Visiting Ashland, Oregon

Ashland, Oregon is a town of roughly 20,000 that sits just five miles north of the California border. It is located within Jackson County and is nestled against the Siskiyou Mountains. Ashland is most well-known for hosting the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, which lasts from March until November, and draws hundreds of thousands of visitors to the town each year.

The Ashland plaza decorated for the holiday season.

Due to the Shakespeare Festival, Ashland’s local economy is based around tourism. Most businesses are catered to those who are visiting town, and all of the hotels and restaurants located in downtown Ashland see a significant increase in business once the Shakespeare Festival starts.

At VisitingAshlandOregon.com, our goal is to provide you with good information about the local businesses of Ashland, Oregon. We hope to give you ideas on what to do with your time, to help you find great businesses that might be off the beaten path, and to express our enthusiasm and love for the area that we live.

Twice a year we publish a special newsletter that is only available to subscribers of our eNewsletter, Ashland Insights. Sign up here to make sure you don’t miss out during your next visit to Ashland, Oregon.