Tours/Events
Honeyman State Park is a beautiful coastal park located on the Central Oregon coast, three miles south of Florence. This park offers numerous hiking trails, miles of sand dunes between the park and the ocean. Enjoy two natural freshwater lakes: Cleawox, which is great for swimming, kayaking, and fishing; and Woahink, which has a public boat ramp and breathtaking scenery. In the fall, the huckleberries and blackberries…
Sign up for a free Bat Chat with a trained naturalist to experience the bats of Tryon Creek. Join an interactive presentation about our local bat species and the amazing adaptations that allow them to survive and then walk to a spot to view bats. There, we will watch bats and listen to echolocating bats with the Bat Detector.
Contact Deb Hill, Park Ranger at (503) 636-9886 x 225 or Deborah.hill@oregon.gov…
Sign up for a free night hike led by a trained naturalist to experience the bats of Wapato State Greenway on Sauvie Island. We will talk about our local bat species and the amazing adaptations that allow them to survive while we walk through the park, ending at the viewing platform. Once at the platform, we will watch bats and listen to echolocating bats with the Bat Detector. Parents must accompany children on all hikes…
Beaver Creek Kayak Tours
Tour Length: 4 hours total, with an estimated 2.5 hrs. of paddling. The hours listed include check-in, instruction, and check out. Instructions review skills and technique, safety orientation, and kayaking on the calm water of Beaver Creek. There are 10 kayaks available for this outing, seven singles and three tandems. We provide recreational kayaks, paddles and life jackets. Participants may not use their own kayaks, paddles, or…
Spring Creek Kayak Tours
Tour Length: 3 hours total, with an estimated 2.5 hrs of paddling. Please arrive 20 minutes prior to your scheduled tour. The hours listed include check-in, instruction, and check-out. Guides provide basic kayak skill and technique instruction, safety orientation, and kayaking on Spring Creek. Six (6) single kayaks & two (2) tandem kayaks are available per tour. Recreational kayaks, paddles and life jackets are…
Tour length: appx. 2 hours; up to 3 hours. The hours listed include check-in, instruction, and check out.
Minimum age: Children 6-11 may ride with an adult in a tandem kayak, 12- 17 may ride in a single/all children must be accompanied by an adult.
Location: Upper Deschutes Day-Use at the boat launch
Description: The 800-foot basalt cliffs rimming the Deschutes River arm of Lake Billy Chinook create…
