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Siltcoos Lake (silt’-koos), [3] at 3,164 acres (1,280 ha), is the largest lake on the Oregon Coast of the United States. [1] Fed by runoff from a basin of about 68 square miles (180 km 2) in Douglas and Lane counties, it is about 7 miles (11 km) south of Florence and 0.5 miles (1 km) east of U.S. Route 101. [1]
Oregon Route 6 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Oregon that runs between the city of Tillamook on the Oregon Coast, to the Willamette Valley, near Banks.OR 6 traverses the Wilson River Highway No. 37 of the Oregon state highway system, [2] named after the river paralleling the highway's western segment.
Cape Blanco is a prominent headland on the Pacific Ocean coast of southwestern Oregon in the United States, forming the westernmost point in the state. [3] Cape Blanco extends farther west than any point of land in the contiguous United States (lower 48 states) except portions of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington , including Cape Alava , the ...
Tierra del Mar is an unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States, [1] located on the Oregon Coast, about 25 miles (40 km) south of Tillamook and 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Pacific City and Cape Kiwanda, along Sandlake Road, west of U.S. Route 101.
Communities founded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as seaside resorts for summer visitors, often promoted by railroad interests and other speculators. Not every coastal settlement is a seaside resort.
Lakeside is in Coos County, Oregon, along U.S. Route 101, about 1 mile (2 km) inland from the Pacific Ocean. [5] The city is 15 miles (24 km) north of Coos Bay and 197 miles (317 km) southwest of Portland. [6] Lakeside borders Tenmile Lake and Tenmile Creek, which flows from the lake to the ocean. [5] The city is 23 feet (7.0 m) above sea level ...
Oregon Coast: Areas bordering the Pacific Ocean Astoria, Tillamook, Lincoln City, Newport, Florence, Coos Bay, Brookings: Not available Itself divided into three sub-regions, highlighted on map. Portland metropolitan area: Area around Portland: Portland, Gresham, Hillsboro, Beaverton: 1,918,394 (2015 est.) [1] [2] Also includes parts of ...
Elsie is an unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. It is located in the Northern Oregon Coast Range, west of the junction of Oregon Route 103 and U.S. Route 26 where the roads cross the Nehalem River. Elsie was named after Elsie Foster, who was a relative of George Gragg, the first postmaster. [2]