from "Finding Oregon's Best"...a gallery in progress
| Marion County is located in the heart of the Willamette Valley. It is home to Oregon’s State Capitol in Salem – an impressive marble building where the Lewis and Clark facade reminds us of Oregon’s past. Flowering Cherry trees enrich the landscape and the Golden Pioneer looks down from his perch on their pink blossoms. Salem’s Riverfront Park has a giant globe made of tiles that are icons for people, places and animals around the world. All ages can learn from this unique attraction which was dedicated in 2003. Marion County reaches east – Detroit Lake on the Santiam River and to the south –Jordan Covered Bridge (which was moved TO Pioneer Park in Stayton in 1988, burned down a few years later and was rebuilt again in 1998!). Diverse agriculture is demonstrated in wheat fields and Iris fields in Salem, Poppy and Cosmos fields in Silverton, and as many as 20 specialty gardens, such as Hughes Water Garden, displayed in The Oregon Garden in Silverton. Marion County can include sunsets of uncommon beauty and graceful waterfalls of uncommon power that dapple Silver Falls State Park in Silverton. What a breath taking oppotunity to see Oregon’s natural and manmade scenery!! |
Willamette Valley Photos
Marion County, Oregon
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| Detroit Lake Panorama ©0552 Detroit Lake on the North Santiam River |
Willamette Valley Photos ©0521 Santiam Sunset at I5 |
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| Willamette Valley Photos ©0513 The State Capitol, art |
Marion County, Oregon |
Willamette Valley Photos ©0794 Cosmos Sensation Mix |
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| Scenic Oregon Photographs ©0514 Santiam River (Sunset) |
Willamette Valley Photos ©0520 Globe-Salem Riverfront Pk |
Scenic Oregon Photographs ©0516 Trees of the Valley (Oak) |
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Marion County, Oregon ©0522 The Dye House |
Scenic Oregon Photographs ©0796 Hughes Water Garden |
Willamette Valley Photos ©0518 Train - Schreiner's Iris Field |
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| Silvercreek Falls ©0797 North Falls in the Distance |
Marion County Oregon ©0517 Golden Pioneer |
Silvercreek Falls ©0798 Upper North Falls - Silver Falls SP |
Marion County Oregon ©0795 Weathered Tree Trunk-Silver Falls |
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| Willamette Valley Photos ©0793 Shirley (red) Poppy Field panorama - Silverton Oregon |
Silvercreek Falls ©0799 Reach out and Touch North Falls - Silver Falls State Park |
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| Willamette Valley Photos ©0838 The Wheatland Ferry Crossing the Willamette River |
Scenic Oregon Photographs ©0760 Jordan Covered Bridge - Pioneer Park Stayton Oregon |
Scenic Oregon Photographs ©0523 The Softness of Wheat - Salem, Oregon |
