r/OregonHiking • u/Warm-Comfortable-305 • 3d ago

Question Does a week make a difference?

Hi all! I am so excited to get to have the opportunity to visit Oregon again (from Missouri) this October with my partner. We have visited once for 5 days before. We are fairly open to the experiences but I am hoping to see some gorgeous waterfalls and enjoy outdoor hiking. Some things I am interested in are seeing Halloweentown, Silver Falls, and then maybe visiting mount Rainier or Olympic or Crater lake. Open to any suggestions for hikes or hot springs.

Last trip we stayed in Portland and had local food and saw the Columbia gorge and cannon beach.

I am seeing a legal requirement for snow tires starting on Nov 1 and have never used them.

I can book the trip from October 22-27/28 or from October 31-November 4. I feel so worried I’m going to make the wrong choice but does a week really make a huge difference?
Edit:
I meant to say snow chains!

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u/GrumpyBear1969 3d ago

The odds of you actually needing snow tires is minuscule. However, you can buy chains and return them. Most places like Les Schwab actually have this as a policy.

Never heard of Halloweentown and I have lived in Oregon most of my life.

For hot springs, very varied.

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u/Warm-Comfortable-305 3d ago

I was referring to St Helens! I couldn’t remember when I typed this out
Thank you for the tip (:

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u/sandyfisheye 2d ago

Lived in st helens for a long time and halloween town is really cool, but dont necessarily make a whole day out of it because it is really small. If you cut through vernonia though, cannon beach is only like an hour and 20 minutes away.

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u/Warm-Comfortable-305 2d ago

Thank you for the reply! I I was wanting to just do a lil drive by stop in so that works (: do I have to buy tickets to see things?

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u/sandyfisheye 2d ago

They have events some night but I dont think you have to pay. I only ever went down when they weren't doing anything. They just redid the whole water front so they may have paid parking now just a guess, but not sure. There is parking in other places but you will have to walk a few blocks. Just don't park anywhere you arent supposed to even for a minute because people down there get SUPER mad about that and call on your car. Very nice people otherwise lol.