Memorial State Scenic Viewpoint
- Nehalem Bay State Park
- Neptune State Scenic Viewpoint
- Neskowin Beach State Recreation Site
- North Santiam State Recreation Area
- OC and E Woods Line State Trail
- Ochoco Wayside State Park
- Oceanside Beach State Recreation Site
- Ontario State Recreation Site
- Oswald West State Park
- Otter Crest State Scenic Viewpoint
- Paradise Point State Recreation Site
- Peter Skene Odgen State Scenic Viewpoint
- Pilot Butte State Scenic Viewpoint
- Pistol River State Scenic Viewpoint
- Port Orford Heads State Park
- Portland Women’s Forum State Scenic Viewpoint
- Prineville Reservoir State Park
- Prospect State Scenic Viewpoint
- Red Bridge State Wayside
- Roads End State Recreation Site
- Rocky Creek State Scenic Viewpoint
- Rooster Rock State Park
- Saddle Mountain State Natural Area
- Samuel H Boardman State Scenic Corridor
- Sarah Helmick State Recreation Site
- Seal Rock State Recreation Area
- Seneca Fouts Memorial State Natural Area
- Seven Devils State Recreation Site
- Shepperd’s Dell State Natural Area
- Shore Acres State Park
- Silver Falls State Park
- Smelt Sands State Recreation Site
- Smith Rock State Park
- South Beach State Park
- South Jetty (South Beach)
- Starvation Creek State Park
- State Capitol State Park
- Stonefield Beach State Recreation Site
- Succor Creek State Natural Area
- Sumpter Valley Dredge State Heritage Area
- Sunset Bay State Park
- Sunset Beach State Recreation Site
- Symons State Scenic Viewpoint
- The Cove Palisades State Park
- Thompson’s Mills State Heritage Site
- Tokatee Klootchman State Natural Site
- Tolovana Beach State Recreation Site
- TouVelle State Recreation Site
- Tryon Creek State Natural Area
- Tub Springs State Wayside
- Tumalo State Park
Twin Rocks- Ukia-Dale Forest State Scenic Corridor
- Umpqua Lighthouse State Park
- Umpqua State Scenic Corridor
- Unity Forest State Scenic Corridor
- Unity Lake State Recreation Site
- Valley of the Rogue State Park
- Viento State Park
- Vinzenz Lausmann Memorial State Natural Area
- W B Nelson State Recreation Site
- Wallowa Lake Highway Forest State Scenic Corridor
- Wallowa Lake State Park
- Wallowa River Wayside
- Whale Watching Center
- White River Falls State Park
- Willamette Mission State Park
- Willamette River Greenway
- Willamette Stone State Heritage Site
- William M. Tugman State Park
- Winchuck State Recreation Site
- Wolf Creek Inn State Heritage Site
- Wygant State Natural Area
- Yachats Ocean Road State Natural Site
- Yachats State Recreation Area
- Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site
Band of Characters 
Banks-Vernonia is a wonderful bike trail that you are sure to love. Bob Straub has a literary history – check with me if you have a chance before you go. Champoeg and Crown Point are both good on dreary days, and you can easily combine Bridal Veil with Crown Point; also the Portland Women’s Forum. Cape Lookout: love love love the day hike to the end of the Cape. Camped at Emigrant Springs one night in April and woke up to snow on the tent! Be sure to visit Tmasklit when you are there. Oooh, I’ve been wanting to visit Kam Wah Chung for YEARS!!
Way to make a ton of family memories!
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