Lone Mountain RV Resort

The distances don’t have to be redwood sized round here: the wilderness of the Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside is a five-minute drive away. While it’s one of the more compact state park areas, it’s also one of the most diverse, a sparsely wooded desert that comes alive with rare plants and blooms at different times of the year.

Also five minutes away, still wild but very different, Great Cats World Park has some 50 feline residents, from snow leopards and fishing cats to ocelots and jaguars.

Try salmon fishing yourself around Swinging Bridge (50 minutes), in the Rogue River-Sisikiyou National Forest, along with whitewater rafting, hiking and swims in the rock pools. It’s a similar distance to the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, where stands of the kingsize sequoia trees merge with woodlands, prairies and rivers full of wildlife; look out for black bears, cougars and flying squirrels on your terrainy travels.

If you’re suffering a touch of vertigo after the redwood trees, head deep down at Oregon Caves, also 50 minutes away, for tours of an underground network of marble halls and caverns, filled with fantastical rock formations.

Sea lions and whales can be spotted on wanders of the Tolowa Dunes State Park (an hour), where shifting sands meet forests, wetlands and eventually, the Pacific Ocean.

California may have stolen the show when it comes to vines and wines, but Oregon is on course to be a big name in booze circles: there are vineyards with tours and tastings all across the area, such as Augustino Estate, Bridgeview and Forris; five, 15 and 25 minutes away.