Oregon Paddling Travel Guide

Oregon Paddling Travel Guide

• Oregon Overview
• Oregon Hotels
• Oregon Attractions
• Oregon Feature Articles
• Oregon Adventure Trips
• Oregon Airports
• Oregon Flights

Other Guides for Oregon

• Oregon Travel
• Active and Adventure Guide
  • Mountain Biking
  • Road Biking
  • Mountaineering
  • Rock Climbing
  • Day Hiking
  • Trekking and Backpacking
  • Canoeing
  • Rafting
  • Cross-Country Skiing
• Beach Guide
  • Kiteboarding
  • Sailing
  • Scuba Diving
  • Surfing
  • Windsurfing
• Family Guide
• Gay and Lesbian Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
  • Fly-fishing
  • Freshwater Fishing
  • Saltwater Fishing
  • Horses and Riding
  • Birdwatching

Top Paddling Destinations In Oregon

• Bend, OR
  
• Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, OR
  
• Deschutes National Forest, OR
  
• Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, OR
  

Travel Guides In Oregon

• Portland, OR
  • Gay and Lesbian Guide
  • Family Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Crater Lake National Park, OR
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Family Guide
• Bend, OR
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Cannon Beach, OR
  • Beach Guide
• Eugene, OR
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Mount Hood, OR
• Ashland, OR
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Astoria, OR
  • Beach Guide
• Beaverton, OR
• Corvallis, OR

Pacific Coast Paddling States/Provinces

• Alaska
• California
• Hawaii
• Oregon
• Washington

Active and Adventure Travel Destinations

• Mid-Atlantic
  • Maryland
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia
• Midwest
  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin
• Mountain West
  • Colorado
  • Idaho
  • Montana
  • Utah
  • Wyoming
• Northeast
  • Maine
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • Vermont
• Pacific Coast
  • Alaska
  • California
  • Hawaii
  • Oregon
  • Washington
• Southeast
  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • North Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Virginia
• Southwest
  • Arizona
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Texas

Deschutes River, Bend, Oregon (courtesy, Central Oregon Visitors Association)

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• Photos
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• Practical Advice
• Adventure Trips
• Gear
• Fitness
• Attractions
• Hotels

Top Paddling Destinations	Related Travel Guides	Find Hotels
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area		Hotels
Bend		Hotels
Deschutes National Forest		Hotels
Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest		Hotels

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Photos

Feature Articles

• GORP - White Salmon River, Oregon
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• GORP - Snake River, Oregon
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• GORP - Deschutes River, Oregon
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• GORP - Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area - Paddling
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• More Rides
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Trip Ideas

• Exploring Idaho's Heavenly Hells Canyon
  

Practical Advice

• Adventure Travel 101
  GORPTravel’s Kate Tucker and Linda Long answer our burning questions about the tao of adventure travel
• Sea Kayak Touring: A Packing List
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• Canoe Trips: A Packing List
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• Canoe Trips: A Packing List
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• Sea Kayak Touring: A Packing List
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GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

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  Deschutes River Rafting Adventures - Oregon
  Sage Canyon River Company
  from $59, 3 days
  Sage Canyon River Co. offers a variety of professionally guided whitewater rafting trips on the Deschutes River in Oregon. From relaxing family floats to high-adrenaline whitewater adventures, we have something for everyone. ......
  
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  Umpqua River Rafting
  Destination Wilderness
  from $135, 1-3 days
  The Umpqua River is a classic Oregon white water rafting river, flowing from headwaters near Crater Lake. ...
  
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  Hells Canyon Paddles and Saddles - The Ride and Raft Combination
  Winding Waters Rafting
  from $2000, 7 days
  Explore Hells Canyon and the Eagle Cap Wilderness Area, the deepest canyon in North America, on this unique expedition. Winding Waters is teaming up...
  
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  Canoeing the Upper Missouri River - Lewis and Clark's Wilderness
  Big Wild Adventures
  from $2300, 8 days
  The upper Missouri - A gentle river, flowing mostly through wilderness, little-changed since Lewis & Clark. ...
  
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  The Snake River through Hells Canyon Rafting (Class III and IV)
  Winding Waters Rafting
  from $750, 6 days
  As the Snake River turns north on its run to the Columbia River, it enters majestic Hells Canyon, the deepest gorge in North America. With a depth of...
  

Gear

• Complete Gear Archives: Paddling
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things paddling.
• KayakPro Nemo Sea Kayak
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• Necky Manitou 13
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• Float and Gloat
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  Not every playboat is for whitewater. Maximize your summer fun on lakes, rivers, and oceans with these versatile sit-on-top kayaks.
• Sea Me
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  British adventure filmmaker JUSTINE CURGENVEN, 33, elevates sea kayaking to the highest level of action sports: cool videos!

Fitness

• Revolutionary New Gear
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  Outside's guide to the best new concepts in gear, garb, human performance, and green.
• Fittest Real Athletes – Kyle Daniels
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• Power Stroke
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  Get fit for summer's hottest sport—in less time than you'd think
• America's Best Cities: Minneapolis, Minnesota
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• City Without Limits
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  Seattle

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Attractions

McKenzie River National Recreational Trail

Good For Paddling

Bend, Oregon

Description: Follow the McKenzie River Trail through diverse landscape studded with Douglas firs, whitewater rivers, and log bridges. ... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Oregon Caves National Monument

19000 Caves Hwy
Cave Junction, Oregon

Description:

High in the rugged Siskiyou Mountains, a clear mountain stream cascades through a narrow canyon,... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Cascade Lakes Highway

Bend , Oregon

Description: This National Scenic Byway is a popular summertime 87-mile loop drive that leads to some of the finest roadside scenery in the Oregon Cascades. ... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Hotels

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Mount Bachelor Village Resort

19717 Mount Bachelor Dr.
Bend, OR 97702 Map

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Best Western Bard's Inn

132 N Main Street
Ashland, OR 97520-1730 Map

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Ashland Springs Hotel

212 East Main Street
Ashland, OR 97520 Map

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