Pick Your Scenic Drive
Scenic Drives
Name of Drive
Description
Highlights
Where It Begins and Ends
Length In Miles
Website
Hells Canyon All American Road
exceptional scenery from rivers edge to mountain passes and valley floors
pine valley community museum
Forest road #39 from Joseph to Halfway traverses most scenic parts
LaGrande to Baker City
225
800/848-9969
Pacific Coast Scenic Byway
spectacular coastal views
lighthouses
Ecola State Park
sea stacks
Hwy 101 between Brookings and Astoria
360
888/628-2101
Historic Columbia River Highway
considered of of America’s most scenic drives
multnomah and bridal veil falls
vista house
latourell and horsetail falls
oneonta gorge
bonneville dam fish ladder
larch mountain road
pittock mansion hike
Corbett to Dodson
also drive 70 mile stretch from Troutdale to the Dalles
70
541/308-1700
Cascade Lakes Highway (St Hwy 46)
magnificent change in terrain from high desert plain to thick forests and lakes
elk lake
fishing at hosmer lake
drive sw from Bend on Century drive to LaPine
136
503/378-8850
Rogue River Loop
follows beautiful Rogue and Coquille rivers
applegate trail interpretive center (Sunny Valley)
ghost town of golden
grave creek covered bridge
Gold Beach to Agness then north to Myrtle Point then Coos Bay
140 mile loop
800/525-2334
McKenzie Pass -Santium Pass Scenic Byway
loops through two Cascade mountain passes
proxy falls
black butte
dee wright observatory
from Sisters north on Hwy 20
82
541/822-3381
Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway
Volcanic lakes to lava beds
crater lake
upper klamath lake
flavell museum
Crater Lake National Park to Lassen National Park in California
500
866/722-9929
Steens Loop
highest road in Oregon to top of Steens Mountain
donner and blitzen river
dry lakebed of alvord desert
kigor gorge
departs from Frenchglen
59
800/332-1843
Highway of Waterfalls
scenic drive past two dozen waterfalls
downtown murals in Roseburg
douglas county museum
Roseburg to Diamond Lake on Hwy 138
172
800/440-9584
Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor
state linear park along rugged coast
small sand beaches
from Brooking
12
800/551-6949
Rim Drive
stunning drive around Crater Lake
Crater Lake National Park
caldera rim
33
541/594-3000