What's the weather like in Oakridge? Most likely sunny, due to its great location, above the fog of the valley, and below the storm clouds in the mountains!
Welcome to Oakridge, Oregon
The City of Oakridge is a beautiful area, surrounded by the vast Willamette National Forest, where families and businesses live and grow. Where citizens work and play, live and dream, in a safe and sustainable community. With 500 miles of trails surrounding the city, it truly is a mountain biking and hiking paradise. Oakridge is a scenic place to live, work, and play.
Oakridge is nestled in the foothills of the Western Cascade Mountains. Due to the city's elevation, (1,200-1,700 ft.) the weather is great; above the fog of the valley, and below the heavy snows, on average, Oakridge enjoys over 300 days of sun! The city's population is around 3,500 residents within city limits, but closer to 5,000 when including nearby Westfir and the surrounding areas outside city limits.
With a council-manager form of government adopted in 1972, the City’s residents enjoy a strong supportive government. Oakridge is a full service city providing street, water, wastewater, and park utilities; police, fire, and ambulance services; library, economic development, planning/zoning, and administrative services. The city is funded by property taxes, franchise and other fees. Special projects are funded through grants and loans. Over the past decade, the City has received almost $11 million in grants and loans for community projects, and has an annual budget of around $10 million.
The citizens of the Oakridge area hold their history and culture close with events and productions all year around. The more than half a century old Tree Planting Festival serves as a reminder of Oakridge’s past as a timber town. In more modern productions, the Concerts in the Park hosts free concerts at the Banner Bank Amphitheater in Greenwaters Park. The Zero Clearance Theater Company, an Oakridge-based community theater company, utilizes local performers to stage both classic and original works. Nearby, the Eugene-Springfield metro area provides a diversity of options from its counter-culture history to the symphony, opera, ballet, and of course the University of Oregon, all of which are great places to experience art, music, and local culture.
