Waterfalls can feel like a dime a dozen in Oregon, where hundreds of documented plunges and multiple “waterfall corridors” are found in the Columbia River Gorge, Willamette Valley, Coast Range and, ...

Mazama is a tiny Washington community about 4.5 hours northeast of Seattle. It's improbably small, home to just a few hundred full-time residents, yet this speck on the map manages to host around 0.5 ...

Some of the wildest country in the U.S. is in Washington state's Cascade Range, reached by old logging and jeep roads that give way to high alpine trails. NPR's Brian Mann sends an audio postcard.

Oregon's wildfire season has been busy this year, with 38 large active wildfires burning in just about every corner of the state. While evacuations and smoky skies are the biggest concern, it also ...

LAKE PLACID — Hikers will walk through private as well as public land as they hike to some of the state’s most popular mountains this Columbus Day weekend. To avoid overcrowding of cars and people at ...