Visitor Information
This fall, we’re inviting you to eat, drink, and explore your way around Oregon’s historic North Coast with a special “Bites, Books, and Buzz” package. Choose an overnight stay at a participating hotel, and you’ll get a passport-style postcard good for discounts, free items, and special coupons at some of Astoria’s best restaurants, cafes, shops, and more. ...
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The Astoria Aquatic Center uses 200,000 gallons of water in four pools; the main pool, recreation pool, spa pool and kiddies pool. There is a water slide and lazy river, and also a fitness room with weight machines and free weights...
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In a wooded park and towering above Astoria, Oregon's highest hill, the Astoria Column presents a spectacular view of the city and surrounding rivers, bay, forest, mountains and Pacific Ocean. Built in 1926, it is 125 feet high and has 164 steps winding ...
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Oregon's annual summer festival featuring operatic, symphonic and chamber music performances at the historic Liberty Theater. ...
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Astoria Performing Arts, Inc is committed to bringing exceptional performances of classical music and opera to the north Oregon Coast. Performances are booked in various venues, all small in scale, giving the audience unequalled access to the works being ...
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A restored 1914 trolley runs for 3 miles along the Columbia River in Astoria while the conductor provides interpretation of the area's history and attractions. Catch it anywhere on the riverfront between Basin and 36th streets. Ride as long as you like fo...
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Every Sunday from May to October, a 3-block stretch of 12th Street in downtown Astoria says goodbye to cars, and hello to fresh fruits and vegetables, other farm products, garden goods, art, crafts, wood works, music and food of all descriptions.
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The Astoria-Megler Bridge, which was formally dedicated August 27, 1966, stretches 4.1 miles from Astoria, Oregon, across the mouth of the Columbia River, to Point Ellice, Washington. Its construction was an impressive feat. The bridge's main span is 1,23...
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The lower Columbia River has long been a favorite destination for birders and nature watchers. 356 species of birds have been recorded in Clatsop County and many of these are unique enough to attract birdwatchers from around the world. Every season attrac...
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Bringing performances of great classical music to the Pacific Northwest...
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The Clatsop Community College Arts & Ideas program encompasses a wide spectrum of cultural and art-related activities and events presented in a setting of artistry and education. The program provides opportunities for creativity and learning for both arti...
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This is a museum of national distinction, designated the official Oregon State Maritime Museum in recognition of its quality, and recently expanded and improved in a $6 million rennovation...
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This historic 1885 Queen Anne Style Victorian Home and its period furnishings enable visitors to imagine what life was like in Astoria at the turn of the last century. Its decorative exterior, with hipped roof, balconies and verandas and its three-story o...
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A small park with partial replica is located at the intersection of 15th and Exchange streets, where John Jacob Astor's fur traders originally constructed their fort. A mural recreates the vista from the Fort in 1813 as a backdrop to the recreated stockad...
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This is the site where the 33 member Lewis and Clark Expedition wintered from December 7, 1805, until March 23, 1806....
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The original fort was constructed during the Civil War. Visitors can learn its history at the Museum and explore abandoned gun batteries. A large and lovely state park with picnic facilities, nature trails, miles and miles of Oregon beaches, lakes, boatin...
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In the midst of the temperate rain forest it stands to reason Astoria, Oregon gets quite a bit of rain. But a lot of the rainfall in this coastal community is the "Here it comes. POW! There it goes." variety. So there are lots of breaks between the storms...
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Features permanent exhibits interpreting Clatsop County's history, including natural history, geology, Native American artifacts, early immigrants and settlers of the region, and important nautical events. The building contains over 10,000 cataloged histo...
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Tillamook Head, Cathedral Tree/Column Trail, Astoria River Walk, Warrenton River Walk, Coffenbury Lake, Shively Park, Saddle Mountain Trail...
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The Liberty Theater in downtown Astoria, Oregon, is one of the best examples of the 1920s vaudeville-motion picture palace in the Pacific Northwest...
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There are excellent places along the Astoria Waterfront to see the sweep and scope of the Columbia River. These include Maritime Memorial Park, the 6th Street Viewing Platform, 14th Street Pier and 17th Street Dock...
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Movies filmed around Astoria include: Kindergarten Cop, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, Short Circuit, Come See The Paradise and Free Willy. But the movie that has the largest following among our visitors is The Goonies. Get a guide to movie locations a...
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Full service Charter Boat companies offer river cruises, ecotours, fishing trips and crabbing. All equipment and bait is provided on fishing trips. You'll find a complete listing under the category "fishing charter" in the business directory....
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Three days of Scandanavian traditions. Dancing, music, food, trolls and colorful costumes that will bring the old country heritage to life. ...
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The world famous Columbia River draws tens of thousands of sport anglers each year in pursuit of its salmon, steelhead and sturgeon. Once revered for the largest return of pacific salmon in the world, it remains one of the strongest sportfisheries in the ...
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SHANGHAIED IN ASTORIA - A locally produced and locally cast Broadway-Style Musical Melodrama, has been performed each summer for 20 years...
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Houses an extensive collection of firefighting equipment dating from 1877 to 1963. On display are hand-pulled, horse drawn and motorized vehicles, fire fighting equipment, photos and memorabilia. Astoria's history with disastrous fires is told in photogra...
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Named after John Jacob Astor, the City of Astoria, on Oregon's North Coast is the site of the oldest permanent American settlement west of the Rocky Mountains, dating back to 1811. Often referred to as the "Little San Francisco of the Northwest," Astoria,...
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Who hasn't wanted to indulge a spirit of wanderlust and sail away to a foreign country or ride the Orient Express? In Astoria, Oregon, one of the Oregon coast's deepwater ports, these romantic feelings for travel are heightened each time a ship glides by ...
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There are excellent places along the Astoria Waterfront to see the sweep and scope of the Columbia River....
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Youngs River Falls were discovered by a Lewis & Clark hunting party about six miles from Fort Clatsop and documented in the journals of Patrick Gass for March 1, 1806 : "our hunters discovered falls, which had about 60 feet of a perpendicular pitch". The ...
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