Peter Iredale, Clatsop Spit

Peter Iredale was a British four-masted bark-rigged sailing ship with a length of 275 feet (84 m) that ran aground in 1906 and wrecked on Clatsop Spit, about 7 miles (11 km) west of Astoria and 2 miles ( km) southwest of Hammond, Oregon. The post Peter Iredale, Clatsop Spit appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Oregon

1 March 2023

Winchuk River, Crissey Field

Winchuck River starts at an elevation of about 2,000 feet (610 m) and flows generally southwest for 19 miles (31 km) through the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest to the Pacific Ocean at Crissey Field, about 17 miles (27 km) north of Crescent City and 4.8 miles (7.7 km) southeast of Brookings, Oregon. The post Winchuk River, Crissey Field appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Oregon

22 February 2023

Clatsop Spit, Columbia River Bar

Clatsop Spit is part of Fort Stevens State Park that projects north from the south bank of the Columbia River and the submerged portion forms the Columbia River Bar, about 80 miles (129 km) northwest of Portland and 9 miles (15 km) west-northwest of Astoria, Oregon. The post Clatsop Spit, Columbia River Bar appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Oregon

9 February 2023

New Carissa, North Spit

New Carissa was a freighter 639 feet (195 m) in length that grounded on North Spit in 1999, causing an oil spill about 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Coos Bay and 4 miles (6.5 km) west of the community of North Bend, Oregon. The post New Carissa, North Spit appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Oregon

1 February 2023

Coquille River Estuary, Bandon

Coquille River drains a watershed of 37,760 acres (15,281 ha) in the Coast Range between the Coos River to the north and the Rogue River to the south, and enters the Pacific about 20 miles (32 km) north of Cape Blanco at Bandon, Oregon. The post Coquille River Estuary, Bandon appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Oregon

14 January 2023

Depoe Bay, Depoe Creek

Depoe Bay is a community located on a small natural embayment with the same name, 11 miles (18 km) south-southwest of Lincoln City and 12 miles (19 km) north of Newport, Oregon. The post Depoe Bay, Depoe Creek appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Oregon

19 December 2022

Bayocean, Tillamook Bay

Bayocean was a planned resort community founded in 1906 on a sand spit 4 miles, (6.5 km) long and 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide, that separates Tillamook Bay from the Pacific Ocean, about 63 miles (102 km) west of Portland and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Tillamook, Oregon. The post Bayocean, Tillamook Bay appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Oregon

12 December 2022

Heceta Head Lighthouse, Heceta Head

Heceta Head Lighthouse is at an elevation of 205 feet (62 m), on the Heceta headland, 13 miles (21 km) north of Florence, and 13 miles (21 km) south of Yachats, Oregon. The post Heceta Head Lighthouse, Heceta Head appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Oregon

5 December 2022

Garibaldi, Tillamook Bay

Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay is an active duty U.S. Coast Guard facility located in Garibaldi on Tillamook Bay, 7.5 miles (12 km) northwest of the community of Tillamook, Oregon. The post Garibaldi, Tillamook Bay appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Oregon

28 November 2022

Salishan Spit, Lincoln City

Salishan Spit separates the Pacific Ocean from Siletz Bay and is located 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Lincoln City and 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Gleneden Beach, Oregon. The post Salishan Spit, Lincoln City appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Oregon

21 November 2022