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...
by CoastView | Aug 31, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Ecola Creek enters the Pacific Ocean at the northern edge of Cannon Beach, a small resort community about 30 miles (48 km) north of Tillamook and 8 miles (12 km) south of Seaside, Oregon. The Ecola Creek watershed drains approximately 22 square miles (5,698 ha), with...
by CoastView | Jul 25, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Beaver Creek starts at an elevation of about 1,400 feet (427 m) in the Oregon Coast Range and flows generally west for 16 miles (26 km) draining a watershed of 32,500 acres (13, 152 ha) and enters the Pacific Ocean at Ona Beach, about 9 miles (14.5 km) south of...
by CoastView | Jul 18, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Sisters Rocks, also known historically as Three Sisters Rocks, is a minor headland between Mussel Creek to the north and Eucher Creek to the south, at the site of the historical town of Frankport, about 13 miles (21 km) north of Gold Beach and 11 miles (18 km)...
by CoastView | Jul 11, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon
Twin Rocks is a set of sea stacks situated about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) offshore and 1 mile (1.6 km) south-southwest of Rockaway Beach, a seaside community on a continuous strand that extends for 6 miles (10 km) from the mouth of the Nehalem River to the north and...
