Champoeg State Heritage Area
Midway between Portland and Salem, Champoeg is almost like stepping into rural
19th-century America. A walk will take you along the Willamette River, through
forest, farmland and prairie, and past the site of an important pioneer town
that was swept away in the great Willamette Flood of 1861.
You can camp overnight, picnic, play disc golf, ride your bicycle on a four-mile
paved trail, watch the bluebirds, listen to the hawks and owls, stargaze, and
much more. Stop at the Visitor Center to learn about what's going on today and
what happened here in the past.
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Oregon will be celebrating 150
years of statehood in 2009! Join us at Champoeg for events and programs
throughout the year that will commemorate this important milestone in our
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Click on the logo
to view the Oregon 150 website
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The Visitor Center should be your first stop for
information and making plans. Besides exhibits, videos, and a store,
you can find out about current special events. FHC operates the Museum Store,
which includes:
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All proceeds benefit the interpretive and
educational programs offered at Champoeg and Butteville.
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The Visitor Center is open
year-round, 7 days a week. Call 503-678-1251 x221 for park information.
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Visitor Center
Summer Hours of Operation |
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9:00 am - 5:00 pm M-F
10:00 am - 5:00 pm Weekends |
Park hours
are 7:00 am - 5:00 pm in winter, 7:00 am - 9:00 pm in summer.
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Our Award-Winning School Program
Champoeg Promise is our curriculum-based,
experiential school program for students in grades one through eight. The
four programs that comprise Champoeg Promise are interactive, hands-on, and
based on Oregon social science content standards. This program is a 2007
recipient of a Leadership in History award from the American Association for
State and Local History. These awards are the nation's most
prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and interpretation
of state and local history.
Our Programs for Adults
Champoeg’s vibrant landscape and colorful
past come to life through innovative programs for adults of all ages. Champoeg
Legacy features four interactive programs encouraging us to understand our past
and preserve our heritage.
Living History Events
Our volunteers demonstrate pioneer skills and chores on summer Saturdays, with
different skills each week. You and the kids get to try them out! Pioneer
Farmstead Day, on August 30, brings all the skills together on one fun
afternoon. A barn dance (in a real 1862 barn) and the Apple Harvest
Festival come later in September.
Check the current schedule for details.
Join Friends of Historic Champoeg (FHC)
for fun with a
mission! We're an active, growing non-profit organization that helps the
park do exciting and interesting things. We organize living history events,
create and administer education programs, produce park guides, fund interpretive
signs, tend the pioneer kitchen garden, and demonstrate skills from woodworking
to blacksmithing. And you can be a part of it! Join us as a member and/or
volunteer to have fun and help share the story of Oregon's heritage.
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