This was the pass across the mountains that I could find where the pass was guaranteed to be open this time of year
3758 Northwest Bronson Crest Loop, Portland, Oregon, United States
This site includes cattail marshes, ash forest, shrubs, and wet prairie that harbor endangered wildflowers. A boardwalk loops 0.7 mi through part of the wetlands, providing universal access while preserving the rare and fragile plant community. In spring listen for numerous Virginia Rail and Marsh Wren with occasional Sora. Look for Rufous Hummingbird and migrant flocks of Yellow-rumped Warbler and Warbling Vireo https://www.co.benton.or.us/parks/page/jackson-frazier-wetland
Sat: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Tue - Fri: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm The Umpqua Valley Arts Association is a non-profit arts organization that was founded in 1979. Our historical building houses six gallery spaces, a workshop studio, a local artist gift gallery, a fully equipped kitchen, a full-sized pottery studio, staff offices, and an outdoor stage. We are dedicated to providing art experiences to visitors with year round exhibits, classes, and conversations
Imagine yourself as a traveler along a section of the Applegate Trail in the late 1800s. You have just arrived by stage coach at the Wolf Creek Inn. This is a long-sought-after refuge from a not-so-comfortable portage over mountains and across valleys. After paying 75 cents for a room, bath, and meals, you're ready to relax. You sit down to a good meal and some easy conversation with the innkeepers. Afterward, the men sidle off to the tap room for some quaffs of beer while the ladies adjourn to the parlor. The conversation drifts from tales of inspirational beauty to frightful experiences of the trail. The rooms are no longer 75 cents, but the refuge is still here preserved in its original state. Take a step back in time and visit the inn, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. In front of the tavern, you'll find interpretive panels depicting life on the Applegate Trail. The inn still provides lodging and meals to the weary traveler. The inn was built around 1883 for Henry Smith, a local merchant-entrepreneur. Wolf Creek Tavern, as it was known then, was exceptionally well crafted by local sawyers.
Summer Hours (April – December) Wednesday & Sunday: 11:00 am to 3:00 pm Thursday, Friday, & Saturday: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Closed Monday and Tuesday A working artists’ cooperative on the banks of Ashland Creek, Ashland Art Works consists of historic buildings either renovated on the land, or brought in and rebuilt, all with an artist’s and craftsperson’s eye. Over ten years ago, when Brad Roupp got together with fellow artists to make his creative vision real, he only began imagining what Ashland Art Works would become.
Lithia Park is open from dawn until 11 p.m. View info on the Lithia Park Master Plan. The park follows Ashland Creek through undeveloped woodlands, and also includes a Japanese garden, two duck ponds, a formal rose garden, groves of sycamore trees and a number of secluded spots.
Pilot Rock is a prominent volcanic plug located in the western Cascade Range near the east end of the Siskiyou Mountains, just east of the Siskiyou Summit near Ashland, Oregon. Rising thousands of feet above the Shasta and Rogue valleys, it is a landmark distinguishable from over away. At 25.6 million years old, it is one of the oldest formations of the Cascade Range. The rock is protected by the Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument and the Soda Mountain Wilderness. Several trails pass near Pilot Rock, including the Pacific Crest Trail.
Mt. Shasta Parks and Recreation features parks and facilities in several different locations in the City of Mt. Shasta. The main offices are at the Mt. Shasta City Park, home to the headwaters of California’s powerful Sacramento River. Even during the driest years, clear, icy water rushes from the hillside feeding streams and ponds. Walk along the creek and follow hedges of horsetail, fern and fragrant willow. The 26 acre public park is located off N. Mt. Shasta Blvd. on Nixon Road. Playgrounds, hiking trails, picnic area, barbeque facilities. one review:Takes very little time to stop and visit this location! Very nice park! Just a fun stop when visiting the area!
Sun - Sat: 7:00 am - 7:00 pm Scheduled for completion in Summer 2004, this unusually designed bridge, functioning as a sundial at one end and conveying a sense of weightlessness, connects the north and south campuses of Turtle Bay Exploration Park. Apparently the sundial isn't accurate, but it looks pretty cool otherwise
Spring-Fall Hours (Mar-Oct) 9am-4pm Mon-Fri
Auto Tour and Wetland Walk (open year-round) =
• 1 hr before sunrise - 1 hr after sunset
Seasonal Trails (open Feb 15 - June 30) =
• 1 hr before sunrise - 1 hr after sunset
The Sacramento NWR has a $6 entrance fee. Fees collected stay at the Complex and are used for the visitor services program.
Visitor Activities at Sacramento NWR include:
• Visitor Center (Discovery Room & bookstore)
• Auto Tour
• Observation Platform
• Trails (Wetlands Walk & Spring Trails)
DRIVE THE AUTO TOURS:
The Sacramento NWR has a 6-mile Auto Tour (brochure, pdf) that begins at the visitor center. Visitors are required to stay in their vehicle but there are 3 stop-and-stretch areas where visitors are able to get out of their vehicles. A multi-level platform is located approximately half way around the auto tour. Colusa NWR has a 3-mile Auto Tour (brochure, pdf) and a platform at the beginning of the auto tour. By staying in your vehicle, wildlife are less likely to be disturbed
GEOCACHING:
Combine nature and technology on our high-tech scavenger hunt.
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Sacramento/visit/planyourvisit.html
Thu - Sat: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm www.sacvalleymuseum.org The Sacramento Valley Museum is located at 1491 E Street Williams, in Williams, Colusa County, northern California in the heart of the Sacramento Valley. Sacramento Valley history is promoted through displays of historical photographs, artifacts, textiles and quilts, manuscripts and documents, and vintage newspapers from the Sacramento Valley region in the northern California Central Valley
Tours are conducted Tuesday through Friday at 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM and Saturdays between 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM, unless the museum is hosting a private event.
Closed most Holidays
Group Tours available please call the office at 1-530-666-1045
Adults $5.00 Youth (6-17) $3.00 Children under 6 free.
Office Hours: Tues – Fri: 9 am – 5 pm; Sat: 11 am – 4 pm The Gibson Mansion (also known as the Yolo County Historical Museum, YCHM, the Gibson House, or the Gibson Museum) is a historic mansion that now serves as a museum in Woodland, California. Exemplifying several architectural styles, including Georgian Revival and Neoclassical, it is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Attn: tour hours vary depending on the season. September 4 through October 31Thursday & Friday: 11:00AM, 12:30PM, 2:00PM Saturday: 10:30AM to 3:00PM, departing every half hour Sunday: 10:30AM to 2:30PM, departing every half hour November 1 through November 23*Thursday & Friday: 11:00AM, 12:30PM, 2:00PM Saturdays & Sundays: 11:00AM, 12:00PM, 12:30PM, 1:30PM, 2:00PM, 3:00PM November 28 through 30Friday & Saturday: 10:30AM to 3:00PM, departing every half hour Sunday: 11:00AM, 12:00PM, 12:30PM, 1:30PM, 2:00PM, 3:00PM December 6 through 14Saturday & Sunday: 11:00AM, 12:30PM, 2:00PM Hidden beneath the city for nearly 150 years, Old Sacramento’s underground has long been the capital’s best-kept secret. Today, you can join thousands of residents and visitors in uncovering the facts behind the legends that lie below our buildings and sidewalks. Explore excavated foundations and enclosed pathways while your tour guide recounts the tales of devastation, perseverance, and determination that led to California’s only successful street-raising project. These hour-long guided walking tours check in at the Sacramento History Museum before heading out into Old Sacramento and descending below historic buildings. Be prepared to walk in areas with uneven surfaces and low ceilings and get ready to learn and have fun all along the way!
The Lucas Plaza Statue located at the intersections of Downey, 17th, McHenry and J Streets (five points), features two teenagers from the early 60’s leaning against the fender of a ’57 Chevy. This bronze statue is a tribute to Modesto’s most favorite son, director/producer George Lucas When Modesto finally decided to honor George Lucas, controversy brewed around the fact that so many people were against city funds being used to build anything to honor anyone. Money was quietly raised, the city provided a space at Five Points (the intersections of McHenry Avenue, "J" Street, 17th Street, Downey and Needham). This particular location is probably the most ideal place, since it is the symbolic separation of the old downtown from the roadway into what was once the farmland surrounding the town - in Lucas's time, cruising was a downtown activity, only later did it become a McHenry Avenue rite. A statue was commissioned and work started on the triangular piece of property (strangely the pie shaped space resembles a Star Destroyer from "Star Wars"). What better way to celebrate George Lucas than to represent a moment in time from "American Graffiti?" The statue represents a teenage boy and girl sitting on a 1957 Chevy, no doubt getting ready to "cruise" 10th and 11th Streets. There is an inscription on a bench in back of the statue commemorating Lucas and his achievements.The photos above are courtesy of Kevin Shand, former Modesto Film Commissioner
Sun, Sat: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm The picturesque Toca Madera Winery is located at 36140 Avenue 9, in Madera, California. Try our award winning wine, while you enjoy the majestic view!
Sat, April 14, 10am – 4pm Description Guided Tours from 10 am to 3 pm, with the last tour at 3 pm. Tours are first come, first served ADULTS - $17 Fresno's best kept secret, The Forestiere Underground Gardens. Built over a century ago. A hand-built network of underground rooms, courtyards and passageways reminiscent of the ancient catacombs. Unique fruit producing trees, shrubs, and vines growing underground -- some over 90 years-old... -Ancient Roman architecture - arches, vaults and stone-built walls -Underground micro-climates -- temperature variations of 10 to 30 degrees -Underground home of Sicilian visionary and self-taught artist/builder Baldassare Forestiere The Underground Gardens are the life-long devotion and hobby of Baldassare Forestiere (1879-1946), a Sicilian immigrant who came to America in 1901 to escape the iron rule of his wealthy father and pursue his own dreams. The Gardens are a subterranean complex of patios, grottos, and garden courts interconnecting with passageways that encircle the living quarters of the self-taught artist and builder who sought to escape the brutal heat of Fresno summers. Forestiere patterned his underground world after the ancient catacombs, which he so admired as a boy. Arches and passageways dominate the underground landscape while the stonework provides stability and beauty. But unlike the dark catacombs that protected the remnants of the lifeless, Forestiere designed well-lit courtyards and grottos to bring forth the radiance and vitality of life. No plans were put on paper; each room and passageway originated in Forestiere’s mind as he worked. With the simple tools of a farmer—a pick, a shovel, and a wheelbarrow—the young immigrant dug, chipped, and carved the unforgiving hardpan land for 40 years (1906-1946) in his spare time. By the time he was 44 years-old, he had excavated and planted over 10 acres. But the humble immigrant’s genius did not stop there. Incredibly, Forestiere planted multiple varieties of fruit-bearing plants at different underground levels. Oranges, lemons, grapefruits—many on a single tree—as well as more unusual varieties like kumquat, loquat, jujube, strawberry, quince, and dates could be easily plucked from the surface by simply bending down. Wine and table grapes also grace this sanctuary, and dangle lusciously in great clumps every-where---truly an oasis in a modern-day desert of pavement.
open daily from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm No Entrance Fee - $0.00 Explore the history of César E. Chávez and the farmworker movement through photographs, artifacts, and sites dedicated to his legacy. In the Memorial Garden, you will find his gravesite and a fountain honoring the memory of five workers. Roses in bloom year-round, including a variety named for Chávez, grace the garden. In the visitor center, watch films about his life, contemplate his unchanged office, and see exhibits and artwork. A bookstore offers additional information.