{"id":1375,"date":"2021-09-04T03:38:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T10:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/?p=1375"},"modified":"2022-10-12T16:06:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T23:06:34","slug":"oregon-city-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/oregon-city-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon City California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1378\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/oregoncitybrdg.jpg\" alt=\"oregoncitybrdg\" width=\"755\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/oregoncitybrdg.jpg 755w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/oregoncitybrdg-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/oregoncitybrdg-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As with a lot of small town names in California, <strong>Oregon City<\/strong> is not a city at all. It is however, worthy of historic interest.<\/p>\n<p>Oregon City is a rural locale on the back roads of Butte County, California &#8211; about 5 miles uphill from the Oroville Dam. A tiny, historic camp, located in the North Sierra foothills between <a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=340\">Oroville<\/a> and Cherokee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One of the first mining camps in the county, it was established in the autumn of 1848 by a party of Oregonians, who came to California over the Applegate and Lassen trails.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">Bloomingdale Mine<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">Rock River Mine<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">Buffalo Mine<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1380\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/oregoncityschoolhouse.jpg\" alt=\"oregoncityschoolhouse\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/oregoncityschoolhouse.jpg 500w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/oregoncityschoolhouse-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Two historic sites, open to the public:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A little covered bridge (painted red)<\/li>\n<li>A wooden one-room schoolhouse (now museum)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1379\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gravelroads-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"gravelroads\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gravelroads-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gravelroads-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gravelroads.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gravel road access w\/ paved, narrow and curvy Cherokee Road being pretty much the only way in. Or hiking up Potter&#8217;s Ravine, from Lake Oroville.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/oaktree.png\" alt=\"oaktree\" width=\"132\" height=\"132\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Minimal residence, maximum oaks.<\/h3>\n<p>Oregon City was formerly known as Bloomingdale and Hengy.<br \/>\nNorth of <a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=340\">Oroville, CA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/woodenschoolhouse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1390\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/woodenschoolhouse-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"woodenschoolhouse\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/woodenschoolhouse-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/woodenschoolhouse-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/woodenschoolhouse.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parks.ca.gov\/?page_id=462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lake Oroville SRA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-970\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/horseback.png\" alt=\"horseback\" width=\"132\" height=\"132\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"section-hero-header-title-title GLOBAL__gm2-headline-5\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.happydayponyride.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Happy Day Pony Ride<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/wildflower.png\" alt=\"wildflower\" width=\"132\" height=\"132\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlife.ca.gov\/Lands\/Places-to-Visit\/North-Table-Mountain-ER\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Wildflowers bloom in Spring<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1389\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lupinetable.jpg\" alt=\"lupinetable\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lupinetable.jpg 600w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lupinetable-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wildflowers, Table Mountain 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/raybouk\/13438799903\/in\/photolist-mtxNQc-mtxz18-mtyQ2Q-mtwDSM-mtyYUQ-mtxv9F-mtwXNM-mtz4k3-mtxgwF-mtyC7C-mtwJMr-mtwC9M-mtyS5h-mtxhkK-mtyzym-mtyGLY-mtx2Wg-mtz6D1-mtz3CG-mtyLpu-mtwYvD-mtz7h5-mtxJUX-mtxn1B-mtyELL-mtxDeP-mtxrNH\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2932\/13438799903_4f0f842157.jpg\" alt=\"Wildflowers, Table Mountain 2014\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-937 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hiker.png\" alt=\"hiker\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Waterfalls of Table Mountain:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hollow Falls<\/li>\n<li>Ravine Falls<\/li>\n<li>Phantom Falls<\/li>\n<li>Little Phantom Falls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Phantom Falls, Table Mountain 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/raybouk\/13439085914\/in\/photolist-mtxNQc-mtxz18-mtyQ2Q-mtwDSM-mtyYUQ-mtxv9F-mtwXNM-mtz4k3-mtxgwF-mtyC7C-mtwJMr-mtwC9M-mtyS5h-mtxhkK-mtyzym-mtyGLY-mtx2Wg-mtz6D1-mtz3CG-mtyLpu-mtwYvD-mtz7h5-mtxJUX-mtxn1B-mtyELL-mtxDeP-mtxrNH\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7067\/13439085914_403f7bb09c.jpg\" alt=\"Phantom Falls, Table Mountain 2014\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>nearby towns &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cherokee, CA<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/danamite\/17131679307\/\">Lake Concow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=340\">Oroville, CA<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thermalito, CA<\/li>\n<li>Yankee Hill, CA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As with a lot of small town names in California, Oregon City is not a city at all. It is however, worthy of historic interest. Oregon City is a rural locale on the back roads of Butte County, California &#8211; about 5 miles uphill from the Oroville Dam. A tiny, historic camp, located in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/oregon-city-california\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Oregon City California<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[215,4,10],"tags":[123,541,20,115,41,218,108,109,111,112,539,538,537,534,535,536,5,540,70,136],"class_list":["post-1375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mine","category-rural","category-towns","tag-back-roads","tag-butte-county","tag-california","tag-covered-bridge","tag-gold-country","tag-historic","tag-historical","tag-history","tag-mines","tag-mining","tag-mining-camp","tag-oak-foothills","tag-or-ca","tag-oregon-city","tag-oregon-city-trail","tag-oregon-gulch-road","tag-rural","tag-schoolhouse","tag-waterfalls","tag-wildflowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1375"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1722,"href":"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375\/revisions\/1722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}