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The Chetco River is a 56-mile-long (90 km) stream located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Oregon. It drains approximately 352 square miles (912 km 2) of Curry County. Flowing through a rugged and isolated coastal region, it descends rapidly from about 3,200 feet (975 m) to sea level at the Pacific Ocean.
Located on the banks of the Chetco River, the park offers camping, hiking, fishing, swimming, and rafting opportunities. In the parks boundaries are 3 rental cabins, 53 camping sites, a launch area for drift boats, a day-use area, and the head of a 0.75-mile (1.2 km) trail that includes the northernmost coastal redwood grove in the United States.
Harbor is located in southwestern Curry County along U.S. Route 101, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the center of Brookings and 5 miles (8 km) north of the California state line. According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km 2 ), of which 1.9 square miles (5.0 km 2 ) is land and 0.39 square miles ...
The named tributaries of the Little Chetco River are, from source to mouth, Hawk Creek, which enters from the left; Ditch and Copper creeks, which enter from the right, and Henry Creek, left. [3] Little Chetco Trail and other connecting trails maintained by the United States Forest Service pass through or near the Little Chetco River watershed. [4]
Gillnetting is a fishing method that uses gillnets: vertical panels of netting that hang from a line with regularly spaced floaters that hold the line on the surface of the water. The floats are sometimes called "corks" and the line with corks is generally referred to as a "cork line." The line along the bottom of the panels is generally weighted.
Float fishing is the most common method of angling, defined by the use of a compact light buoy attached to fishing line – known as a float (or "bobber" in the United States) — as the bite indicator. Due to buoyancy, the float remains at the water surface and suspends the baited hook at a predetermined depth.
Chetco language (ISO 639-3: ctc), also known as the Tolowa language (ISO 639-3: tol) Chetco River, a river named for the tribe, flowing to the Pacific Ocean in Curry County, Oregon in the United States; Chetco Peak, a mountain near the source of the Chetco River in Oregon in the United States; USS Chetco (AT-99) - original name of USS Penguin ...
Chetco Peak is a mountain in the Klamath Mountains of southwestern Oregon in the United States.It is located in the southern Kalmiopsis Wilderness in southern Curry County in the extreme southwestern corner of the state, approximately 15 miles (24 km) inland from the Pacific Ocean and 10 miles (16 km) north of the California state line.