VISIT CAVE JUNCTIONThe Illinois Valley, Oregon
CAVE JUNCTIONOREGON · JOSEPHINE CO.
Pages
ILLINOIS VALLEY

Places in the Illinois Valley

Every place on the map has a page of its own, with its address, what we checked, and what's nearby. They're grouped by area, from the towns on US-199 to the lakes and wilderness in the mountains.

Cave Junction

  • Illinois Valley Visitor Center: The first stop for Oregon Caves: check road and tour conditions, buy same-day cave tour tickets, and browse the park store before the drive up OR-46.
  • Taylor's Sausage Country Store: The Taylor family's meat counter, deli, and restaurant on the highway through town.
  • Wild River Brewing & Pizza Co.: Pizza, burgers, and house-brewed ales and lagers, with a weekday lunch buffet and a Wednesday open mic.
  • Coffee Heaven: A small coffee shop next to the Chevron, known by the big wooden angel on its roof.
  • Jubilee Park: Cave Junction's main community park, with a skate park, playground, splash pad, and pavilion.
  • Illinois Valley Senior Center: Serves an all-you-can-eat country breakfast open to the public on the first Saturday of each month, and hosts a holiday bazaar in November.
  • Illinois River Forks State Park: A free day-use state park where the East and West Forks of the Illinois River meet, just south of town.
  • Illinois Valley Country Club: A public 9-hole course, par 36, with two sets of tees so you can play 18.
  • Great Cats World Park: A nonprofit sanctuary for exotic cats, strongest on the small and medium species most zoos skip.
  • Siskiyou Smokejumper Base Museum: One of the Forest Service's first smokejumper bases, open from 1943 to 1981 and now a free museum at the Illinois Valley Airport.

Kerby

  • Kerbyville Museum and History Center: The valley's history museum, with exhibits on Native people, mining, logging, and pioneers.
  • It's a Burl: A family-owned gallery of burl wood furniture, carvings, and decor, opened in 1987 in the old Kerbyville post office.
  • Kerbyville Inn: A five-suite inn in Kerby with rooms named after wines.
  • Sweet Cron - Cron Produce: The Nelsen family's farm stand on Sauer's Flat near Kerby, famous for its misspelled signs.

Selma

  • Lake Selmac County Park: Josephine County's lake park near Selma, with campground loops, 5 yurts, a boat ramp, nature trails, and disc golf.

Holland

  • Holland Store: A small country store on Holland Loop Road in the old mining town of Holland, with groceries, gas, cold drinks, and farm-fresh eggs.
  • Foris Vineyards: A family winery near Holland, started in 1974, known for Alsatian-style whites and Pinot Noir.
  • Bridgeview Vineyard and Winery: A pond-side winery on Holland Loop Road with a tasting room and art gallery.
  • Fort Briggs historical marker: A Josephine County Historical Society marker where Fort Briggs sheltered about 80 settlers during the Rogue River War of 1855 and 1856.

O'Brien

  • O'Brien Country Store: A highway gas station, grocery, and deli with an old red caboose out front and a giant fly sculpture on the restroom roof.
  • Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside: A free BLM stop on US 199 with a flat 0.3-mile trail through serpentine plants to a creek overlook.

Takilma

  • Out 'n' About Treesort: A treehouse bed and breakfast and campground in Takilma, with about a dozen treehouses up to 47 feet off the ground, a cabin, lodge rooms, tent and RV sites, and ziplines, trail rides, and summer rafting.
  • Waldo Cemetery (old Waldo townsite): All that survives of Waldo, the gold camp that was Josephine County's first seat: a pioneer cemetery with burials from 1858 to 1918, and the separate Waldo Chinese Cemetery nearby.

Oregon Caves and the Caves Highway

The Siskiyou high country