Oregon Coast Rentals

Oregon Coast Rentals

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The Oregon Coast is a geographical term that is used to describe the coast of the U.S. state of Oregon along the Pacific Ocean. Stretching 362 miles (583 km) from the city of Astoria to the California border, the Oregon Coast is unique in that the entire coast is public land. Oregon law prohibits private ownership of coastline property.

The Oregon Coast is often divided into three regions:

The North Coast—from the Washington border at Astoria to Lincoln City
The Central Coast—from Lincoln City to Reedsport
The South Coast—from Reedsport to the California border, just south of Brookings.

There are no large cities on the coast, mainly due to the lack of deep harbors with access to the inland agricultural areas. The largest metropolitan area consists of the bordering cities of Coos Bay and North Bend on the South Coast; the area has a population of approximately 25,000 people. The relative isolation of the coast from nearby large population centers has given the coast a reputation for being somewhat rustic, being a mixture of old logging towns, fishing villages, seasonal resorts, and artists' colonies. Tourism and logging are the major industries on the coast. The coastal region's popularity, combined with the fact that there is only one continuous highway along the coastline (US Route 101) contributes to traffic along the coast being named the worst tourist traffic in the United States

The Oregon Coast Range is a mountain range in the US state of Oregon along the Pacific Ocean. This north south running range extends over 200 miles from the Columbia River in the north on the border of Oregon and Washington, south to the middle fork of the Coquille River. It is thirty to sixty miles wide and averages around 1,500 feet in elevation above sea level. The coast range has three main sections, a Northern, Central, and Southern.

Sections

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. The Central and Northern sections contain more sedimentary rocks from the mud, silt, sand, and other volcanic debris than the lower Southern section. Also, the Oregon Coast Range is home to over 50 mammal species, over 100 species of birds, and nearly 30 reptile or amphibian species that spent significant portions of their life cycle in the mountains.

North

Main article: Northern Oregon Coast Range

Located in the northwest portion of Oregon this section of the range has peaks as high as 3706 feet for Rogers Peak. Forests here are considered to be some of the most productive timber land in the world. Trees include primarily Sitka Spruce, Western Redcedar, Douglas-fir, and Western Hemlock. Other plants include huckleberry, salmonberry, salal, vine maple, Oregon grape, bracken fern, and thimble-berry among others. The northern boundary is the Columbia River, with some mountainous features on the north side of the river, and continues south for approximately 100 miles to the Salmon River where Oregon Route 18 crosses the range from the Willamette Valley to the Oregon Coast with width roughly 35 miles.

Central

Central Oregon Coast Range

Located between the Salmon River and the Umpqua River on the north and south, the Central range is bounded by the Willamette Valley on the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. This approximately 90 mile long mountain range contains mountains as high as 4,097 feet for Marys Peak. Portions of the range are inside the Siuslaw National Forest along with three designated wilderness areas: Drift Creek Wilderness, Cummins Creek Wilderness and the Rock Creek Wilderness. Larger animals that live in these section include deer, elk, bobcat, and bear. Bear are black bear while deer are mule and black tailed deer species. Other mammals here are Mountain Beaver, beavers, coyote, mink, river otter, mountain lion, porcupines, skunks, and brush rabbit.

South

Southern Oregon Coast Range

The southernmost section of the Coast Range is located in the southwest portion of Oregon between the middle fork of the Coquille River in the south and the Umpqua River on the north. Oregon Route 38 is the general divide between the Central and Southern portions of the Coast Range. Approximately 55 miles long, the section contains mountains as high as 3547 feet for Bone Mountain. On the south the Coquille River’s middle fork provides the general dividing line between the Central Range and the Klamath Mountains to the south and east.

Birds living in the Southern Coast Range include a variety of smaller and larger bird species Species include peregrine falcons, pileated woodpeckers, olive-sided flycatcher, and western bluebirds among others. The threatened Northern Spotted Owl also inhabit the mountain forests. Animal life in the rivers, streams, and lakes include lamprey, coastal cutthroat trout, dace, Umpqua chub, frogs, salamander, turtles, coho salmon, steelhead trout, and others.

Five tallest peaks in the Oregon Coast Range:

Marys Peak, 4,101 feet, Rogers Peak, 3661 feet, Grass Mountain, 3563 feet, Laurel Mountain, 3553 feet, Bone Mountain, 3547 feet

Many mountain ranges populate the U.S. state of Oregon. Among them are:

The Blue Mountains
Cascade Range, popularly called The Cascades or Oregon Cascades.
Elkhorn Range
Hart Mountain
Ochoco Mountains
Oregon Coast Range
Klamath Mountains (technically part of the Siskiyou Mountains)
Pueblo Mountains
Siskiyou Mountains
Steens Mountain
Strawberry Mountains
Trout Creek Mountains form the southern boundary of Alvord Basin
Wallowa Mountains

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