Tag: camping
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Oregon’s prime solar eclipse zone braces for the agony and the ecstasy of totality
Oregon’s Mount Jefferson looms on the western horizon outside Madras. The fields on either side of the blacktop road will be turned into a “Solartown” campground for 4,900 tents during the runup to the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) MADRAS, Ore. – If there’s one thing central Oregon has in abundance,…
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Oregon offers 1,000 campsites in eclipse zone – and they’re gone in 90 minutes
To accommodate overwhelming demand, Oregon state park officials freed up 1,000 campsites today for folks wanting to see a total solar eclipse on Aug. 21. They didn’t last long. The extra spots were made available for reservations at 8 a.m. – and by 9:25 a.m., they were sold out. No more state park sites will be…