Klamath County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 69,413. The county seat is Klamath Falls. The county was named for the Klamath, the tribe of Native Americans living in the area at the time the first European explorers entered the region.
Klamath Falls is well known as the gateway to Crater Lake National Park but the history of Klamath Falls started during the 1800s with the westward migration on the Oregon Trail which led to a settlement in the Klamath Basin. The remote area was eventually well known for its forests and rangeland and after the Southern Pacific Railroad arrived in the early 1900s, the City began to grow at a rapid rate. Nowadays, the Klamath Basin is still fairly remote but there are many top cities near Klamath Falls and with nearby Crater Lake National Park and the plentiful forests of the Pacific Northwest, Klamath Falls offers an array of outdoor recreation.
Klamath County is home to the southern end of the Oregon Outback Trail which begins in Klamath Falls and winds through the Oregon countryside for 360 miles to the Columbia River. This trail is well known for bikepacking adventures which take five or six days.