Oregon State Parks

Oregon plans to introduce parking fees at 21 more state parks starting in October.

Oregon parks officials are asking the public to share their priorities for the state’s park system.

Faced with a 14% budget shortfall in the next biennium, Oregon State Parks is looking for new business partners to help offset some costs. Otherwise, the agency may need to cancel park expansions, reduce staff and consider closing some parks in 2027.

It will soon cost more for non-Oregonians to park their cars or pitch their tents in a state park in Oregon.

The agency says there were nearly 54 million day-use visits last year.

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is looking to hire over 200 seasonal employees to help run state parks. And there are jobs open right now.

Cape Arago and Shore Acres State Parks near Coos Bay are closed to vehicle traffic after a landslide undercut a portion of Cape Arago Highway just south of the Sunset Bay State Park.

Gray Whales are making their annual southward migration this winter.

Sitting atop a bluff at the mouth of the Yaquina River is a small wooden lighthouse in need of repair. Soon, this piece of Oregon Coast history will undergo restorations meant to last for generations to come.

The Oregon State Parks Department wants to encourage people to visit the natural beauty Oregon has to offer the day after Thanksgiving

For years, the towering spruce trees at Beverly Beach State Park have been getting sick and dying, threatening to drop limbs on any of the 278 campsites below.

Visitors to Oregon’s state parks could soon be paying more to park at day-use areas.