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Oregon Film Trail: McLoughlin Promenade, Oregon City.
PictureOregon Film Trail: "Stand By Me," Dorena Lake, Cottage Grove.


Through a unique partnership between Oregon Film, the OregonMade Creative Foundation, and in collaboration with Travel Oregon, Oregon Coast Visitors Association, the Astoria-Warrenton Area Chamber of Commerce, Willamette Valley Visitors Association, and many other community partners, the official statewide network of trail markers is being placed at iconic filming locations across Oregon. By connecting these locations, communities, and films, we've created a framework - both virtual and physical -  where stories can be retold, and Oregon’s contribution to filmmaking since 1904 can be celebrated.

This collection of trail markers aims to strengthen the connection between the film/TV industries, economic development, tourism, and local engagement. Our communities and locations take center stage, while Oregon’s film history is the story behind the story—revealing the deeper legacy that has shaped these iconic places.

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The Oregon Film Office developed the initial concept of the Oregon Film Trail (OFT) with the Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Oregon Film Museum, by identifying Astoria movie locations as a test site community for a bigger, state-wide trail. Now there are over 40 signs, as well as a 160 ft. mural and film poster exhibit at Portland International Airport. The Trail is growing with many more stops planned in communities all across Oregon.
Other partners include: Travel Oregon, Willamette Visitors Association, Oregon State Parks, Linn County Historical Museum, the  City of Brownsville, Brownsville Chamber of Commerce, Linn County Parks & Rec, Oregon Coast Visitors Association, Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Commerce, Astoria Parks & Recreation, Oregon Film Museum, The Flavel House, the City of Warrenton, the Hammond Marina, the City of Depoe Bay, the Depoe Bay Chamber of Commerce, Dockside Charters, City of Depoe Bay, The Oregon Museum of Mental Health, the Oregon Department of Corrections, Travel Salem, Gleneden Beach State Recreation Site, Oregon Shakespeare Festival​, Ashland Independent Film Festival, Film Southern Oregon, the Gem Theater of Athena, the Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce, the City of Joseph, Wallowa Lake State Park, the Redmond Chamber of Commerce, the Central Oregon Visitors Association, Smith Rock State Park, Silver Falls State Park, City of Eugene, Eugene Cascades and Coast, Oregon City, and Ecola State Park among others.
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Oregon Film Trail: PDX Airport Exhibit, South Pedestrian Tunnel from Short Term Parking

where are the signs so far?

  • Pier Park, Portland (April 2017)
  • Gleneden Beach State Rec. Area (September 2018, currently not available.)
  • Astoria - three signs (January 2019)
  • Brownsville - three signs (May 2019)
  • Hammond Marina in the City of Warrenton (July 2019)
  • Salem - two signs, Museum of Mental Health and the Dept. of Corrections, Salem (October 2019)
  • Ecola State Park - two signs, a directory map panel, two signs installed in Ecola State Park in Cannon Beach (October 2019)
  • Depoe Bay Harbor (December 2019)
  • Athena, Gem Theatre (June 2020)
  • Silver Falls State Park (August 2020)
  • Cottage Grove- five signs (August 2020)
  • Ashland - two signs (October 2020)
  • ​Toledo (November 2020)
  • Wallowa Lake State Park (November 2020)
  • City of Joseph, Eastern Oregon (November 2020)
  • Smith Rock State Park (November 2020)
  • Portland International Airport S. Pedestrian Tunnel exhibit of Oregon’s filming regions and film posters
  • Harney County - two signs, Harney County Fair Grounds & City of Hines (2020)
  • City of St. Helens (Fall 2020)
  • City of Klamath Falls (February 2021)
  • Oregon City (May 2021)
  • Canby (October 2021)
  • Portland Train Station (January 2022)
  • Eugene - three signs (July 2022)
  • Baker Heritage Museum, Baker City (October 2022)
  • Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort (October 2022)
  • Geiser Grand Hotel, Baker City (May 2024)
  • Coming soon - Richland (2024)
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Oregon Film Trail: "The Gooinies," Oregon Film Museum, Astoria, OR

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

  • We are gathering unique stories and images from locations all over Oregon that have had a starring role in production. If you have any anecdotes, pictures or stories of filmed projects that have shot in your area we would love to hear from you – email us at [email protected]
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Oregon Film Trail: "Stand By Me," Linn County Historical Musuem, Brownsville, OR

COMING SOON

  • A geographic "digital trail" for film fans to follow that will map each physical Trail signpost, support the information on each sign, flesh out additional local information for users, as well as suggestions for other sites they can visit, related tourist events etc.
  • A digital interface experience that is informative, fun and user-friendly, potentially using "Augmented Reality" technology.
The signs on the Oregon Film Trail sit on the ancestral homelands of the Grand Ronde, Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla Nimiippu (Nez Perce) people, Kathlamet, Clatsop, Chinook, Siletz, Nehalem, Kalapuya, Tsankupi, Ahantchuyuk, Santiam, Cascades, Cowlitz, Tillamook, Yakina, Takelma, Winefelly, Suislaw, Chelamela, Numu (Northern Paiute), Umatilla, Cayuse, Yoncalla, Cow Creek Umpqua, Mechoopda, Koyom:k’awi (Konkow), Tenino, Confederate Tribes of Warm Springs and Atfalti people.
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This project has been funded in part by grants from Travel Oregon, The Oregon Coast Visitors Association and the Willamette Valley Visitors Association.

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