Editing Sweet Home, Oregon

{{Short description|City in the United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Sweet Home, Oregon
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| motto              = Sweet Home: Oregon at its Best<br />Gateway to the Santiam Playground
| image_skyline      = Weddle Bridge in Sweet Home, Oregon.jpg
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = The Weddle Bridge spans Ames Creek in Sweet Home, Oregon.
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| image_map          = Linn_County_Oregon_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Sweet_Home_Highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location in [[Oregon]]
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| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Oregon]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Oregon|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Linn County, Oregon|Linn]]
| government_type    = Council-Manager
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Susan Coleman ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Susan Coleman|url=https://www.sweethomeor.gov/citycouncil}}</ref>
| established_title  = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date   = 1893
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_sq_mi   = 5.76
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='41'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 14.91
| area_land_sq_mi    = 5.30
| area_land_km2      = 13.73
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.46
| area_water_km2     = 1.18
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| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_total   = 9828
| population_density_km2 = 715.65
| population_density_sq_mi = 1853.64
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| population_urban   = 
| timezone           = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|Pacific]]
| utc_offset         = -8
| timezone_DST       = Pacific
| utc_offset_DST     = -7
| coordinates        = {{coord|44|24|05|N|122|43|12|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_footnotes =<ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 604
| website            = [http://www.sweethomeor.gov www.sweethomeor.gov]
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 97386
| area_code          = [[Area codes 541 and 458|458 and 541]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 41-71950<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
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| blank1_info        = 2412022<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2412022}}</ref>
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| unit_pref          = Imperial
| pop_est_as_of      = 2023
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref name="pop">{{cite web|url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/sweet-home-or-population|title=Sweet Home, Oregon Population 2023}}</ref>
| population_est     = 10,156
}}

'''Sweet Home''' is a city in [[Linn County, Oregon]], United States, with a population of 9,828 at the 2020 census.<ref name="census1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sweethomecityoregon,US/PST045223 |title=Sweet Home (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau |publisher=Quickfacts.census.gov |access-date=2024-02-23}}</ref> Sweet Home is referred to as the 'Gateway to the Santiam Playground' due to its proximity to nearby lakes, rivers and the Cascade Mountains.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://democratherald.com/news/local/past-present-meet-in-sweet-home-murals/article_98b59636-a22c-54cc-80fb-8639cd6a9f20.html |title=Past, present meet in Sweet Home murals|author=Paul, Alex |newspaper=[[Albany Democrat Herald]] |date=October 29, 2017 |access-date=February 23, 2024 }}</ref>

== History ==
Settlers first arrived in the Sweet Home Valley in the early 1850s. A community known as Buckhead developed near the mouth of Ames Creek and the [[South Santiam River]]. Buckhead was named after a saloon that featured a set of elk antlers on the gable end of its building. East of Buckhead, a community called Mossville developed with a store and post office. In 1874, the two communities merged to become one community called Sweet Home. In 1893, the city of Sweet Home was incorporated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sweet-home.or.us/index.aspx?nid=95 |title=City of Sweet Home - History |publisher=Sweet-home.or.us |access-date=2012-03-12}}</ref>

The [[Santiam Wagon Road]], a toll road connecting the Willamette Valley with central Oregon, was opened in 1865. The road extended from the Sweet Home Valley across the [[Santiam Pass]] in the Cascades to Camp Polk near Sisters. The Santiam Wagon Road was a vital means of supplying livestock and goods from western Oregon to central Oregon and transporting wool from east of the Cascades back to Willamette Valley woolen mills.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonhistorictrailsfund.org/trails/showtrail.php?id=16|title=Santiam Wagon Road|access-date=2012-03-20}}</ref> Competition with railroads that extended south from the Columbia River into central Oregon and the newly opened McKenzie Pass Highway made the wagon road obsolete by the late 1930s. [[U.S. Route 20]] was constructed across much of the same route as the Santiam Wagon Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonhistorictrailsfund.org/trails/santiam-wagon-road-1865-1939/ |title=Santiam Wagon Road, 1865-1939 |publisher=Oregon Historic Trails Fund |access-date=2013-04-21}}</ref>

Sweet Home experienced significant growth during the 1940s due to the demand for timber from local forests. Further growth occurred when construction began on nearby Green Peter Dam in 1962 and continued as construction began on Foster Dam in 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET/Publications/region/6/willamette/chap5.htm |title=History of The Willamette National Forest (Chapter 5) |publisher=Foresthistory.org |access-date=2012-03-12}}</ref>

During the 1980s, Sweet Home experienced a number of sawmill and plywood mill closures due to economic cycles, increased competition, increased productivity, and logging restrictions placed on nearby forests resulting from environmental concerns for endangered species.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://oregoneconomicanalysis.com/2012/01/23/historical-look-at-oregon's-wood-product-industry/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221830/http://oregoneconomicanalysis.com/2012/01/23/historical-look-at-oregon's-wood-product-industry/|url-status = dead|archive-date = March 3, 2016|title = Historical Look at Oregon's Wood Products Industry|date = January 23, 2012|access-date = February 28, 2014|publisher = State of Oregon}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-07-14-mn-3677-story.html |title=Industry Fears Environmentalists : Loggers See Spotted Owl as a Harbinger of Doom |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=1989-07-14 |first=Mark A. |last=Stein |access-date=2012-03-12}}</ref> In response, community members sought out other economic development opportunities such as the [[Oregon Jamboree]] country music and camping festival.<ref name=aboutjamboree>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonjamboree.com/about-us/|title=About the Oregon Jamboree|publisher=Oregon Jamboree|access-date=2013-04-21}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Foster Lake.jpg|thumb|left|Foster Lake is on the eastern edge of Sweet Home.]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|5.75|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|5.30|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.45|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2012-12-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-07-02 }}</ref>

The intersection [[Oregon Route 228]] and [[U.S. Route 20 (Oregon)|U.S. Route 20]] occurs at the Western end of Sweet Home.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Sweet+Home,+OR&hl=en&ll=44.40043,-122.736168&spn=0.139326,0.293884&sll=44.389636,-122.732391&sspn=0.289499,0.587769&oq=Sweet+Hom&t=h&hnear=Sweet+Home,+Linn,+Oregon&z=12|title=Sweet Home, OR|publisher=Google Maps|access-date=2013-04-21}}</ref>

The [[South Santiam River]] flows from [[Foster Reservoir]] along the northern city limits of Sweet Home. Ames Creek and Wiley Creek flow into the South Santiam River within the city limits.<ref>{{cite gnis|id=1150077|name=South Santiam River|entrydate=1980-11-28|access-date=2013-04-21}}</ref>

Sweet Home is built on a prehistoric petrified forest. In addition to fossil wood, the area includes a variety of [[agate]], [[jasper]], crystals and minerals.<ref>{{cite journal|volume=30|issue=4|url=http://www.oregongeology.com/pubs/og/OBv30n04.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122051613/http://www.oregongeology.com/pubs/og/OBv30n04.pdf|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 22, 2010|date=April 1968|journal=The Ore Bin|publisher=State of Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |first=Irene| last=Gregory |title=The Fossil Woods near Holley in the Sweet Home Petrified Forest, Linn County, Oregon |pages=57–76 |access-date=2013-04-21}}</ref>  The abundant [[petrified wood]] at Holleywood Ranch (between Sweet Home and [[Holley, Oregon]]) was the subject of an episode of the [[Travel Channel]] program ''[[Cash and Treasures]]''.<ref name=WoodPublicity>{{cite news|last=Ast |first=Ellen|url=http://democratherald.com/news/local/article_b65a4c09-e887-526b-8279-240a4632d678.html |title=Rockin' in the tree world|work=Albany Democrat-Herald |location=Albany, Oregon| date=2007-12-27 |access-date=2012-03-20}}</ref>
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===Climate===
The region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above {{convert|71.6|F|C}}. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Sweet Home has a [[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate|warm-summer Mediterranean climate]], abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=179353&cityname=Sweet+Home,+Oregon,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Sweet Home, Oregon Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase}}</ref>

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|location = [[Foster Dam]], Oregon (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1969–present)
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|Jan record high F = 67
|Feb record high F = 71
|Mar record high F = 79
|Apr record high F = 86
|May record high F = 96
|Jun record high F = 112
|Jul record high F = 106
|Aug record high F = 105
|Sep record high F = 102
|Oct record high F = 93
|Nov record high F = 73
|Dec record high F = 69
|year record high F = 112

|Jan avg record high F = 60.1
|Feb avg record high F = 63.6
|Mar avg record high F = 71.2
|Apr avg record high F = 77.6
|May avg record high F = 85.1
|Jun avg record high F = 89.8
|Jul avg record high F = 96.1
|Aug avg record high F = 97.1
|Sep avg record high F = 91.8
|Oct avg record high F = 79.7
|Nov avg record high F = 65.9
|Dec avg record high F = 59.2
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|Jan high F = 47.5
|Feb high F = 51.2
|Mar high F = 55.5
|Apr high F = 60.3
|May high F = 67.0
|Jun high F = 72.9
|Jul high F = 81.7
|Aug high F = 82.6
|Sep high F = 76.4
|Oct high F = 64.1
|Nov high F = 52.9
|Dec high F = 46.5
|year high F = 63.2
|Jan mean F = 40.9
|Feb mean F = 42.8
|Mar mean F = 46.2
|Apr mean F = 49.9
|May mean F = 55.5
|Jun mean F = 60.4
|Jul mean F = 66.4
|Aug mean F = 66.4
|Sep mean F = 61.6
|Oct mean F = 53.0
|Nov mean F = 45.3
|Dec mean F = 40.4
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|Jan low F = 34.3
|Feb low F = 34.5
|Mar low F = 36.9
|Apr low F = 39.6
|May low F = 43.9
|Jun low F = 47.9
|Jul low F = 51.0
|Aug low F = 50.3
|Sep low F = 46.8
|Oct low F = 41.9
|Nov low F = 37.6
|Dec low F = 34.3
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|Jan avg record low F = 22.7
|Feb avg record low F = 24.4
|Mar avg record low F = 27.2
|Apr avg record low F = 31.1
|May avg record low F = 34.6
|Jun avg record low F = 40.3
|Jul avg record low F = 43.8
|Aug avg record low F = 42.2
|Sep avg record low F = 38.0
|Oct avg record low F = 31.1
|Nov avg record low F = 26.1
|Dec avg record low F = 22.0
|year avg record low F = 18.1

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|Feb record low F = 2
|Mar record low F = 19
|Apr record low F = 22
|May record low F = 26
|Jun record low F = 35
|Jul record low F = 39
|Aug record low F = 36
|Sep record low F = 31
|Oct record low F = 20
|Nov record low F = 16
|Dec record low F = 0
|year record low F = 0
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|Mar precipitation inch = 6.26
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|Sep precipitation inch = 1.99
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|Nov precipitation inch = 7.64
|Dec precipitation inch = 8.40
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}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 202
|1920= 175
|1930= 189
|1940= 1090
|1950= 3603
|1960= 3353
|1970= 3799
|1980= 6921
|1990= 6850
|2000= 8016
|2010= 8925
|2020= 9828
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:41&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}

The median income for a household in the city was $43,589; 20.7% of persons were below the [[poverty line]].<ref name="census1"/>

===2020 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-12-21}}</ref> of 2020, there were 9,828 people, 3,721 households, and 2,315 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1684.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 4,037 housing units at an average density of {{convert|710.9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 93.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.8% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.1% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 3.0% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.7% of the population.

There were 3,721 households, of which 24.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 27.1% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 23.2% had a male householder with no spouse present. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.00.

The median age in the city was 39.0 years. 24.7% of residents were under the age of 18. The gender makeup of the city was 51.6% male and 48.4% female.

==Economy==
Major employers in Sweet Home include HEVI-Shot, a manufacturer of shotshell ammunition;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hevishot.com/index.php |title=Welcome to HEVI-ShotÂŽ |publisher=Hevishot.com |access-date=2012-03-12}}</ref> Cascade Timber Consulting, a timber investment management organization;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cascadetimber.com/ |title=Cascade Timber Consulting, Inc |publisher=Cascadetimber.com |access-date=2012-03-12}}</ref> [[United States Forest Service]], [https://radiatorsupplyhouse.com/ Radiator Supply House], [http://murphyplywood.com/ Murphy Plywood], McCool Millworks and the [http://www.sweethome.k12.or.us/ Sweet Home School District].

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Oregon Jamboree Crowd.jpg|thumb|right|Country music fans watch an evening concert at The Oregon Jamboree in Sweet Home.]]

===Annual cultural events===
* [[Oregon Jamboree]]<ref name=aboutjamboree/>
* [https://www.sweethomechamber.com/cut-the-gut/ Cut the Gut Car Cruise]
*

===Covered bridges===
The [[Weddle Covered Bridge]], relocated from [[Thomas Creek (Linn County, Oregon)|Thomas Creek]] near [[Scio, Oregon|Scio]], crosses Ames Creek at Sankey Park in Sweet Home.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://democratherald.com/news/local/article_e2946031-2426-5a5d-8670-0ca9121fb277.html|title=Weddle Bridge closes|date=2005-09-28|newspaper=Albany Democrat-Herald|first=Patrick|last=Lair|location=Albany, Oregon|access-date=2013-04-21}}</ref> The [[Crawfordsville Bridge|Crawfordsville Covered Bridge]] spans the [[Calapooia River]] {{convert|8|mi|km}} southwest of Sweet Home and the [[Short Bridge|Short Covered Bridge]] crosses the South Santiam River {{convert|12|mi|km}} east of Sweet Home.<ref>{{cite news|title=Oregon's bridges uncover simpler times|first=Robert S.|last=Klindt|newspaper=San Jose Mercury News|date=1989-12-03|location=San Jose, California|url=http://home.earthlink.net/~rsklindt/bridges.html|access-date=2013-04-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/BRIDGE/docs/covbrdg/Descriptions/short.pdf?ga=t|title=South Fork Santiam River (Short) Covered Bridge|publisher=Oregon Department of Transportation|format=PDF|access-date=2013-04-21}}</ref>

=== 2018 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree ===
The 2018 Capitol Christmas Tree, which comes from a different national forest every year, was acquired by the Sweet Home Ranger District (it is named after the town in which it is headquartered). The ranger district, part of the Willamette National Forest, was awarded the opportunity to present the tree to the American people for the 2018 Christmas season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/blog/noble-decision-oregon-selecting-capitol-christmas-tree|title=2018 US Capitol Christmas Tree Selection|access-date=2023-08-06}}</ref>

==Recreation==
[[File:Fly fishing on the South Santiam.jpg|thumb|left|Fly fishing on the South Santiam River near Sweet Home]]
Sweet Home has seven city parks within city limits,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Parks|url=https://www.sweethomeor.gov/parksites|website=Sweet Home, Oregon|language=en|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sweet-home.or.us/index.aspx?NID=106 |title=City of Sweet Home Park System |access-date=2012-03-20}}</ref> but most recreational opportunities occur outside of town; the nearby wilderness supports boating, hunting, fishing, hiking, white-water sports, camping and [[gold panning]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonjamboree.com/area-info/about-sweethome/|title=Welcome to Sweet Home|publisher=Oregon Jamboree|access-date=2013-04-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Quartzville Gold|url=http://www.oregonpioneers.com/QuartzvilleGold.htm|last=Hyer Waibel|first=Mona|publisher=OregonPioneers.com|access-date=2013-04-21}}</ref>  For this reason, Sweet Home describes itself as the "Gateway to the Santiam Playground."<ref>{{cite web |title= Police Chief: City of Sweet Home, Oregon |publisher= City of Sweet Home |url= http://www.sweet-home.or.us/DocumentCenter/View/1929 |format=PDF |page=2 |access-date = 2013-04-21}}</ref>

[[Foster Reservoir]] on the South Santiam River has boat ramps and a year-round marina while [[Green Peter Dam|Green Peter Reservoir]] provides two improved boat ramps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boatescape.com/Escapes/Foster/|title=Boat Escape to Foster Lake|publisher=BoatEscape.com|access-date=2013-04-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Portals/24/docs/pubs/pamphlets/GreenPeter_Foster.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221070430/http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Portals/24/docs/pubs/pamphlets/GreenPeter_Foster.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 21, 2013|title=Green Peter Lake and Foster Lake, Oregon|publisher=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers|year=2009|access-date=2013-04-21}}</ref> The South Santiam River offers salmon and steelhead fishing while [[Quartzville Creek]] is recognized for Class 4 and Class 5 kayaking.<ref name=AnglersGuide>{{cite book|title=Fishing Oregon: An Angler's Guide to Top Fishing Spots|first=Jim|last=Yuskavitch|page=[https://archive.org/details/fishingoregonang0002yusk/page/120 120]|edition=2nd|year=2008|publisher=Lyons Press|location=Guilford, Connecticut|isbn=978-0-7627-4145-8|oclc=213838754|url=https://archive.org/details/fishingoregonang0002yusk/page/120}}</ref>

The South Santiam also supports gold panning,<ref name=AnglersGuide /> and petrified wood deposits nearby continue to draw attention.<ref name=WoodPublicity />

Hiking trails include [[Horse Rock Ridge]], Soda Creek Falls Trail at [[Cascadia State Park]] and numerous trails throughout the [[Willamette National Forest]]. The [[Menagerie Wilderness]] has rock faces amenable to [[rock climbing|climbing]].

An 18-hole golf course, Mallard Creek Golf Club, is {{convert|11|mi|km}} northwest of Sweet Home. The nearest ski resort, [[Hoo Doo Ski Bowl]], is {{convert|52|mi|km}} to the east, near Santiam Pass.

==Transportation==
Sweet Home public transportation service is provided by [[Linn Shuttle]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Transportation in Sweet Home|url=https://www.sweethomeor.gov/community/page/transportation-sweet-home|website=Sweet Home, Oregon|language=en|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref>

==Education==
[[File:Sweet Home High School.jpg|thumb|Sweet Home High School]]
Sweet Home is served by the [[Sweet Home School District]]. The district includes [[Sweet Home High School (Oregon)|Sweet Home High School]], a junior high school and four elementary schools. The district covers Sweet Home, [[Cascadia, Oregon|Cascadia]], [[Crawfordsville, Oregon|Crawfordsville]], Holley, Liberty, Pleasant Valley and other surrounding communities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sweethome.k12.or.us/district/ |title=Our District |publisher=Sweethome.k12.or.us |access-date=2012-03-12}}</ref>

[[Linn–Benton Community College]] operates a branch campus in Sweet Home.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linnbenton.edu/go/sweet-home-center |title=LBCC: Sweet Home Center |publisher=Linnbenton.edu |date=2012-01-02 |access-date=2012-03-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224120441/http://www.linnbenton.edu/go/sweet-home-center |archive-date=2012-02-24 }}</ref>

==Media==
''[[The New Era (newspaper)|The New Era]]'' newspaper is published weekly. The ''[[Albany Democrat-Herald]]'' also serves the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sweethomenews.com/|title=The New Era Homepage|first=The New|last=Era|website=The New Era}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://democratherald.com/places/albany-democrat-herald/business_1127345317.html|title=Albany Democrat-Herald|newspaper=Albany Democrat-Herald|access-date=2013-04-21}}</ref>

==Notable people==
People born or who lived in Sweet Home:
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* [[John Arthur Ackroyd]] (1949–2016), murderer and suspected serial killer; born in Sweet Home<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://projects.oregonlive.com/ghostsofhighway20/ackroyd/|title = Ghosts of Highway 20}}</ref>
* [[Howard Bergerson]] (1922–2011), writer; lived in Sweet Home<ref name="eckler">{{cite journal |last=Eckler Jr. |first=A. Ross |date=May 2010 |title=Howard Bergerson |url=http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol43/iss2/2/ |journal=[[Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics]] |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=82–88 }}</ref>
* [[James McCarthy (oceanographer)|James McCarthy]] (1944–2019), professor of biological oceanography at [[Harvard University]], recipient of the 2018 [[Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement]]; raised in Sweet Home<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/news/science/articles/2008/04/07/a_witness_to_global_warming/|title=A witness to global warming|author=Baker, Billy |newspaper=[[Boston Globe]] |date=April 7, 2008 |access-date=March 14, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sweethomenews.com/story/2018/03/14/news/shhs-alum-harvard-prof-wins-nobel-prize-for-the-environment/20366.html|title=SHHS alum, Harvard prof, wins 'Nobel Prize for the Environment'|author=Morgan, Sean |newspaper=[[Sweet Home New Era]] |date=March 14, 2018 |access-date=March 14, 2018 }}</ref>
* [[Ritch Price]], head baseball coach for the [[University of Kansas]] from 2002 to 2022 and the winningest coach in University of Kansas baseball history <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kansas.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article261696012.html |title=Kansas Jayhawks baseball coach Ritch Price announces retirement after 20 seasons |author=Gary Bedore |date=May 22, 2022 |publisher=Wichita Eagle |work=www.kansas.com |accessdate=May 23, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Matt Slauson]] (born 1986), offensive lineman, [[Los Angeles Chargers]]; attended and played football for [[Sweet Home High School (Oregon)|Sweet Home High School]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Gehrett |first=Les |url=http://democratherald.com/sports/community/article_f5c7889a-b9a6-11e0-9c6b-001cc4c03286.html |title=Former Sweet Home player goes back to work for Jets |newspaper=Albany Democrat-Herald |date=2011-07-29 |access-date=2012-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Gehlken |first=Michael |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/may/07/chargers-sign-center-matt-slauson/ |title=Chargers secure veteran C Matt Slauson |newspaper=The San Diego Union Tribune |date=2016-05-07 |access-date=2016-06-06}}</ref>
* [[Robert T Oliver]] scholar of intercultural communication and rhetoric.

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/s-y/sweet-home.aspx Entry for Sweet Home] in the ''[[Oregon Blue Book]]''

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