Vale is a city in and the county seat of Malheur County, Oregon, United States, about 12 miles west of the Idaho border. It is at the intersectio…Vale is a city in and the county seat of Malheur County, Oregon, United States, about 12 miles west of the Idaho border. It is at the intersection of U.S. Routes 20 and 26, on the Malheur River at its confluence with Bully Creek.