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Cape Perpetua is located about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Yachats, Oregon, along U.S. Route 101.It is a typical Pacific Northwest headland, forming a high steep bluff above the ocean.
Otter Rock Marine Reserve is currently the smallest marine reserve along the Oregon coast. It is approximately 1.2 square miles located from Otter Rock down to Beverly State Beach. Near the north end of the reserve, where the town of Otter Rock is located, are tide pools. Monitoring began in 2010 and harvest restrictions were put in place in 2012.
Oregon OR 126 (OR 126) is a 204.63-mile-long (329.32 km) state highway that connects coastal, western, and central parts of the U.S. state of Oregon. A short freeway section of OR 126 in Eugene and Springfield is concurrent with Interstate 105 ( I-105 ).
It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about 50 miles (80 km) east of the Oregon Coast. [9] The second-most populous city in Oregon, Eugene had a population of 176,654 as of the 2020 United States census [10] and it covers city area of 44.21 sq mi (114.5 km 2).
The Oregon Department of Emergency Management estimates shaking would last 5–7 minutes along the coast, with strength and intensity decreasing further from the epicenter. [1] It is a very long, sloping subduction zone where the Explorer , Juan de Fuca , and Gorda plates move to the east and slide below the much larger mostly continental North ...
Laurel Mountain is the fourth highest peak in Oregon's Central Coast Range with an elevation of 3,592 feet (1,095 m). The peak is located in Polk County west of the city of Dallas . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In 1997 it was labeled the wettest place in Oregon, [ 5 ] and in 1996 it set an all-time calendar year rainfall record for the contiguous United States ...
Gardiner was formerly the site of the first International Paper mill on the West Coast. [5] The paper mill operated from 1963 until 1999, and was one of the largest employers on the southern Oregon Coast. [6] The mill buildings were demolished in 2006. [6] [7] A railroad, the Longview, Portland & Northern (LP&N), served the IP mill until it ...
A banana belt is any segment of a larger geographic region that enjoys warmer weather conditions than the region as a whole, especially in the wintertime. The term "banana belt" is broad enough that it can be used to describe everything from the entire Antarctic Peninsula, to the southern part of the American Midwest, [1] to microclimate areas of mountain ranges.