by CoastView | Nov 21, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Embayments, Oregon
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 name is from the native Salishan languages of the Pacific Northwest. Siletz Bay is a large...
by CoastView | Nov 14, 2022 | 2022, Communities, Historical, Oregon
Nesika Beach is a community located at the south end of the Nesika strand, about 6 miles (10 km) north of Gold Beach and 4 miles (6 km) south-southeast of Ophir, Oregon. The community and beach are named after the Native American word for “our”. In 1854, John and...
by CoastView | Nov 7, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Headlands, Oregon
The Hubbard Mound is a coastal headland and the location of a historical beach placer mining prospect near the community of Nesika Beach, 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Otter Point, and about 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Gold Beach, Oregon. Gold was discovered in the black...
by CoastView | Nov 1, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Best of 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Pistol River starts at an elevation of 3,179 feet (970 m) on the southern flank of Sugarloaf Mountain and drains a watershed of 67,200 acres (27,195 ha) in the Siskiyou National Forest while flowing generally southwest for 21 miles (34 km) to the Pacific Ocean near...
by CoastView | Sep 21, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Coastal Features, Historical, Oregon
Hobbit Beach is a secluded strand located just north of Heceta Head, about 13 miles (21 km) north of Florence and 12.5 miles (20 km) south of Yachats, Oregon. The beach can be accessed via the Hobbit Trail which begins in a Sitka spruce forest and leads to the base of...
by CoastView | Sep 14, 2022 | 2022, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Rivers
Ophir is a small community on Euchre Creek in Curry County, about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) upstream from the Pacific Ocean, and 4 miles (6.5 km) northeast of the community of Nesika Beach, Oregon. Nesika Beach is also a strand about 6 miles (10 km) long between the...
