by CoastView | Aug 28, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Oregon, Parks, Sea Caves
Natural Bridges Cove is an ancient punchbowl, or littoral sinkhole, along the Oregon Coast Trail in Samuel H. Boardman State Park, about 10.5 miles (17 km) northwest of Brookings and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south-southeast of Pistol River, Oregon. The punchbowl is about...
by CoastView | Aug 16, 2023 | 2023, Communities, Historical, Oregon, Rivers
Prosper is a historical community on the Coquille River, about 10 miles (16 km) west-southwest of Coquille and 3 miles (5 km) northeast and upstream of Bandon, Oregon. The name was likely chosen in the hope the locality would be prosperous. In 1882, the first cannery...
by CoastView | Aug 10, 2023 | 2023, Natural History, Oregon, Rivers
The Salmon River flows for about 24 miles (39 km) from the Central Oregon Coast Range, through the Siuslaw National Forest, to the Pacific Ocean south of Cascade Head, about 73 miles (118 km) southwest of Portland and 6 miles (10 km) north of Lincoln City, Oregon. The...
by CoastView | Aug 4, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Islands, Oregon, Rivers
Proposal Rock is at the mouth of the Neskowin Creek, about 10 miles (16 km) north-northeast of Lincoln City and 0.5 miles (0.8 km) south-southwest of the community of Neskowin, Oregon. The rock is named for a local legend and is also located adjacent to the stumps of...
by CoastView | Jul 29, 2023 | 2026, Communities, July 2026, Oregon, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TaylorsLanding.mp3 Taylors Landing is a boat landing and small community near the head of the tide on the Alsea River, in the Coast Range, about 17.4 miles (28 km) west of Alsea and 6.4 miles...
by CoastView | Jul 17, 2023 | 2026, Communities, Embayments, July 2026, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/OregonInstitute-1.mp3 Oregon Institute of Marine Biology is the marine research field station of the University of Oregon, situated on South Slough adjacent to Coos Bay about 7 miles southwest...
