FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A LITTLE PEACE AND QUIET, YOU WOULD DO WELL TO
VISIT WHITE PINE STATE PARK NEAR
OREGON.
>>
ORIGINALLY THERE WAS 700 ACRES OF PINE TREES ALONG PINE CREEK THAT FLOWS THROUGH THE PARK.
BY THE TIME IT WAS PURCHASED TO
PRESERVE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
HERE, A LOT OF THE PINE TREES
HAD BEEN LOGGED OFF ALREADY.
THE 385 ACRES WE HAVE TOTAL
ATTENDANCE IN THE PARK IS
PROBABLY ANYWHERE FROM 400 TO
500,000 PEOPLE A YEAR.
>> THE LODGE WAS ORIGINALLY
BUILT BACK IN THE 1930'S BY THE
CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORP
DURING THE DEPRESSION.
THEY BUILT IT IN TWO OR THREE
YEARS, AND THERE WAS STILL THE
DEPRESSION GOING ON SO THEY
DECIDED TO BUILD THE CABINS HERE
THERE ARE 13 SINGLE ROOM CABINS
AND THREE FOUR ROOM CABINS HERE.
BASICALLY THOSE CABINS ARE ONE
ROOM CABIN, BEDROOM AREA THAT
HAS A QUEEN SIZE BED AND TRUNDLE
BED.
THERE IS A TABLE WITH CHAIRS IN
THERE, AND A TELEVISION,
BATHROOM FACILITIES.
THEY ARE FULLY AIR CONDITIONED
AND HEATED.
FEW HAVE A FAMILY OF FOUR PEOPLE
SAY.
YOU'D HAVE TO PULL OUT THE
TRUNDLE BED FROM UNDERNEATH THE
BED.
WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY BUILT THEM,
THE BATHS ROOM FACILITIES
WEREN'T ATTACHED IT TO THE
CABINS.
IF PEOPLE NEEDED TO USE REST
ROOM FACILITIES, THEY WERE DOWN
AT THE LODGE COMPLEX.
. FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE
AT THE LODGE ARE -- THERE IS A
GIFT SHOP AND LOUNGE TYPE AREA
THERE.
THEN ADJACENT TO THAT, STILL
PART OF THE COMPLEX, THERE IS
THE DINING FACILITIES WHICH ALSO
HOUSES DINNER THEATER.
106 TOTAL CAMP SITES HERE IN
THE PARK, FAMILY CAMP SITES OF
OF THOSE CAMP SITES, 32 OF THEM
WE DO TAKE RESERVATIONS FOR.
PEOPLE CAN MAKE A RESERVATION
THROUGH THE MAIL.
WE DON'T TAKE ANY OVER THE PHONE
THE FACILITIES WE HAVE IN THE
CAMP GROUNDS, THERE IS A SHOWER
BUILDING WITH FLUSH TOILETS IN
ADDITION TO THE PIT TYPE
TOILETS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY ELECTRICAL
HOOK UPS OR WATER HOOK UPS, BUT
WE HAVE LEVEL CAMP SITES WHERE
TRAILERS CAN CAMP.
IN THE PARK ITSELF, WE HAVE
SEVEN DESIGNATED HIKING TRAILS
TOTAL DISTANCE OF THOSE TRAILS
IS FIVE MILES.
THEY VARY FROM EASY TO DIFFICULT
TRAILS, AND IN DISTANCE FROM
HALF A MILE TO ABOUT A MILE AND
A HALF.
>> ALONG PINE CREEK WHICH FLOWS
THROUGH THE PARK THERE ARE
SEVERAL BLUFFS, LIMESTONE
BLUFFS. IT IS A SOFT TYPE
LIMESTONE. THERE IS A LOT OF
TREES, CANADIAN YEW AND THAT
THAT GROWS OUT FROM THOSE
LIMESTONE BLUFFS.
WE HAVE GOT TREES, PINE TREES
AND HARDWOOD TREES ALONG THE TOP
OF THE BLUFFS.
SOME OF THE HIKING TRAILS IN THE
PARK DO ACTUALLY GO ALONG THE
TOP OF THOSE BLUFFS WHERE YOU
CAN GET A NICE SCENIC VIEW OF
THE PINE CREEK BELOW.
. >> THOSE ORIGINALLY WERE BUILT BY THE CCC.
WE HAVE TWO OF THOSE ORIGINAL
SHELTERS LEFT.
THERE IS A SINGLE TYPE SHELTER
THAT HAS A FIRE PLACE, AND WE
ALSO HAVE A DOUBLE SHELTER WITH
A FIRE PLACE IN THE MIDDLE, BUT
THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE
FIREPLACE FROM EITHER SIDE OF
THE SHELTER.
WE DO HAVE CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
AND SLEDDING HERE ACTIVITIES,
WINTER ACTIVITIES.
AFTER PEOPLE GET DONE ENJOYING
THEIR ACTIVITIES FOR THE WINTER,
DURING THE WINTER DAYS, THEY
LIKE TO GO DOWN TO THOSE
SHELTERS AND BUILD A FIRE PLACE,
HAVE HOT CHOCOLATE, COFFEE,
ROAST A FEW MARSH MELLOWS, IT
GETS PRETTY HEAVY USE ON THE
WEEKENDS IN THE WINTER.
WHEN THE PARK WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED, THE ROADWAY THAT THEY WANTED TO PUT THROUGH THE PARK
WOULD CROSS THE STREAM IN FOUR
OR FIVE PLACES.
THEY DECIDED THAT INSTEAD OF
PUTTING BRIDGES IN WHICH WOULD
BE RATHER EXPENSIVE, THEY CAME
UP WITH THE IDEA OF A PLACE THAT
YOU CAN ACTUALLY DRIVE THROUGH
THE WATER.
WHEN PEOPLE COME OUT TO THE PARK
BE IT IS ONE OF THE MOST
MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES THEY HAVE
BEEN AT THE PARKING ABLE TO
DRIVE THROUGH THE WATER.
BE SURE TO BOOK EARLY BECAUSE THE POPULARITY OF THE CABINS AND THE PARK SEEM TO BE INCREASING
YEARLY.
TO REACH WHITE PINES STATE PARK CALL (815)946-3717.