Salem
About 50 miles south of Portland is
Salem, the state capital. Situated in the
Willamette Valley, the Salem area features
the Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway, a
popular spot for cyclists of all experience
levels.
Hotel rooms: Approximately 1,671
Major facilities: Wallace Marine Park
Softball Complex, known as the "Softball
Capital of the Northwest," offers five
lighted softball fields and the Les Schwab
Championship Field.
Contact: Travel Salem,
www.travelsalem.com.
Washington County
Between Portland and the Oregon coast is
Washington County, which includes the
cities of Beaverton and Hillsboro. The
county is home to some of the best indoor
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and outdoor
Oregon State University in Corvallis offers a
venues the
variety of sports facilities to consider.
Pacific Northwest
has to offer.
Hotel rooms:
4,600+
Major
facilities:
Gordon Faber
Recreation
Complex is
a 90-acre,
multipurpose
complex with
stadium seating
lighted tennis courts. The 90-acre Howard
for 7,000 and
M. Terpenning Complex offers an athletic
170,000 square feet of lighted all-weather
center with six indoor courts and running
artificial turf and seven lighted, naturaltrack, aquatic center with a 50-meter pool
grass ball fields. Hare Field houses two
and three high-dive platforms and tennis
baseball fields, an artificial lighted turf
center with 14 indoor courts.
field and an eight-lane, all-weather track
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Contact: Washington
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surface. The City of Hillsboro Sports
County Visitors Association,
Complex features five softball/baseball
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fields, two practice soccer fields and four
Oregon State University
Contact: Travel Portland,
www.travelportland.com.
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