With over 1.6 million acres, the Willamette National Forest is home to eight wilderness areas, including the popular Three Sisters Wilderness and Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, a variety of backpacking and day hiking opportunities, waterfalls, wildflowers, mountain biking trails, boating, swimming and much more! The varied landscape of high mountains, narrow canyons, cascading streams, and wooded slopes offers excellent opportunities for visitors and make the forest valuable for many purposes. Learn More About The Forest.
The Willamette Valley Visitors Association has launched its fourth annual ornament hunt on non-wilderness trails throughout the Willamette National Forest and a handful of trails in the Umpqua National Forest. The hunt encourages locals and travelers to connect with public lands and increase outdoor recreation activities.
Historic wildfires burned over 176,000 acres on the Willamette National Forest in 2020. While many fire-impacted areas will take years to recover, we are working as quickly, safely, and efficiently as possible to restore safe access for forest users. Part of restoring safe access for forest users is the removal of fire-weakened and killed danger trees along forest roads. Roads will not reopen and critical wildfire repair work cannot begin if danger trees pose a safety threat to the public or employees. Learn more about danger trees and how we are working to keep life safety our top priority in our ongoing recovery efforts.
We strive to offer areas in the forest where everyone can experience the many natural wonders the area has to offer. Watch our Accessible Adventure Videos
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