Virtual Guidebooks to
Oregon

Four guidebooks with almost 400 VR panoramas illustrate the state of Oregon:

• Oregon Coast

• Portland and the Willamette Valley

• Columbia River Gorge and the Oregon Cascades

• Oregon East of the Cascades

To begin, just click one of the guidebooks (regions) listed here, or click on the map, or scroll down to see a detailed list. Not familiar with VR panoramas? - CLICK HERE - to see an example.

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Lewis and Clark reached the Pacific here, succeeded by pioneers in covered wagons following the Oregon Trail to their promised land. Oregon continues to amaze and delight visitors and residents alike. Portland is the very model of a small modern city, clean and green. The Oregon coast stretches 300 miles from the Columbia River to California. The volcanoes of the Cascade Range include Mount Hood and Crater Lake, with the mighty Columbia River slicing through in a waterfall-filled gorge. In the northeast corner we find Hells Canyon, the continent's deepest.

In 5th grade I wrote my "state report" on Oregon, which inspired me to one day visit all the places I had read about. Fifty years later, I have now pretty well checked them off my list! But I return to Oregon most years, finding new and wonderful places, and revisiting old favorites. Ironically, Oregon Caves is one of the very few National Park sites of which I have no panoramas.

My four guidebooks for Oregon follow the obvious north-south environmental divisions of the state.

• First the spectacular Oregon Coast and Coast Ranges;

• then the long lowland of Portland and the Willamette Valley which continues through the broken country along I-5 to the California border.

• Next the Columbia River Gorge and the Oregon Cascades with Mount Hood near Portland and Crater Lake National Park;

• and finally Oregon East of the Cascades, deserts and mountain ranges east all the way to Idaho.

Contact Don Bain: dbain@virtualguidebooks.com

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