Rusk Ranch Nature Center is a nonprofit organization in Cave Junction, Oregon with a mission to promote the wellbeing of the residents of our community and conserve nature.
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Southern Oregon
South Myrtle Creek (Neal Lane) Covered Bridge
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From the city center of Myrtle Creek travel south on Main Street to Riverside Drive. Head east on Riverside Drive to Day's Creek Cut Off Road. Travel South on Day's Creek Cut-off Road to Neal Lane.
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The Neal Lane Bridge near the town of Myrtle Creek has at least two distinctions: it is one of the shortest covered bridges in Oregon, and the only roofed span in Oregon using a kingpost truss design.
The wooden bridge is just 42 feet long, and the addition of the narrow windows make it appear even shorter.
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South Umpqua River (Milo Academy) Covered Bridge
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From Canyonville travel east on Third Street and continue through Days Creek to the community of Milo. The bridge is located east of Milo at Milepost 20.5
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The bridge at the Seventh Day Adventist Academy near Milo is one-of-a-kind in Oregon covered bridge history. The covering certainly is not a structural necessity but fills an aesthetic need, as it is Oregon's only steel bridge housed in wood.
The World Guide Number now ends with a letter, indicating the span is not a true truss supported bridge.
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Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway
Length: 140 miles / 224.0 km
Time to Allow: Plan for 5 to 7 hours to tour this byway.
Fees: There is a fee to enter Crater Lake National Park.
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Waldo Tree at Island Lake (Tsuga mertensiana)
On September 13, 1888, after traveling two months along the spine of the Cascade Range, Judge John B. Waldo, Oregon's foremost nineteenth-century conservationist, and his companions rested at Island Lake and carved their names into the mountain hemlock near the southeast shore of the lake. This trip provided first-hand information for Waldo to use in his lobbying efforts to support legislation designating the 4.5 million-acre Cascade Forest Reserve in 1893. That reserve is now represented by the Mt. Hood, Deschutes, Willamette, Umpqua, Winema, and Rogue River national forests.
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Warner Canyon
Terrain: 6,464-foot top elevation, 764-foot vertical drop
Lifts: one triple, one surface
Nordic: 1.5-mile of groomed trails
Highlights: Powder hounds searching for some of Oregon's fluffiest white stuff, look no further. With no lift lines, beginners, advanced skiers and snowboarders will find they have lots of time on the wide-open slopes
Highway 140 E | Lakeview, OR | 541.947.5001
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Wildlife Safari
Wildlife Safari is a 600 acre Drive-Thru animal park. Driving your own vehicle, It takes about 1 1/2 hours to complete.
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