Applegate Valley Services, Vineyards, Places
View from mountains near Applegate Lake, at the upper end of Applegate Valley
Some links are included for wineries and services in Applegate Valley of Southern Oregon. If you have a business in Applegate Valley, and would like your link added, let me know. If you find an inactive link, please send an email and let us know - thank you.
Quite a few digital photos of the surrounding area, including the forest, are in my albums. Go to albums and look for the Southern Oregon and Rogue River National Forest selection. There are images of the scenery, animals, mountains and trails.
Applegate Valley is one of the preferred areas of Southern Oregon for buying country living real estate: comprised of wineries, rural country properties, Rogue River National forest, small woodlands, Applegate Lake, Applegate River and several tiny communities - framed by mountains.
Applegate Christian Fellowship - in Ruch, 8 miles west of Jacksonville,Oregon. Includes mountain top retreat. Applegate Valley.
Applegate Fire District #9 - serving West of Medford, Southeast of Grants Pass, south to the California / Oregon border.
Applegate River Lodge - has uniquely decorated rooms, each with a deck over looking the river. This lodge was hand crafted from local and imported pine.
Applegate Tax Service Ruch, Oregon. Vivian McAleavey - Licensed Tax Consultant. Friendly, Rural Service with Big City Skills Since 1981.
Applegate Valley Business Association - an association of Applegate Valley businesses. The website includes directory resources and more.
Applegate Valley Inn - bed and Breakfast nestled in the Applegate Valley Wine Country. Located near Grants Pass and Medford.
Applegate Valley Real Estate - selling homes near the forested slopes of the Siskiyou Mountains and waters of Applegate Lake.
Arborsculptor Richard Reames - Williams, Oregon Richard Reames in Applegate Valley - grafting and training living trees artistically into shapes.
Cowboy Flowers - Ruch, Oregon. A passion for tradition and comfort represented in country style.
Goodwin Creek Gardens - Williams, Oregon - Family owned nursery tucked away in the trees. Williams in Applegate Valley.
Grayback.com A website of the Applegate Valley listing resources, businesses, links and more. This is one of the older Applegate Valley websites.
Hummingbird Pottery, Sculpture and Paintings - 8150 Upper Applegate Rd., Jacksonville, Oregon. Decorative and functional pottery, ceramic sculpture, oil paintings, pastels and prints. Classes and summer workshops.
Illumination Graphics Murphy, Oregon. Graphic design, brochures, advertisements, signs, logo design and more.
I Love Grants Pass.com - This website focuses on the City of Grants Pass and surrounding areas. A main feature is the forum where you can post or read topics ranging from Grants Pass news to Grants Pass destinations. This is the main forum website for the Grants Pass area. Be sure to look for the restaurant guide.
Longsword Vineyards - Vineyard and Winery.
Lynn's Living Designs, LLC - offering landscape designs, butterfly and container gardens and more.
Ramsay Real Estate - Southern Oregon: well acquainted with the Applegate Valley and Jacksonville.
Rogue River National Forest - Main Page
Star Ranger Station - located between Ruch and Applegate Lake in Applegate Valley: headed toward Applegate Lake.
Valley View Winery - Ruch, Oregon. 9 miles west of Jacksonville. About 1 mile off Hy. 238 on Upper Applegate Rd. You can't miss it.
Waters Gulch Digital -serving the Medford-Ashland area, Grants Pass and nearby Southern Oregon communities, Waters Gulch Digital provides full website service, design and upkeep, secure ecommerce setup, graphic design, domain hosting assistance.
The Applegate Valley consists mainly of Ruch, Applegate, Murphy, Williams and Wilderville. Rainfall ranges from 27 inches per year in Ruch, to 33 inches per year in Williams, to 31 inches per year at the north end closer to Grants Pass.
Applegate Valley of southern Oregon, spans from Wonder & Wilderville to the north, Rogue River National Forest to the south, Ruch to the east, and Williams to the west.
Directions from Grants Pass, take Hy. 238 from the south side of town go south into the valley. From Medford, Ashland or Central Point, go west to Jacksonville and take Hy. 238 west to enter the east edge of the valley. Another map useful around Applegate Lake and the trails there is: Lake Area Map.
Grants Pass is not in the valley, but is the northern gateway. Applegate River descends from forest, through the valley to the Rogue River.
The valley is dotted with farms, vineyards and woodlands with mountains surrounding every side. Paragliders fly off a mountain between Ruch and Jacksonville; late spring until autumn, seen sailing the skies.
At the south near Applgegate Lake, feel free to stop at the restaurant by McKee Bridge - an old covered bridge.
Applegate Valley businesses and wineries are on my Applegate Valley links page, and several local hiking trails are on my hiking page, including Collings Mountain Trail with the Bigfoot trap - one of a kind.
The image at the top of the page is about 20 to 25 miles south of Ruch on a mountain above Blue Ledge Mine - see pages: Hiking Blue Ledge Mine.
Weekdays, on the way from Ruch to Applegate Lake, detailed maps can be purchased at the Star Ranger Station to help exploring Red Buttes Wilderness and Rogue River National Forest.
The Oregon Caves, by way of a straight line, is not far away from the west side of Applegate Valley. Some people hike to the Oregon Caves through the nearby mountains like Greyback Mountain, instead of circling around to Cave Junction by road.
Applegate Valley is a bit warmer in summer than Portland, by about 5 degrees average. Winter is not much different. Portland average near 36 inches of rain per year. In Applegate Valley, Ruch receives about 27 inches, Williams averages near 33" of rainfall, and Grants Pass just outside the fringe gets 31".
There are several vineyards in Applegate Valley. In 2007, Sunset Magazine printed an article about Applegate Valley and the vineyards. Some people compared Applegate Valley to Sonoma Valley and the way "it used to be". In 2001, Applegate Valley was authorized as another Wine Appellation. More images of Applegate Valley area are in the Rogue River National Forest and Southern Oregon Albums below. The Redwoods are only 2 hours to the west.
There is a bit of poison-oak in the Applegate Valley and along the forest trails in a few places. If you need to learn how to recognize it, visit my page: Poison-oak.
Albums with Oregon area images - Some Applegate Valley photos in Southern Oregon
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