The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop
The Pacific Northwest

Stop 6 · Days 482–483

Salem

Salem, OR

Oregon's capital in the heart of Willamette Valley wine country, with a glorious ten-waterfall park just east.

Where to stay

  • A Salem or wine-country inn

    Near the Capitol and the vineyards.

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You gotta eat this

  • Willamette Valley Pinot Noir

    Some of the best Pinot in the country.

The days here

Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page

  1. 482Day 482 — Capital & WaterfallsFull day · 5h planned
  2. 483Day 483 — West to the coastDrive day · 1h 30m drive

What this stop is made of

  • State Capitols
  • Outdoor & Water Activities