Medford

Nearby small-sized cities include Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Roseburg, Redding (Cal), and Crescent City (Cal). Medford is 229 miles (369 km) from Salem, the capital of Oregon.

Medford is situated in the remains of ancient volcanic flow areas as demonstrated by the Upper and Lower Table Rock lava formations and nearby Mount McLoughlin and Crater Lake, the remains of Mount Mazama. In the late spring/early summer the snow formations on the peak of Mount McLoughlin melt away into a formation called the "angel wings," which Native American tribes interpreted as an osprey, an indicator of when the salmon spawn began.

Medford sits in a "weather shadow" between the Cascade Range and Siskiyou Mountains called the Rogue Valley.