Mid-Willamette Valley
Marion, Linn, Benton, Polk County
Although the Mid-Willamette valley region contains the state capital it also contains a treasure of small towns. Spreading across the broad plain of the valley and running up into the foothills both east and west these small towns supply much of the timber and farm products that drive the Oregon economy. From the tumbling rapids of the Santiam river to the sweeping grass fields of the central valley the area beckons the explorer.