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Applegate Valley Places, Services, Real Estate

View below from mountains up behind Applegate Lake, looking north

Applegate Valley area mountains

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FOR SALE: $184,500 - Ruch ~Applegate Valley: Jacksonville address. 7817 SW Hy. 238. 9/10 acre. For more information contact Ramsey Realty.

Below, are wineries, places and services in Applegate Valley of Southern Oregon. A few Applegate Valley photos are in my albums. Applegate Valley is surrounded by Rogue River National forest, woodlands, Applegate Lake, Applegate River, and framed by mountains. A short travel west on Highways 238 & 199 past Grants Pass, leads to the Oregon Coast and the largest Giant Coast Redwoods

Giant Redwood near Valley of the Lost Groves in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Image at right: the redwood in the photograph is in a redwood state park not far to the SW of Applegate Valley.

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 Artisan Breads - Dennis and Pat Larson. In Williams, the bakery bakes and delivers 200 or more loaves of bread twice a week grocery stores, restaurants, produce stands and shops.

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.

Apothecary Inn - Mini-Ranch and Bed and Breakfast. Elegant suites, hearty breakfasts, and joys of animals all around you, with grounds personally maintained by the owners, with herbs, vegetables, orchards, flowers, and roses.

Arborsculptor Richard Reames - Williams, Oregon Richard Reames in Applegate Valley - grafting and training living trees artistically into shapes.

Cowboy Flowers - Ruch, in Oregon. Passion for tradition and comfort represented in country style.

Cricket Hill Winery - Ruch, in Oregon. At Cricket Hill we’ve gone out of our way to revive time proven and sometimes more difficult Old World winemaking techniques.

Goodwin Creek Gardens - Williams, Oregon - Family owned nursery tucked away in the trees. Williams in Applegate Valley.

Grants Pass Sports Cards - large selection of sports card memorabilia and non sports card memorabilia: note information about EBAY STORE and feedback rating.

Grayback.com A website of the Applegate Valley listing resources, businesses, links and more. This is one of the older Applegate Valley websites.

Hummingbird B&B and Studios featuring Pottery, Sculpture and Paintings - - 8150 Upper Applegate Rd., Jacksonville, Oregon. Decorative and functional pottery, ceramic sculpture, oil paintings, pastels and prints. This property, and optionally the businesses, are for sale.

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, including 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.

Move2Oregon - Southern Oregon Real Estate propery listings.

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 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 Another map useful around Applegate Lake and the trails there is: Lake Area Map.

Applegate River descends from forest to the Rogue River near Grants Pass. The city or Grants Pass is the northern gateway to this valley dotted with farms, vineyards and mountains surrounding every side. Paragliders fly off mountains 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 is near local hiking trails are on my hiking page, including Collings Mountain Trail with the Bigfoot trap. One image above, is about 20 to 25 miles south of Ruch on a mountain above 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 averages near 36 inches of rain per year. In Applegate Valley, Ruch gets 27 inches, Williams 33" of rainfall, and Grants Pass just off the fringe gets 31". 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, see: Poison-oak.

Oregon area photos - some Applegate Valley in Southern Oregon


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