by CoastView | Feb 7, 2026 | 2026, Beaches, Coastal Features, February 2026, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ClatsopSpit.mp3 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...
by CoastView | Jan 31, 2026 | 2026, Beaches, Coastal Features, February 2026, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Shipwrecks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/NewCarissa.mp3 New Carissa was a 639-foot (195 m) freighter that grounded on North Spit in 1999, causing an oil spill about 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Coos Bay and 4 miles (6.5 km) west of...
by CoastView | Jan 13, 2026 | 2026, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, January 2026, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/CoquilleRiver.mp3 The Coquille River, located in the Coast Range near Bandon, drains a watershed of 37,760 acres (15,281 ha), and flows to the Pacific Ocean approximately 20 miles (32 km)...
by CoastView | Dec 19, 2025 | 2025, Coastal Features, Communities, December 2025, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Sea Caves
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/DepoeBay.mp3 Depoe Bay is a community situated on a small natural embayment of the same name, forming the estuary for Depoe Creek, located about 11 miles (18 km) south-southwest of Lincoln...
by CoastView | Dec 12, 2025 | 2025, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, December 2025, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Bayocean.mp3 Bayocean was a planned resort community founded in 1906 on a sand spit at the entrance to Tillamook Bay, located about 63 miles (102 km) west of Portland and 7 miles (11 km)...
by CoastView | Dec 5, 2025 | 2025, Beaches, Coastal Features, December 2025, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Oregon, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/HecetaHead.mp3 Heceta Head Lighthouse, located on the Heceta headland at an elevation of 205 feet (62 m), is approximately 13 miles (21 km) north of Florence and 13 miles (21 km) south of...
