The place to start your trip! The new digs of the Visitor's Center are top notch, and have plenty…read moreof brochures, helpful guides, and amazing staff that can point you in the right direction and offer personalized recommendations. They are super close to Nuvrei bakery and Powell's - ideal spots to hit right after or beforehand of your Portland adventure. They keep all items fresh and upto date so this is a great PDX resource. Go visit!

Staff were knowledgeable and friendly. Visitor center is…read morevery close to Powell's Books, hotels, shopping, and attractions. They have WiFi, cell phone charging stations, and water fill stations too. The center is stocked with brochures from over 200 attractions + city and state maps

This place is a MUST stop! There is so much to see here!…read more The visitor's center has a nice amount of information about the area. There are interactive displays and even a little coloring area for kids. The row of chairs and ottomans was my favorite. Such an awesome view out the wall of windows! The rangers are welcoming, friendly, and helpful. They offer a variety of movies in the theater upon request. There's also a small gift shop where you can buy books, souvenirs, etc. There are numerous trials in all directions from the visitor's center. We ended up taking the Thor's Well path down to see Spouting Horn and Cook's Chasm. Parts were a little steep, but the entire path is paved. Next time, we want to take the trail down to the Giant Spruce. The parking lot is large, and restrooms are available by the visitor's center. We spent about 2 hours here and look forward to a return trip! Highly recommend.

I actually started my hike at Overlook Rd. above the center. The trail to the summit was about a…read moremile upwards. Nicely wooded and sweeping views when you reach the top. You can extend your hike with a small Loop (Amelia?), which also has a stone structure. It connects with an another trail but I decided to descend from where I came. If you prefer, you can drive to the lot by the summit.

This is a really neat place. First, the town of Oceanside is so neat to see - right along the…read moreocean with mountains that climb right from the shore dotted with houses up the sides. Approaching the town from the road, it just looks really cool. And the beach itself is nice and expansive. We actually came to see the tunnel, which goes through a mountain to a small beach on the other side, which was rockier than the first beach. Just a really cool place and I'm sure we'll be back again.

This is such a beautiful beach, the rock formations are stunning. There is also a tunnel from one…read moreside of the beach to the other, through a mountain. Be sure to check it out! It can be a bit rough and dark, so be cautious and aware of your surroundings as there are low hanging walls. I will be back as many times as I can fit into my trip because this is such a gorgeous landscape. I also found a sharks tooth and a geode at this beach!

This is an interesting spot, especially to see the fish ladder. The day I was there I saw a ton of…read morelamprey swimming around, as well as a few steelheads and some smaller fish I couldn't identify. It's set up very nicely for tourists, and everything is well labeled. You can take yours, but I chose not to. Worth a stop if you're in the area.

Great post waterfalls hike. Washington side you'll be able to see the generators. Loved it.read more

I recently camped here, and thought it was one of the best campgrounds I've camped at so far…read more Like most campgrounds in the area, this is primarily an RV campground, but they do have some space for tent campers, as well as a few first come first serve spots for cyclists and backpackers. I camped in one of the six tent spots, and it was really beautiful. It was heavily shaded, and basically right on the banks of the Columbia River. The park is popular for cyclists like myself because it is situated near the end of the Willamette Valley Bike Trail, a 135 mile scenic route. I rode like a few percent of it, and thought it was amazing. I will definitely be finishing that trail this year. The showers were free for registered campers, and were the closest thing to a real home shower I've experienced at any campground so far. I loved how the park was not too far from Portland, Salem, or the Columbia River Gorge. The park rangers were super helpful and informative. I had called with a bunch of questions after having a bad experience elsewhere, and a ranger reassured me they had "a tighter grip on things" at Champoeg, which seemed to be true. The only issue was that, around 3am, I woke up to what sounded like a rabid wolf. It literally sounded like I was for sure about to get eaten. I made a bunch of noise, but it didn't go away. I yelled to the other campers, "There's like, an angry dog outside my tent!?! This isn't anyone's dog, is it?" It turned out to be a raccoon with very labored breathing (along with two other raccoons who were breathing normally). I suspect maybe it had canine distemper. It was being aggressive towards me, specifically. I had to go sit in my car for a while till it left. I'm not sure whether this was because I had accidentally gotten sprayed by the agricultural fertilizer tractor on my way in, or because the camper next to me had left so much food out on her site (which she ended up putting away at 4am). There is a historic store in the park that sells blackberry sundaes that look amazing, but I wasn't able to make it in during their very limited spring hours (I think they closed at 2). Overall I loved everything except the raccoons and would absolutely camp here again.

5 yurts, RV, trailer park, bathrooms showers, lots of bike riding and walking paths, shallow creeks…read moreto play in on hot days, dumping sites for sewer and trash, day parking and ride, walk. Picnic tables, safe and secure.

We stopped here before proceeding to Fort Vancouver and it was a good use of time. The employees…read morewere friendly, helpful, and obviously knowledgeable. I did not think the gift ship was much, very small. But there is an excellent 16 minute video that is incredibly interesting and well done. If you visit, be sure to see the video. It is accessible for all ages. From the visitor center, it's about a 8-10 minute walk to the fort.

Great information to research at the visitor center. Everyone is really nice and helpful.read more

The smallest visitor center I've ever seen! But the help is really friendly and knowledgeable about…read morethe area. Picked up brochures. They also have a few gifts and some free stickers to take home a perfect beginning before driving the historical I-30.

This is a small little visitor center, but is packed with lots of information. Everyone is very…read morehelpful and hands on. They have free materials. They have a video room, where you can watch films about the church. Overall, it's a great experience and it's all free.

What a beautiful place to come and learn about who I am, why I'm here on Earth and where I'll be…read moregoing after this life! The Spirit is strong here and the missionaries assigned to labor here are all amazing!

If you're thinking about taking one of these tours (and I'd advise against it), then call to make…read moresure you're scheduled to go with a trained guide. The night we attended, the owner had so many people signed up that he pawned half of us off on his teenage son and the son's apparent girlfriend. As the teenager-cum-tour guide led led us to a couple of downtown buildings, he stumbled through a few facts about the area architecture, but there were really no ghost stories, and not much actual information about Salem. When the teen did stop to point out architecture facts, he often got confused and muddled. "That building was constructed ... oh, actually, I forget when." "That's a masonic thing. My dad knows about that, but I don't." Occasionally, he was just totally factually wrong. "180,000 Chinese people lived in Salem in the 1800s. It is said that many of them are maybe buried in downtown." "I've been to the grave of Jack the Ripper in Rochester, NY." (Nobody knows who Jack-the-Ripper was.) Occasionally, the teen would check in with his girlfriend. "I forget what else. [Girl's name], have I missed anything?" Meanwhile, the apparent girlfriend slurped a starbucks frappucino. Occasionally, the apparent girlfriend would pipe up. When she did speak, she was more interesting than the teen -- telling a few Non-Salem anecdotes about Abraham Lincoln. At the end of the evening, we met up with the other tour group, which was guided by the proprietor and his wife. This couple (an actor and a spiritual medium) were actually pretty entertaining -- giving a few colorful ghost stories about actual Salem events. Spending time with this trained couple just showed us how much we were missing by going with the teenager and starbucks slurping girlfriend. So, unless you want to spend 90 minutes following muddled and half-forgotten stories, call ahead to MAKE SURE you are actually going with the adults.

Failed not once but twice on us!…read more This is where this company is based is in Salem OR whether you book for the Reno NV, the Carson City NV, or the Virginia City NV haunted walking tours. First of all, before I even get started with my rant, DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME or MONEY WITH THIS COMPANY. They do not come through for you. In our case, twice a disappointing no-show of the tour guides! First booking was on April 26, 2014 we tried for the Reno NV haunted tour. Got there early to the location we were supposed to meet, even got a phone confirmation 10 minutes prior to the tour was supposed to start at 8:00p, waited for 30-min but the tour guide never showed up. It was only me and my hubby on this tour so maybe that's why they cancelled on us... but still! We were scheduled and got our phone confirmation. We called the following day to complain and they apologized and we were promised a free tour of any choice city we want aside from the Groupon deal. Yay! So I booked on-line using the Groupon deal and I was supposed to call them to set up the free tour. So, let's try this again... I booked online for the Carson City tour using the Groupon deal which was supposed to be last night, July 19, 2014. Guess what, another no-show! This time there are now 15 people pissed as 13 others showed up for this tour aside from us and some even coming from as far as San Francisco and Bay Area. Furthermore, all of us received email reminders confirming our tour the night before: "reminder about your upcoming activities." and at the end of the email "Have fun!" Just can't believe that this would happen to us twice! I'm sure we would get refunds from Groupon but it's just bad business on their part to not even give us a courtesy phone call that the tour would be cancelled or rescheduled or delayed or SOMETHING! The time and money spent to make it to these places coming from a distance are one thing but to be disappointed twice is even worse! How can we book our free tour if we couldn't even get a first tour! I read all of the reviews given by other Yelpers below and another disappointing thing had we completed one would be that the tour guide would have little or no knowledge of the history he/she would be giving a tour for. FAIL! One star is too nice to rate this establishment... they owe me a couple of stars! Ugh! Review #0217