Gateway Alpacas is committed to the long term health of the American alpaca industry. Our farm provides personal service and dedicated support. We practice timeless values worthy of the timeless treasures in our care.
Alpaca, a natural elegance, a renewable luxury, a sustainable lifestyle...
Find Us
Gateway Farm is located in Scio, Oregon. We are about 20 miles east of Salem, and an
hour south of Portland. Visitors are always welcome, but please call
ahead.
Gateway Farm is still easy to find. We are only about 25 minutes from Interstate 5, and easily reached from either Salem or Albany
From Salem:
Take I-5 to Salem
Head east on Hwy 22
Take the Stayton/Sublimity exit from Hwy 22
Turn right onto Cascade Hwy, which becomes N, 1st Avenue
N 1ST AVE becomes STAYTON SCIO RD SE.
Turn LEFT onto COLE SCHOOL RD SE.
Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto RIDGE DR. (This is where people get lost. Ridge Dr. forms a T intersection at the end of Cole School Rd. Turn right, and then immediately left, down the hill.)
Stay straight to go onto RICHARDSONS GAP RD.
Turn LEFT onto SHIMANEK BRIDGE DR.
Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto OR-226/ ALBANY LYONS HWY
We are just past the 14 mile marker on Hwy 226
From Albany:
Follow US-20 E from I-5
Turn LEFT onto OR-226/ ALBANY LYONS HWY
In Scio, turn RIGHT, staying on OR-226/ ALBANY LYONS HWY.
We are just past the 14 mile marker on Hwy 226
Please call ahead to let us know that you are coming!
"There were other considerations, the first of which was that I already had two or three people in use, notably a young person with big feet, in alpaca, from Kilburn, who for a couple of years had come to me regularly for my illustrations and with whom I was still--perhaps ignobly--satisfied..."
