Golf in Ashland

Ashland occupies the southern Rogue Valley where Interstate 5 begins its climb toward the Siskiyou Summit and the California border. Jackson County's southernmost major community is best known for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, which draws visitors annually and gives the city a cultural weight unusual for a town of its size. The surrounding mountains — the Siskiyous to the south, the Cascades to the east — create a bowl that concentrates Ashland's mild climate relative to the surrounding ridgelines. Bear Creek runs through town, the valley narrows, and golf here is set against a landscape where mountains are close and present.