Drone Videos of the USA's Pacific Northwest

Check out this beautiful mini-tour of some of the top sights of the USA's Pacific Northwest, compliments of mbird1985.  The video features footage of the following locations (1) Mt Hood, Oregon's highest mountain at just over 3.4k meters or 11.25k ft. peak elevation; Cannon Beach, the stunningly beautiful Oregon beach visited by Lewis and Clark in 1805; Mt. Baker, an active volcano in the Northern Cascades of Washington; and Seattle, the de facto regional capital on Washington's Puget Sound.  

Geared up with his DJI Mavic Pro 2 drone, contributor and pilot Hofcut explored the famously scenic views of the USA's Pacific Northwest region.  Complete with crashing waves of the Pacific Ocean, temperate beaches intermixed with rocky shores, seemingly endless dense pine forests, and powder-topped volcanic mountain peaks, this drone video is truly an exemplary representation of this coastal region.  Enjoy all the beauty of this spectacular region in this remarkable adventure from above.

This drone video of Oregon in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States won the Drone Video of the Week Contest in August, 2018.  On a road trip through the Beaver State, top contributor and pilot Javier Mora Marin and a friend captured this amazing aerial footage from some of the state's most spectacular spots.  Highlights of the video include bird's eye views of Silver Falls, God’s Thumb, Painted Hills, Smith Rock, Mount Hood, and some of the state's many lush pine tree forests. 

Contributor nirmitchetwani, who earned a Drone Video of the Week Finalist spot for his first upload to AirVuz, follows up with this excellent piece from the USA's Pacific Northwest.  Extremely well edited with a mix of drone and ground camera footage, the video features footage of Washington's Wenatchee and Baker Snoqualmie National Forests; Washington's Mt. Rainier; Oregon's Hood National Forest and St. Helens National Volcanic Monument; the towns of Bend and Sisters, Oregon; the Central Cascades; and more.  

Washington State is situated in the northwest corner of the United States, bordering the Canadian province of British Columbia.  The Evergreen State has some of the greatest landscape diversity of any state, with vast pine forests, towering volcanic mountain peaks, and a large desert in the eastern part of the state.  Content creator and drone pilot Explorewashingtonstate does just that with this great aerial tour of this amazing state in the northwestern corner of the continental USA.

For a great aerial introduction to the state of Oregon in the USA's Pacific Norhwest, it would be tough to beat this video by AirVuz contributor and drone pilot TomDrone.  This production has something for everyone - yawning canyons, roaring waterfalls, vast forests, the iconic volcanic mountain Mt. Hood, bridges and viaduct that run forever, spectacular coastal boulders, even a logging camp.  This video makes a credible case for the Beaver State being the singlemost beautiful state in the entire United States. 

Award-winning contributor Jay Worsley has made a big name for himself with his highly artistic drone videos of iconic sights of the Western United States.  His video "Perspective" was chosen as the winner at the first AirVuz Drone Video Awards winner in the Landscape category.  In this video, he takes his DJI Inspire Pro drone out through the magnificent southern Oregon Coast from Eugene to Brookings. It affords bird's eye views of some of the most spectacular coastline in the United States.  

Contributor and Instagram phenom Dirka was one of the first drone pilots to gain a large following on Instagram; he currently has well over 200k fans.  He is a professional photographer and his drone videos reflect that background.  In this video, he sets up a group drone selfie flying backwards over the Columbia River Gorge in America's Pacific Northwest.  The  pull-out provides an epic view of the mighty canyon carved by one of North America's largest rivers, which divides the states of Oregon and Washington.

Top contributor and pilot 60 Seconds used a drone to create this amazing aerial tour of an abandoned bridge in the USA's Pacific Northwest.  The Vance Creek Bridge was built in the 1920's to serve the logging industry in Washington.  As the fortunes of the state's forestry sector waned, the bridge was de-commissioned in the 1970's.  Now it's a major attraction for hikers who seek out this amazing span, which stands 106 meters (347 ft.) tall.  It's listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Check out these amazing drone views of the Cascade Mountains in the USA's Pacific Northwest, compliments of AirVuz contributor and pilot mikereidphotography.  The video was shot with a DJI Inspire 2 drone over Washington Pass, which has an elevation of about 5.5k ft. above sea level or just under 1.7k m.  The video was filmed just after the first snowfall in the area.  State Route 20, which runs through both  Washington Pass and the nearby Rainy Pass, generally closes from November to April due to heavy snowfall.   

The North Cascades of Washington, United States, is a vast wilderness of conifer-clad mountains, glaciers and lakes. They are located northwest of Seattle, near the Canadian border.  AirVuz contributor Chris Neibauer takes us on one epic ride around the mountains on dirt bikes in this edit. Shot with both GoPros and drone footage, you get both the intense impact on the ground cameras attached to the bikers mixed with the awe-inspiring beauty that is the mountain range in fall from above. 

Flying high above the trees, top AirVuz content creator and drone pilot Michael Roth created this fantastic drone video of the USA's Pacific Northwest state of Oregon and logged his 1,000th flight mile in the process.  The southernmost of the two main states of the region, Oregon is known for its diverse landscape of forests, mountains (many of which are volcanic in origin), farmland, and spectacular rocky beaches.  See some of the beauty of the Beaver State in this magnificent 4K piece!

Top contributor and drone pilot Braybraywoowoo ventured from his native British Columbia in Western Canada over the US border and down a state to Oregon.  Using a combination of drone and ground camera footage, he created this memorable video of his road trip.  In addition to some beautiful shots of the state's rock coastline, dense forests, and beautiful mountains, he was able to aerially film one of the most amazing spots in the state: a retired 727 jetliner that now serves as a home in the Oregon woods! 

Top contributor PNEImagery brings us this stunning drone video from the Cascade Mountains in the USA's Pacific Northwest.  The Cascade Range, which covers parts of Washington and Oregon as well as a relatively small amount of territory in the Canadian province of British Columbia, consists of both volcanic and non-volcanic mountains.   Part of the Pacific Ocean's Ring of Fire, the highest peak in the Cascades is Mt. Rainier in Washington, which has a summit elevation of about 14.4k ft. above sea level or around 4.4k m.  

Contributor and drone pilot Michael Roth created this beautiful aerial video showing some of the natural beauty of Oregon, the southern of the two states which make up the USA's Pacific Northwest region.  The video was shot along the Williamette Valley, which runs roughly 240 km (around 150 mi.) south from Portland, the state's largest city and the #2 city in the Pacific Northwest region after Seattle, Washington.  The video includes footage of Opal Lake, Boca Cave, Triangulation Peak, and more. 

The rocky shores of the USA's Pacific Northwest are notoriously dangerous for shipping, and lighthouses continue to be critical for maintaining shipping safety.  Yaquina Head Light is in Lincoln County, Oregon, near the mouth of the Yaquina River.  First lit in 1873, it's one of the most well known lighthouses in the region, and at 28 meters (93 ft.) it's the tallest such structure in the state.  In this video, you can see this iconic lighthouse from a bird's eye perspective,  compliments of contributor Cward360.  

Contributor EdDrone created this beautiful drone video of one of the most well known waterfalls in the USA's Pacific Northwest region.  Multnomah Falls is on the Oregon (southern) side of the great Columbia River Gorge.  It's the tallest waterfall in Oregon, with a total height of almost 620 ft. (190 m) in two drops.  The falls are fed by water runoff from Larch Mountain, an extinct volcano near the city of Portland.  The falls and the footpaths around it are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 

Contributor and pilot Oregon Skywalker created this beautiful drone video shot on the Columbia River, unquestionably the most important in western North America.  It drains a huge section of the mountains of the USA's Pacific Northwest and Canada's British Columbia province, running 2k km (1.24k mi.) before discharging into the Pacific Ocean in Oregon.  The third largest purely USA river by discharge volume, it supplies the region with some of its top tourist spots as well as most of its electricity.  

In this video, award-winning contributor Jay Worsley created a masterpiece by brilliantly mixing astoundingly beautiful aerial footage from across the Western USA.  The two spots which get top billing are the Pacific coastline of Oregon, and southern Utah.  Brilliantly narrated, the video will take you over the enormous rocks that line the Oregon coastline as well as the spectacular formations of Moab.  It's a Finalist in the Landscapes category for the second annual Annual Drone Video Awards.

Some of the best hiking areas of the continental USA are in the country's Pacific Northwest region.  The states of Washington and Oregon both offer a huge tracts of forests, mountains, and river valleys which offer spectacular natural scenery to some of the world's most avid hikers.  In this video, content creator and pilot Shanestiles took a Nikon camera and a DJI Phantom 4 drone on an epic hike to some remote volcanic mountains in Oregon, resulting in some epic views of Oregon's amazing geology.

Contributor and pilot Bradladua used a DJI Mavic Pro combined with a ground camera to create this video of Spokane, Washington.  It's the second largest city in the state, and on the opposite (eastern) end from Seattle.  Bordering the state of Idaho, Spokane is culturally more of the Rocky Mountain region than the Pacific Northwest in many ways.  Like many western cities, it owed its early growth to the railways that were making their way across the country, and it continues to be an important transport hub.

Check out this stunning drone video of the North Cascades Mountains in the USA's Pacific Northwest, compliments of top AirVuz contributor and pilot chrisneibaur.  Part of the greater Cascades system, the North Cascades cover a portion of northern Washington state, extending north into Canada's British Columbia province.  The best known peak of the North Cascades is the active stratovolcano Mt. Baker, which has a maximum elevation of just under 3.3k meters above sea level (about 10.8k ft.).  

Nobody knows the stunningly beautiful Oregon coastline quite like contributor and drone pilot Morrisey Video Productions. Who better, then, to put together their favorite clips of the Beaver State? Enjoy this aerial perspective of their home with cinematic shots of stunning bridges, lush forests, rolling ocean tides, mountain peaks, quiet streams, changing leaves, city skylines, and more. Watch it and you will likely agree that Oregon is amongst the first rank of US states when it comes to natural beauty.  

Check out this stunning drone video of a forest-encircled lake in Oregon, compliments of contributor shanestiles.  Lake of the Woods is located in Klamath County in the southern part of the Beaver State.  It's situated in the Fremont–Winema National Forest, in the heart of the Cascades Mountains range.  Though not particularly large, the lake is known for its fishing waters, and it's one of the most popular destinations in southern Oregon.  The video beautifully captures the lake on a misty morning.

Here is an amazing aerial view of a large ship being towed into one of the USA's busiest ports.  The vessel is a containership operated by Evergreen Marine, a large Taiwanese shipping company which operates about 150 of these behemoths.  The ship is being towed into the Port of Tacoma, which lies south of Seattle on Washington's Puget Sound.  The ports of Tacoma and Seattle merged their operations in 2015 to form the Northwest Seaport Alliance, which is now the fourth-busiest container port in the United States.

Contributor cward360 created this awesome video of some orca's (aka killer whales) feeding in the waters of Puget Sound in Washington State, part of the USA's Pacific Northwest.  They were filmed in Henderson Bay, an inlet of the sound near Gig Harbor. If you look at a map of the area it's a wonder that these creatures can navigate the convoluted waterways in the area; just making it to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge near the southern end of the sound looks complicated enough and the waterways narrow even further from there!

The stunning beauty of the USA's Pacific Northwest is on full display in this magnificent drone video by contributor and pilot Michael Roth.  He used a DJI Mavic Pro 2 drone to capture some the scenery for which the Beaver State is best known: moving water and dense green forests.  Opening with an epic shot of one of Oregon's many waterfalls, the video will take you over numerous streams, falls, and remote mountain valleys as well as some of the most gorgeous piney woods to be found in North America.  

Top AirVuz contributor and pilot Michael Roth used a DJI Mavic Pro 2 drone to create this captivating aerial tour of a couple of gorgeous spots in the USA's Pacific Northwest region.  The area appearing in the video is the valley of the Santiam River, a major tributary of the Williamette River which runs through northwestern Oregon.  The piece was shot in two spots: Little North Fork River (a tributary of the Santiam River) and Detroit Lake, a reservoir created by an impoundment of the Santiam.  

Contributor Alaska42 captured this drone footage near the base of the Olympic Peninsula in the USA's Pacific Northwest.  The video was shot around town Poulsbo, Washington, which lies on an inlet of a body of water called Liberty Bay and is popular with tourists.  The bay sits on the western (Olympic Peninsula) side of Puget Sound, across which lies Seattle.  The video captures the town's quaint harbor as well as the natural scenes which abound in the countless inlets and islands which populate the Sound.  

Much of the USA's Pacific Northwestern state of Oregon is covered by a series of valleys that run in a generally east-to-west direction.  These valleys house rivers which flow (either directly or as tributaries) into the Williamette River, which flows northwards and is a major tributary of the Columbia River.  In this video by Michael Roth, you'll get an aerial look at the Santiam River Valley.  This short river drains a large area of the Cascades Mountains range which runs east of the Williamette.   

Even if you’ve never heard of it by name, there's a good chance you've seen Haystack Rock in Clatsop County, Oregon, USA. The 235-foot (72-meter) sea stack is adjacent to Cannon Beach and is accessible by foot at low tide. Located on the northern end of Oregon's coastline, it's a popular tourist destination whose rock tide pools are home to starfish, sea anemone, sea slugs, and crabs. Drone pilot johstacy took this 4K, 60 frames per second non-filtered footage of the famous monolith rock with the Autel EVO drone. 

Top contributor mikereidphotography used a DJI Xenmuse 2 X7 camera mounted to a DJI Inspire 2 drone to create this magnificent "reveal" shot of the Mt. Rainier, one of the USA's most famous peaks.  The video was filmed from Chinook Pass looking west toward the eastern slope of the great stratovolcano, the tallest mountain in the Cascades range with a summit elevation of 14.4k ft. above sea level (just under 4.4k m).  In the foreground of the video is Yakima Peak, which has a peak altitude of 6.2k ft. ASL (1.9k m).  

Top AirVuz contributor mikereidphotography brings us this marvelous drone video of Mt. Baker in the USA's Pacific Northwest.  Located in the northern part of Washington state, Mt. Baker is the second-most active of the volcanoes which make up the Cascade range, after Mt. St. Helens.  The video was filmed with a DJI Mavic Pro 3 from the vantage point of Table Mountain, which lies to its northeast.  Home to some of North America's heaviest snowfalls, Mt. Baker has a summit altitude of about 10.8k ft. above sea level (3.3k m).  

For a first upload to AirVuz, pfritz66 brings us this marvelous drone video of Trillium Lake in the USA's Pacific Northwest. It's a reservoir lake just a few km/mi southwest of Mt. Hood, Oregon's tallest mountain. Trillium Lake is known for its glass-like reflective surface which can create a near-perfect mirror image of the mountain, one of the USA's most prominent. At about the 1:50 mark in the video, you'll see a great example of this phenomenon. This video was a DVOW finalist in October, 2019.

The USA's Pacific Northwestern coastline is home to some of the most ideal spots in the world for coastal first person view (FPV) drone flight.  Particularly along the Oregon (southern) stretch, the landscape/seascape is one of gigantic offshore rock formations, pristine sand beaches, and coastal dunes.  It's perfect for adventurous and skilled FPV pilots, as you'll see in this outstanding video by top AirVuz contributor bosstalkpro.  A Finalist for the DVOW in April of 2024, the video captures his highlights along the Oregon coast.  

Top contributor Michael Roth takes us around to three gorgeous waterfalls in Oregon in the USA's Pacific Northwest.   The first stop is Memaloose Falls, which is situated near the town of Estacada in Clackamas County.  Then you'll see Lower Diamond Creek Falls in Lane County.  The final stop is Salt Creek Falls (and the nearby Too Much Bear Lake), also in Lane County, which is the state's third-highest plunge-type waterfall.  All of these spots are considered part of the Williamette River Valley.

Check out this drone video of a beautiful spot on the coast of Oregon in the Pacific Northwest, compliments of Morrisey Video Productions.  It's called Pacific, and it's an unincorpated town in Tillamook County, west of Portland.  It's best known as the home of the Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area.  The area is actually home to two other capes (Capes Meares and Lookout).  It's also home to a seastack called Haystack, although it's a different rock than the better-known Haystack on Cannon Beach.

Top contributor and drone pilot jonaharding created this stunning aerial video of one of the most famous beaches in the USA"s Pacific Northwest: Oregon's Cannon Beach.  It's located in the far northwestern corner of the Beaver State, near the border with Washington.  The stunningly beautiful area was "discovered" by Lewis & Clark in their historic journey west in the early 19th century.  With its gigantic seastacks (offshore rocks), the beach regularly appears on lists of the world's top beaches.  

Top contributor Bbloss created this stunning one minute drone video record of a trip to Oregon.  The video features footage from across the state, considered by many to be the most beautiful in the United States.  Locations featured include some of the most well known sites from the interior of the state, notably Mt. Hood and Trillium Lake, which lies just beneath the mountain.  You'll also see some bird's eye views of some of the state's famous coastline as well as a bit of Portland, its largest city.  

Check out this brilliant drone video of Puget Sound, the large body of water in western Washington in the USA's Pacific Northwest.  The video opens with an epic shot of downtown Seattle, which lies on the eastern shore of the sound, on a sort of inlet called Elliott Bay. You'll also see some shots of some of the Sound's hundreds of small inlets.  At about the :30 mark, there is a fantastic shot of the Sound with Mt. Rainier looming in the background; the volcanic mountain is the highest in the Cascades range.  

Contributor mikereidphotography used an Autel Evo 2 drone to make this stunning aerial video of Mt. Baker, one of the most prominent mountains in the USA's Pacific Northwest.  Located about two hours northeast of Seattle, Washington, Mt. Baker is an active volcano which is part of the North Cascades mountain system.  Mt. Baker has a maximum elevation of 10.8k ft. above sea level or around 3.3k m.  Mt. Baker is considered one of the snowiest spots in the world; in 1999, the nearby Mt. Baker ski area recorded snowfall of 95 ft. or 29 m.  

For a first upload to AirVuz, brand-new contributor whtmagic brings us this excellent drone video from the Deschutes River in the USA's Pacific Northwest.  The Deschutes runs a generally northerly course through central Oregon, running a length of about 250 mi. (a bit over 400 km) before discharging into the Columbia River.  It drains the eastern side of the Cascade Mountains in the region, gathering tributaries along its path.   With an abundant trout population, the river is renowned for its fly-fishing waters.  

Top contributor and pilot Michael Roth, recently profiled in the Drone Dish, put together this beautiful drone video of some hard-to-find spots in his home state of Oregon in the USA's Pacific Northwest region.  Featured locations include (1) Tumble Lake in the Williamette National Forest; (2) Mt. Jefferson, an active volcano which is the second tallest mountain in the cascade range and known as being one of the hardest to reach; and (3) Marion Falls, also in the Williamette National Forest.  

Top contributor and drone pilot Michael Roth created a stunning aerial view of a well-known waterfall in the Pacific Northwestern state of Oregon called Tumalo Falls.  The plunge-type falls on Tumalo Creek, which has a drop of just under 30 meters (97 ft.), is located about 23 km (14 mi.) west of the town of Bend in Deschutes County.  The falls lies within the Deschutes National Forest, which covers nearly 2 million acres in Deschute and three neighboring counties in the west-central part of the state.  

The beauty of Oregon's Williamette Valley is on full display in this fantastic drone video by top contributor Michael Roth.  The 240 km (around 150 mi.) long valley follows the Wiliamette River as it runs roughly northwards toward Portland (Oregon's largest city and the second-largest in the Pacific Northwest) and from there to its confluence with the mighty Columbia River.  Locations featured in the video include Mt. Jefferson, Opal Lake, Davey Lake, Salt Creek Falls, Detroit Lake, and Clear Lake.  

One of the most unusual sights of the USA's Pacific Northwest is in the woods of Hillsboro, a western suburb of Portland, Oregon.  It's a retired Boeing 727 airliner which was purchased about two decades ago by a man named Bruce Campbell and turned into his residence, one of a handful of retired jetliners around the world which have been similarly repurposed.  It's a practice that is actually being encouraged by the airframe manufacturers as an environmentally sustainable means of plane disposal.

AirVuz' own tylerjmason created this beautiful dronie with his family on vacation at one of the most iconic spots in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.  They were standing on Cannon Beach, which is part of a state park of the same name in the northwestern corner of the state and was visited by Lewis & Clark in their historic trip in 1805.  In a great "reveal" you'll see the emergence of Haystack Rock, a giant (72 meter, 235 ft.) sea stack which sits just a few yards offshore from the beach.

Take in these marvelous aerial views of the central coast of Oregon in the Northwestern USA, compliments of AirVuz contributor skybounddrones.  The first stop is Seal Rock, a town which is named for a series of semi-submerged coastal rocks that once were home to thousands of seals.  Then you'll head a bit north to Yaquina Lighthouse, Oregon's tallest.  Other featured locations include (in order of appearance) Devil's Punch Bowl, Rockaway Beach, Haystack Rock, the wreck of the Mary D. Hume steamer, Brookings, Goat Island, and Twin Rocks.  

In this video, top contributor and pilot Michael Roth does a phenomenal job of bringing out the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest state of Oregon.  Locations featured include Opal Lake in the Williamettte Forest; Pacific City on the Oregon coast; Phantom "Bridge", a natural arch also in the Williamette Forest; Elk Lake in the Cascade Mountains; Battle Axe Mountain, a shield volcano in the Western Cascades; and Sullivan Creek Falls, in a remote area of Marion County, more or less due east of Salem. 

Top AirVuz contributor mikereidphotography used a DJI Mavic Pro 3 to create this stunning drone video from Chinook Pass in the Cascade Mountains of the USA's Pacific Northwest.  The pass is situated between Washington's Yakima Peak and Naches Peak just east of Mt. Rainier, which is prominently shown in the video.  The pass sits at an elevation of about 5.4k ft. above sea level (1.65k m), about 1k ft. below the two surrounding peaks; Mt. Rainier has a summit elevation of about 14.4k ft. ASL (4.4k m) and is the highest peak in the Cascades.  

New contributor brotherstouring brings us this fantastic drone video of Mt. St. Helens in the USA's Pacific Northwest, one of the world's most famous volcanoes.  Located in southern Washington, about 80 km (around 50 mi.) northeast of Portland, Oregon, Mt. St. Helens catastrophically erupted on May 18, 1980.  The massive explosion, which triggered a subsequent lateral eruption, was the deadliest volcanic event in US history.  It killed dozens, destroyed hundreds of homes, and reduced the mountain's height by 400 meters (around 1.3k ft.).  

Check out this magnificent dronelapse video from the USA's Pacific Northwest, compliments of top contributor and pilot Victor Metron.  The highlight of the video is around the :15 mark, with a sequence shot over what appears to be a crater lake somewhere in the Cascade Mountains of Washington.  The Cascades is a line of volcanic and non-volcanic mountains which extend from British Columbia in Canada down through Washington, Oregon, and the northern part of California.  They are home to some of the highest mountains in North America.    

Enjoy these excellent aerial views of the Cascades Mountains in the USA's Pacific Northwest, compliments of top AirVuz contributor mikereidphotography.  The video was filmed at sunrise over Silver Star Mountain in Skamania County, Washington, which lies along the state's southern border with Oregon.  Located within the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, the mountain has a peak elevation of just under 4.4k ft. above sea level, or a bit ove 1.3k m.  The video was captured with a DJI Mavic Pro 3 drone.  

Mt. Hood National Forest is one of the natural treasures of the USA's Pacific Northwest.  It covers about 4.4k square km. (around 1.5k square mi.) of territory east of Portland, Oregon.  The forest includes Mt. Hood, a potentially active volcano which has a peak elevation of about 2.35k meters or around 7.7k ft.  About a third of the trees in the forest are considered "old growth".  The forest was used as a filming location for the 1952 movie Bend of the River, now considered one of the great Westerns.   

Check out this drone video of a famous bridge in the Pacific Northwest state of Washngton, compliments of contributor cward360.  It's called the High Steel Bridge, and it crosses the Skokomish River near Shelton, south of the Olympic Peninsula.  Completed in 1929, the arch truss bridge was constructed to enable harvesting of previously inaccessible timber.  It was built by the Simpson Logging Company, which also constructed the nearby Vance Creek Bridge.  Rising 114 meters (375 ft.) above the river, it's one of the USA's highest bridges.  

Contributor Michael Roth brings us this excellent aerial video record of a trip through the wilderness of Linn and Jefferson Counties in Oregon in the USA's Pacific Northwest.  The video features footage of the following locations: (1) along Hwy 20 between Sweethome and Santiam Junction in Linn County; (2) the area around Iron Mountain Lookout; (3) Sahalie Falls on the McKenzie River; and (4) the Three Fingered Jack shield volcano, which includes views of Hayrick Butte, Mt. Washington and Big Lake.

Cruise the coastline of Oregon in the USA's Pacific Northwest in this fantastic first person view (FPV) drone video by AirVuz contributor and pilot LoftyWorx.  The video was shot over a famous rock formation known as the Seal Rocks, which is basically a ledge that runs the length of about 2.5 mi. (around 4 km) parallel to the shoreline.  It's located in Lincoln County roughly a third of the way down Oregon's Pacific Ocean coastline from north to south.  The video was captured with a GoPro Hero 9 camera.    

Check out this fantastic drone video of the waterfront of Everett, Washington, compliments of AirVuz contributor SkyStudioWest.  Located about 40 km (25 mi.) north of downtown Seattle, Everett is one of the largest of the Seattle suburbs.  It is situated on Possession Sound, an inlet of the larger Puget Sound.  The video features footage of the Everett Marina, as well as Jetty Island.  The latter is a man-made island, which is about three km long (two mi.) and is uninhabited; it was created with dredging from the Snohomish River.   

Check out this excellent 4k drone video of the twin-span Tacoma Narrows Bridge near Seattle, Washington, compliments of contributor cward360.  The older of the two bridges over the Puget Sound strait was completed in 1950, replacing the infamous Galloping Gertie bridge which collapsed within six months of opening in 1940.  Its main span of 853 meters (about 2.8k ft.) made it the world's third-longest suspension bridge when it opened.  The newer span opened in 2007 and now handles eastbound traffic. 

Alder Dam in the USA's Pacific Northwest was once one of the tallest in the world.  It sits on the Nisqually River, which drains a portion of the Cascades Mountains into Puget Sound.  The dam was built during World War II to supply electrical power to nearby Tacoma, which needed electricity to power its wartime production factories.  Seen here in this drone video by Yi Jun Luo, the dam stands 100 meters tall (around 330 ft.), 490 meters (around 1.6k ft.) wide, and an astonishing 37 meters (120 ft.) thick.  

Palouse Falls is a well-known waterfall in the USA's Pacific Northwest state of Washington.  It's located on its namesake river in the southeastern corner of the state, near its confluence with the Snake River.  Through two drops, the waterfall has a total height of 60 meters or just under 200 ft.  In 2009, a kayaker ran the falls, setting the unofficial world record for the biggest drop on a kayak.  Check out Polouse Falls from above in this fantastic drone video by AirVuz contributor Mavic and Goose.  

The USA's Pacific Northwest was once home to a huge forest products industry, with hundreds of saw and paper mills around the region.   With the rise of much tighter environmental restrictions, high labor costs, and tough competition from foreign producers, the timber products industry in Washington and Oregon has been decimated.  In this video, contributor 60 Seconds gives us a bird's eye view of a paper mill in Blue Heron, OR which succumbed to the poor conditions and was abandoned several years ago.

From the sunny beaches in southern California, to the wild, lush forests of northern Washington, nearly every mile of the USA's Pacific coast is worth a stop. Sfdrones takes several moments in Oregon and Washington to capture the beauty of winter clinging to the mountains and trees. The choice to edit the piece in black and white was a risk, but we believe it gives the viewer a sense of the beauty and stillness the pilot felt while taking in his surroundings. 

AirVuz contributor HermosaDrones brings us this beautiful drone video from the Umpqua River in the USA's Pacific Northwest.  The river runs a westerly course of about 180 km (around 110 mi.) through Oregon; its mouth is near Winchester Bay, about two-thirds of the way down the state's Pacific Ocean coastline.  Draining a basin of about 12k square km (4.6k square mi.), the Umpqua is particularly well known for its bass and shad fishing.  The valleys through which it flows is considered the heart of the timber industry in southern Oregon. 

Home to just over 11,000 people, including AirVuz contributor and pilot pfritz66, Sandy, Oregon is located in Clackamas County at the foothills of the Cascade Mountain Range. It was settled in 1853 near its namesake Sandy River, the city serves as the western gateway to the Mount Hood Corridor. Our local pilot has taken out his DJI Mavic 2 Pro to give us an aerial look at the fall foliage, farm lands, gushing Sandy River, and gorgeous mountains; all are just a short distance from the city of Portland.

AirVuz contributor mikereidphotography used an Autel Evo 2 Pro to create this stunning wintertime aerial view of Mt. Rainier, one of the USA's tallest and most famous volcanoes.  Located about 60 mi. (around 100 km) southeast of downtown Seattle, Washington, Mt. Rainier has a peak elevation of 14.4k ft. above sea level (about 4.4k m), making it the tallest mountain in the Cascade range and the most prominent of all mountains in the USA.  Although it hasn't erupted since the late 1900's, it has the potential to do so catastrophically.  

Increasingly, first person view (FPV) pilots are planning and making trips primarily to fly their FPV mini quads, preferably in suitably epic spots.  That's what this excellent piece by AirVuz contributor and FPV pilot Mitchell Mullins is about.  Having become a proficient FPV pilot, he and a couple of his friends headed to the Pacific Northwest region, home of some of the USA's most spectacular natural scenery.  Here they spent their trip, highlights of which you'll see in the video, which made the FPV Pilots to Watch list in June, 2020.

In this segment, Droning America heads to Portland, Oregon in the USA's Pacific Northwest, the quirky city which lies a three hour drive south of the larger city of Seattle.  Hostess Angie Avestruz met up with AirVuz contributors Seth and Brit Morrisey of Morrisey Productions to see the best of Portland and the surrounding area from their DJI Inspire and Phantom 4 Pro drones.  Fans of the Portlandia TV series will particularly appreciate the aerial views of this beautiful Pacific Northwest city.  

In this segment of the Drone Dish, host Tyler Mason catches up with drone pilot and top AirVuz content creator Michael Roth.  Based in Oregon, Michael and his company North Fork Media have filmed numerous stunning spots throughout the USA's Pacific Northwest region.  He started working with a DJI Mavic Pro drone, and now uses the Mavic Pro 2.  His work, which centers on landscapes and waterfalls, is extensively featured in the AirVuz Pacific Northwest collection and elsewhere on the AirVuz site.