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Southward view from Ecola State Park, Northern Oregon Coast Map of the Oregon Coast. The Oregon Coast is a coastal region of the U.S. state of Oregon.It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to its west and the Oregon Coast Range to the east, and stretches approximately 362 miles (583 km) from the California state border in the south to the Columbia River in the north.
The Oregon Coast Range is divided into three separate sections: North, Central, and South. In the south is the oldest portion of the range with formation beginning in the Paleocene era with the Roseburg volcanics, while the newest section is the northernmost portion formed first with the Siletz River Volcanics. [ 1 ]
Cannon Beach is a city in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Its population was 1,690 at the 2010 census. It is a popular coastal Oregon tourist destination, famous for Haystack Rock, a 235 ft (72 m) sea stack that juts out along the coast. [6] In 2013, National Geographic listed it as "one of the world's 100 most beautiful places." [6]
As with the Oregon Coast Range as a whole, the Southern Oregon Coast Range likely began as an ocean island chain that collided with the continental tectonic plate of North America more than 60 million years ago. [2] In the Southern Range the 64-million-year-old Roseburg Volcanics that formed this section are the oldest portions of the entire ...
The reward is a wilderness-like experience, which is rare on the coast, and one of Oregon’s most beautiful views in solitude. Bike and hike to Harts Cove. Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I loaded ...
A high wind warning has been issued for the Oregon Coast and Coast Range, from 1 p.m. Tuesday to 4 a.m. Wednesday, for winds 25-40 mph and guests up to 60 mph. "Damaging winds will blow down trees ...
Prior to Europeans first visiting the Oregon coast, Native American tribes claimed the Coos Bay region as their homeland for thousands of years. [8] Members of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, Siuslaw and Coquille tribes lived, fished, hunted and gathered along Coos Bay and its estuaries, along rivers, and in meadows and forests. [8]
Cooler weather expected on Oregon Coast during heat wave Scorching temperatures are set to hit much of the state over the coming days and this weekend. Portland, Salem, Eugene and Medford could ...