by CoastView | Jun 27, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Oregon, Rivers, Shipwrecks
Mary D. Hume sank in 1984 on the south bank of the Rogue River during a restoration effort to convert the vessel to a museum ship for the Curry County Historical Society and now rests on the bottom in shallow water with a portion of the hull and superstructure exposed...
by CoastView | Jun 21, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Best of 2024, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Umpqua Beach is an off-highway vehicle staging area south of the Umpqua River mouth in theĀ Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area that extends for about 35 miles (56 km) along the coast from the Siuslaw River at Florence in the north to the Coos River at North Bend,...
by CoastView | Jun 14, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon
Nye Beach is situated in Newport between Agate Beach to the north and Yaquina Beach to the south, and historically was demarcated at the north end by a rocky point with a sea stack known as Jump-Off Joe, about 22 miles (35 km) south of Lincoln City and 1.9 miles (3...
by CoastView | Jun 7, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Cape Falcon is a headland situated between Short Sand Beach in Smugglers Cove to the south and Cove Beach to the north, and is part of Oswald West State Park and adjacent to Cape Falcon Marine Reserve, about 23 miles (37 km) north-northwest of Tillamook and 9 miles...
by CoastView | May 24, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
South Slough is a tidal embayment designated as a National Estuarine Research Reserve that extends 6 miles (10 km) south from Coos Bay, which is an estuary of the Coos River, about 13 miles (21 km) north-northeast of Bandon and 4 miles (6.5 km) south of Charleston,...
by CoastView | May 17, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon
Brookings is a community at the mouth of the Chetco River, which flows from the Southern Oregon Coast Range to the Pacific Ocean, about 21 miles (34 km) north-northwest of Crescent City, California and 26 miles (42 km) south-southeast of Gold Beach, Oregon. It was...
