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Brookings Harbor. The Port of Brookings-Harbor is the port authority for the city of Brookings, Oregon, United States, and serving the neighboring community of Harbor.The district covers 400 square miles (1,000 km 2) from the mouth of the Chetco River south to the Oregon-California border, north to the mouth of the Pistol River, and east to the Curry-Josephine county line. [1]
Coastline of Brookings as seen from U.S. Highway 101. Brookings is located along the southern Oregon coast at the mouth of the Chetco River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.94 square miles (10.20 km 2), of which 3.87 square miles (10.02 km 2) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km 2) is water. [17]
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 ...
At the coast, it's a different story, with places like Brookings, Florence and Tillamook expected to hit highs in the upper 70s and 80s. ... There are 363 miles of Oregon Coast with plenty of ...
The Oregon Coast Highway was declared complete on October 3, 1936, at a cost of $25 million to construct. [ 3 ] : 14–15 The state government built several new sections of US 101 in the 1950s and 1960s as part of a $30 million modernization program that shortened the length of US 101 by 25 miles (40 km). [ 6 ]
Curry County is the southwesternmost county in the U.S. state of Oregon located on the South Coast. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,446. [1] The county seat is Gold Beach. [2] The county is named for George Law Curry, a two-time governor of the Oregon Territory. [3] Curry County includes the Brookings, OR Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The Pelican Bay Light (or Port of Brookings Light) is a small, privately owned lighthouse in Brookings, Oregon, United States. It overlooks the Port of Brookings Harbor and the mouth of the Chetco River. Built as an addition to an existing house, Pelican Bay Light is maintained by the Cady family of Brookings. [1] [2] [3]
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