Applegate Valley is the valley of the

Applegate River The Applegate River is a -long tributary of the Rogue River in the U.S. state of Oregon. It drains approximately . Rising in northern California, it soon crosses the border and flows northeast then northwest to meet the Rogue about west of Gr ...

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and extending slightly into

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. Applegate Valley is in Jackson County to the east and

Josephine County Josephine County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 88,090. The county seat is Grants Pass. The county is named after Virginia Josephine Rollins (1834–1912), a settler who was t ...

to the west, and includes a little bit of

Siskiyou County Siskiyou County ( ) is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,076. Its county seat is Yreka and its highest point is Mount Shasta. It falls within the Casca ...

in California near

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. It encompasses the area between

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and

Grants Pass Grants Pass is a city in and the county seat of Josephine County, Oregon, United States. The city is located on Interstate 5 in Oregon, Interstate 5, northwest of Medford, Oregon, Medford, along the Rogue River (Oregon), Rogue River. The populatio ...

Oregon Route 238 Oregon Route 238 is an Oregon state highway which runs between the cities of Grants Pass, Oregon and Medford, Oregon, and through the historic town of Jacksonville, Oregon, Jacksonville. It is known as the Jacksonville Highway No. 272 (see Or ...

(Jacksonville Highway) is a main route through the valley. The five recognized unincorporated communities in Applegate Valley are

Ruch Ruch may refer to: Settlements *Ruch, Gironde, a commune in France *Ruch, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon *Ruch-e Olya, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran *Ruch-e Sofla, Qazvin, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran In ...

and Applegate in Jackson County, and Williams,

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, and Wilderville in Josephine County. Many

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of the

Applegate Valley AVA The Applegate Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in southern Oregon. It is entirely contained within the Rogue Valley AVA, which is itself included within the larger Southern Oregon AVA. The region is named for the Applegate ...

(

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), a sub-

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of the Rogue Valley AVA, are located in the valley. Tallowbox Trail, a trail which passes through the valley and terminates at Tallowbox Mountain, was opened to the public in 2024. The area is also a well known medical marijuana growing region.

External links

Applegate Valley Fire Plan: USDA
Landforms of Siskiyou County, California Valleys of Oregon Landforms of Jackson County, Oregon Landforms of Josephine County, Oregon {{JosephineCountyOR-geo-stub

See also

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