For thousands of years the home of the Shasta people, who lived in the valley along Ashland Creek, today’s Ashland is famous for its annual Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Southwest of downtown, Ashland Creek is surrounded by verdant Lithia Park with trails, duck ponds, and a magnificent rose garden. North Mountain Park at the northeast part of the city has a nature center with the butterfly and herb gardens. The ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum is a kids’ favorite, with the Da Vinci’s Garage space where they can build and experiment. Ashland also has a world-class theater and some of the oldest wineries in the state in the Rogue and Applegate valleys.

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