Newell Creek Canyon Nature Park
Read All About It: Dispatches from the Trail
Get some planning inspiration here from our collection of field notes, expert interviews, tall tales, and stories from Oregon's First City.
Oregon City Pride 2026: Your Guide to the Festival and Inclusive Spots Around Town
Oregon City may be best known for its waterfall, elevator, and pioneer history, but there’s another kind…
She Built This City: The Women Behind Oregon City’s Past and Its Present
There is a particular kind of place where history doesn’t stay behind glass. Oregon City is that kind of place. Walk downtown for an afternoon and you’ll feel it; in the buildings that have been standing since before Oregon was a state, in the stories that surface when you ask the right questions, and in the businesses that line Main Street today. Many of them are run by women. That’s not a coincidence. That’s a pattern. And it goes back a very long way.
Top 10 Ways to Beat the Heat in Oregon City
Summer in the Pacific Northwest is lovely… right up until it isn’t. When the heat arrives and you need somewhere to go, Oregon City has more options than most people expect. Cold rivers, shaded forest trails, free spray parks, frozen custard, and a few cool indoor spots worth ducking into. Here is your guide.
Fifteen Million Years in the Making: The Geologist’s Tour of Oregon City
A conversation about deep time, catastrophic floods, ancient fish, and why this particular drop in the river…
Just Beyond the City Limits: Carver, Oregon
A Historic Community Built from Basalt and Timber on the Clackamas River On a late spring morning,…
Make the Most of Spring Break in Oregon City!
Updated Spring 2026. All photos provided by the City of Oregon City. One of the best things…
Oregon City’s Best Spots for Book Lovers
When the weather outside is frightful, nothing feels better than curling up with a hot drink and…
Celebrate Pi Day in Oregon City
March 14 is known as Pi Day. The date, 3/14, resembles the mathematical number Pi of 3.14,…