Welcome
to Oregon where the scenic beauty of
Glide and Douglas County await you.
Glide is located on Highway 138 and is
the "Gateway to the Cascades".
Here you will find the "Colliding
Rivers", part of the
Rogue-Umpqua Scenic
Byway which includes the North
Umpqua River and Rogue River, numerous
waterfalls, campgrounds,
Diamond Lake
and Crater Lake along with much
more. Year round activities such as
hiking, mountain biking, rafting,
fishing, camping, photography are available
in this area along with winter sports of
cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and
boarding.
Just 15 miles west
of Glide is Roseburg, located in the
center of the area known as the "Hundred
Valleys of the Umpqua". The I-5
corridor goes through the center of town
providing easy access to the airports in
Eugene and Portland.
Wineries flourish in the valley
producing some of the finest wines in
Oregon, many of which are considered
world-class. Roseburg is the
cultural center of the county with art
galleries, theatre, dance companies and
music. The summer concert series
"Music on the Half Shell" draws big name
entertainment and is free to the public.
Roseburg and the outlying towns in the
Umpqua Valley all have historical
districts and points of interest.
Many other events
are held throughout the year including
the Douglas County Fair. NASCAR
Winston West has a race at the Douglas
County Fairgrounds and Speedway along
with various stock and modified car
events. Several golf courses are
in the area for your enjoyment, both 9
and 18-hole, private and public. Tourism
Information/Maps and Brochures may be
obtained at the
Roseburg Visitor & Convention Bureau.
There are six
covered bridges in Douglas county, the
oldest one being built in 1925.
The longest is over 105 feet and each
bridge has its own architectural style.
From Glide, all of these bridges are
easily viewed, with the closest one being
the Cavitt Creek Bridge just down Little
River Road, which provides a scenic
6 mile drive
along Little River to where Cavitt Creek
flows into it. Built in 1943 this
70' bridge was named after Robert Cavitt
who was a pioneer settler in the 1880's. The unique portal
shape was designed to allow log trucks
to cross the bridge.
The North Umpqua
River that flows through Glide is one of the most beautiful
rivers in the Pacific Northwest.
Wild and scenic, it is renowned worldwide
for steelhead fly fishing in the summer
and recognized internationally as a
superb habitat for steelhead, Chinook
salmon, small-mouth bass, trout and much
more. The North Umpqua starts its
journey in the cold, clear snowmelt of
the Cascade Mountains, flows into the Umpqua River
which ends at
Winchester Bay in Reedsport and the Pacific Ocean.
Not only fish abound on the North Umpqua
river; you will see a wide variety of
birds including osprey, golden and bald
eagles, great blue herons and many other
water and shore birds along with elk,
deer, opossums to mention just a few.
In just a little over an hour
and a half you can be
at the beautiful Oregon coast which has
almost 400 miles of pristine public
coastline. US Highway 101 takes
you along The Pacific Coast Scenic Byway
where you will drive along the coastline
and through its quiet, quaint coastal
towns such as Gold Beach, Port Orford,
Bandon, Reedsport, Coos Bay and Florence,
which are full of old world charm.
Peaceful beaches, tide pools, jagged
rocks with nesting puffins
and basking seals, historic
lighthouses, spectacular sunsets and
whale watching are just a few of the
things found here. Enjoy a meal of
freshly caught crab in season or perhaps
a fresh bowl of clam chowder along with
one of the many microbrews or a glass of
fine Oregon wine. During the
winter you can watch spectacular
storms come in off the Pacific ocean
with huge breakers that crash into the
many rocks and cliffs and onto the
beaches. Many of the coastal towns
have beaches with massive rocks that
have had holes carved in them over the
millennia and these create spectacular
spouts of water into the air. Most
of the coastal towns have wonderful
museums or interpretative centers, and
Bandon and Reedsport are two that must
be seen. The Umpqua Discovery
Center in Reedsport is fantastic and the
local museum in Bandon is full of
old-world charm and the most fascinating
information that many of the locals do
not even know.
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