by CoastView | May 2, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Oregon, Rivers
Waldport is a community situated on the southern shore of Alsea Bay, an estuary of the Alsea River, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Newport and 8 miles (13 km) north of Yachats, Oregon. Bayshore is a residential community on the north shore of Alsea Bay. Alsea River...
by CoastView | Apr 18, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Oregon, Shipwrecks
Arch Cape is a small community at the mouth of Arch Cape Creek named after a natural sea arch in a basalt headland, about 25 miles (40 km) north-northwest of Tillamook and 6.5 miles (10 km) south of Cannon Beach, Oregon. Arch Cape Creek flows generally west for about...
by CoastView | Mar 21, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Umpqua River flows generally west-northwest for 111 miles (179 km), draining a watershed of 2.4 million acres (1 million ha), from the Cascade Mountains through the Coast Range to Winchester Bay in the Oregon Dunes, about 20 miles (32 km) north of Coos Bay and 5.5...
by CoastView | Mar 1, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Coquille River drains a mountainous watershed of about 6.8 million acres (2.7 million ha) with at least 26 named tributaries and flows for about 36 miles (58 km) from the confluence of the North Fork and South Fork to the Pacific Ocean at Bandon, about 26 miles (42...
by CoastView | Feb 21, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Sixes River drains a watershed of about 85,832 acres (34,735 ha) and flows generally west for about 31 miles (50 km) through coastal forests in southwestern Oregon and enters the Pacific Ocean just north of Cape Blanco, about 19 miles (31 km) south-southwest of Bandon...
by CoastView | Jan 9, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Oregon, Parks
Crescent Beach is situated between Ecola Point and Chapman Point in Ecola State Park, about 20 miles (32 km) south-southwest of Astoria and 2 miles (3.2 km) north-northwest of Cannon Beach, Oregon. The beach is accessible by a trail 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long from Ecola...
