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Weekend trips from University of Oregon
Hidden spots near Eugene, day trips and weekend road trips from University of Oregon in November, scored 1–10 on price, timing and what's happening, with gas, park fees, a campsite or room and food included.
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Silver Falls
The Trail of Ten Falls, where you walk behind several of the waterfalls.
Bend
Float the Deschutes through town, then a lava tube and a mountain of breweries.
Smith Rock
Golden river cliffs where American sport climbing began; Misery Ridge has the view.
Oregon Dunes
Forty miles of huge sand dunes on the coast that inspired the novel Dune.
Cape Perpetua & Thor's Well
A sinkhole in the rocks that seems to drain the ocean at high tide, and spouting horns.
Shore Acres & Cape Arago
Waves exploding on sandstone cliffs, a formal garden on the edge, and sea lions barking below.
Weekend trips
Silver Falls
The Trail of Ten Falls, where you walk behind several of the waterfalls.
Smith Rock
Golden river cliffs where American sport climbing began; Misery Ridge has the view.
Bend
Float the Deschutes through town, then a lava tube and a mountain of breweries.
Columbia Gorge & Multnomah Falls
A river canyon lined with waterfalls, the tallest 620 feet, 40 minutes from Portland.
Ashland
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Feb–Oct, cheap student rush tickets) in a small town with no sales tax.
Painted Hills
Hills striped red, gold and black that change color with the light. Free.
Long weekends
Columbia Gorge & Multnomah Falls
A river canyon lined with waterfalls, the tallest 620 feet, 40 minutes from Portland.
Painted Hills
Hills striped red, gold and black that change color with the light. Free.
Lava Beds
More than 700 lava tube caves you can explore yourself with a flashlight, and some of the darkest skies in California.
Ashland
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Feb–Oct, cheap student rush tickets) in a small town with no sales tax.
Leavenworth
A whole mountain town dressed as a Bavarian village, with river tubing and alpine lakes.
Southern Oregon coast
Natural Bridges, Secret Beach and sea stacks on the Samuel H. Boardman corridor, just over the border.
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