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Ashland & Southern Oregon Highlights
Strutting with the Bard at Ashland's
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
(
Click here
).
Counting bald eagles in
Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges
(
Click here
)
.
Rafting down the mighty
Rogue River
(
Click here
)
, Oregon's premier white water.
Spelunking the main grotto at
Oregon Caves National Monument
(
Click here
).
Exploring the historic downtown streets of
Jacksonville
(
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)
.
Fly-fishing the world-class waters of the
North Umpqua River
(
Click here
).
Taking the scenic Rim Drive around gorgeous
Crater Lake
(
Click here
)
.
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Ashland
POP 21,000
This pretty city is the cultural center of Southern Oregon thanks to its internationally
renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), which runs for nine months of the year
and attracts hundreds of thousands of theatergoers from all over the world. The festival is
so popular that it's Ashland's main attraction, packing it out in summer and bringing in
steady cash flows for the many fancy hotels, upscale B&Bs and fine restaurants in town.
Even without the OSF, however, Ashland is still a pleasant place where trendy downtown
streets buzz with well-heeled shoppers and youthful bohemians. In late fall and early
winter - those few months when the festival doesn't run - folks come to ski at nearby Mt
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