Medford is a city in the Rogue Valley in southern Oregon, in the United States of America.
Get in
By PlaneMedford is home to the Rogue Valley International Airport, with many flights arriving from San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Denver.
By CarInterstate 5 runs right through the middle of Medford. There are two Medford exits.
Get around
Medford currently has no passenger rail service.Medford's bus system, run by Rogue Valley Transit District (RVTD), transports passengers all around the city, and as far as Central Point, White City, and Ashland.It is relatively easy to walk all of downtown, as it is not very big.See
The enormous malevolent Blackbird statue at 1810 W. Main Street.Do
Go on the Haunted Brothels and Opium Dens of Medford walking tour. Meets noon Saturdays at Sixth and Central.Tour the Harry & David plant.Buy
The Harry and David store is near the South Medford I-5 interchange. You can get items listed in their catalog, often at reduced prices. Or pay as little as 29 cents a pound for the "Royal Riviera" (or Anjou) pears for which H&D is noted, at some other stores - these would be pears that are cosmetically not perfect, but still just as flavorful. Downtown is an area undergoing considerable renewal in the past few years, after a period of deterioration. There's a number of small shops, bars, and restaurants along Main Street. Parking is free on the street and in the parking structure on 6th Street between Riverside and Central. Rogue Community College and the relatively new Medford library are on the south side of downtown. Rogue Valley Mall is the largest mall in Southern Oregon. It's near the North Medford I-5 interchange.Along Biddle Road one finds a major commercial area. At the south end is the Medford Center. Going north one finds restaurants, Bi-Mart, Barnes&Noble, and the Food4Less, a large supermarket with discount prices. Crater Lake Center is another shopping area, to the north out Highway 62. It has a Costco, Wal-mart, Office Depot, Lowe's and other large stores.Eat
Grilla Bites, 226 East Main St., 541-245-9802, . Monday-Friday: 7:30am - 8:30pm; Saturday: 8:00am - 8:30pm; Sunday: 8:00am - 6:00pm. Organic grilled sandwiches, salads, soups, juice bar, coffee, and tea. Open for breakfast, lunch dinner. Vegetarian fare. $3-$10.Sleep
CampTheres a KOA in Gold Hill, to the northwest down I-5; another commercial campground is out Highway 140 about ten miles east of White City. Farther away are national forest campground, but they are a bit of a commute.
HotelsThe nearest hotel is twelve miles away in Ashland.
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