• Ashland has small town friendliness - Big city sophistication!
• Incredible scenery - Cascade Mountains to the north, Siskiyou Mountains to the south!
• Ashland has numerous restaurants that rival the best in San Francisco!
• Ashland has abundant Victorian architecture!
• Mt. Ashland Ski Resort rising above the town!
• 91 acre Lithia Park as the focal point of downtown, with Ashland Creek running through it!
• Oregon Shakespeare Festival - nine months long and reputed to be the best repertory theatre in America!
• Ashland has Oregon Cabaret!
• Ashland Independent Film Festival!
• Southern Oregon Blues Festival!
• Ashland has a Chamber Music Concert Series with musicians from around the world!
• Summer long Britt Music Festival in nearby Jacksonville!
• Ashland City Band concerts in Lithia Park every Thursday night of summer!
• Ashland has Southern Oregon University!
• Ashland has a great school system!
• Ashland has numerous nearby wineries!
• Ashland has several independent book stores!
• Ashland has numerous galleries with world class art!
• Ashland has a wonderful outdoor growers’ market!
• Ashland is about a half day drive to either San Francisco or Portland and about 2.5 hours to the spectacular Oregon coast or Crater Lake!
• Rogue River rafting trips!
• Ashland has many bike paths and hiking trails!
• Ashland has a generally mild climate with four definite seasons!
• Ashland has fall colors as dramatic as New England!
• Ashland has a fantastic Fourth of July Parade and Festival of Light parade and celebration the night after Thanksgiving!
• Ashland has a concerned, engaged and enlightened population, but with a “live and let live” attitude!

Links to Southern Oregon and
Ashland, Points of Interest

Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Southern Oregon University

Southern Oregon Blues Festival

Oregon Cabaret

Britt Festival

Ashland Wine Tours

Mt. Ashland

Ashland Rowing Club

Ashland Independent Film Festival

Art Walk

Destination Ashland