Reedsport Free Concert, Umpqua Discovery Center, June 2014
Just a bit of the 'Timberwolf' band, doing a free concert as part of Thursday Night summer series, in Reedsport Oregon, June 2014. Good band! Audience had a good time and good concert.
Hiking the Oregon Dunes & Sightseeing Around Reedsport OR
In this video, I take you along on a morning hike into the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. We hike from the John Kellenback Trailhead through a patch of coastal forest and out onto the sand dunes.
This patch of dunes is pretty well untouched by ATV tracks and has one rather towering sand dune. I hike to the top and give you a 360 view of the remarkable terrain.
After the dune hike, we visit a Highway 101 wayside viewpoint for an overlook at the coastline below, then drive down along Umpqua Beach.
There I show a dune ATV staging area and some of the ocean beach. Next, I give you a look at the historic Umpqua River Lighthouse and the views out to the river mouth.
Finally, we head inland a bit and visit the Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area and the Reedsport Riverfront district.
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Forgotten Town in Oregon
#Reedsport, OR “Nothing but Peace and Quiet!”
Fun Things to Do in Reedsport on the Oregon Coast
Reedsport is a small town on the Oregon Coast, located at the point where the Umpqua River flows into the Pacific. Reedsport is nicely situated in the midst of the famous Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. These features combine to make Reedsport a scenic and fun place to visit and an access point to a broad range of outdoor recreation. Here are my picks for fun things to do in Reedsport, Oregon.
Umpqua Discovery Center
Reedsport's Umpqua Discovery Center is a little tricky to find but well worth a visit. The museum has two wings -- one devoted to the natural history of the region, the other devoted to the human history. All of the exhibits are well designed to appeal to both children and adults. The natural history section is a simulated hike called Pathways To Discovery - Exploring Tidewater Country. The walls along the way are covered in exquisitely detailed murals containing the flora and fauna that call the area home.
Interpretive signs, exhibits, drawers, and recordings are scattered along the route, filling you in on the local critters and landscape. Be sure to spend some time in the theatre cave to view one of the short films. The other section inside of the Umpqua Discovery Center is called Tidewaters & Time. You'll take a walk through time, learning about the local human history and culture through a variety of sights and sounds. The Coastal Indian Tribes, early explorers, pioneers, loggers, fishermen, and early settlement are all covered.
The center of the Umpqua Discovery Center contains a well-stocked gift shop that includes books, nautical items, gift items, and learning toys. The museum sits along the Umpqua River. Decks and boardwalks behind the center allow you to enjoy great views of Reedsport's bridges and estuarine environment. Take the stairs up to the viewing tower to extend your view.
Umpqua Lighthouse State Park
The charming Umpqua Lighthouse lies within a working U.S. Coast Guard facility and can be visited on a scheduled tour. Nearby you'll find the Coastal Visitor Center & Museum, located in the old Coast Guard Administration Building. The visitor center houses many interesting exhibits and artifacts related to the history of Coast Guard activities in the area. Umpqua Lighthouse State Park visitors can also enjoy camping, walking trails, whale watching, and picnicking.
Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area
You'll head east out of Reedsport on Highway 38 to get to the Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area, home of a resident herd of magnificent Roosevelt elk. The viewing area stretches along a 3-mile section of Oregon Highway 38, with two viewing areas and several observation pull-outs. The Dean Creek Elk outdoor interpretive exhibits allow you to learn more about the elk, as well as other local flora and fauna. Another BLM-operated recreation site, the O.H. Hinsdale Rhododendron Garden, is located on the other side of Highway 38.
Oregon Dunes NRA Visitor Center
Staffed by expert park rangers, the official visitor center for the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area is located right along Highway 101 in Reedsport. You'll be able to find out anything and everything you want to know about Oregon Dunes activities, as well as other local recreation and attractions. The Oregon Dunes NRA Visitor Center also has a few interpretive exhibits and a small bookstore.
Annual Chainsaw Carving Championship in Reedsport
Oregon Video Map #8D (Midwest Oregon) Reedsport-Crater Lake
Let's visit all of midwest Oregon. We'll start at Sparrow Park, Elbow Lake, Tahkenitch Campground and Trailhead, Tahkenitch Lake and Landing, Tahkenitch Creek Trailhead, Oregon Dunes Recreation Area with its campgrounds and trails, Carter Lake, Siltcoos Lake, Honeyman Park, Glenada, South Jetty, Reedsport, Umpqua Discovery Center, Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area, Loon Lake, Ash Valley, Scottsburg Park, Scottsburg, Wells Creek, Elkton, Kellogg, Drain, Leona, Curtin, Pass Creek Park, Anlauf, Divide, Salt Springs, Yoncalla, Rice Hill, Oakland, Sutherlin, Fairoaks, Nonparell, Tyee on the Umpqua River, Osprey Boat Ramp, Millwood, Cleveland, Melrose, Morgan, Lookingglass, Roseburg, Winchester, Wilbur, Dixonville, Whistlers Bend, Whistlers Bend Park, Peel, Glide, Idleyld Park, Swiftwater Recreation Site, Susan Creek Recreation Site, Trail to Fall Creek Falls, Steamboat, Scaredman Recreation Site, Island Campground, Dry Creek, Toketee Falls (town and waterfall), Toketee Lake, Watson Falls, Lemolo Lake, Diamond Lake, Mt. Thielsen, Mt. Mazuma, Crater Lake, Crater Lake's Fossill Fulmaroles, Kimball State Park, Ft. Klamath, Old Ft. Klamath, Klamath Agency, and Train Mountain.
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Winchester Bay Dunes Oregon Camping Trip
Winchester Bay is located in the heart of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area and is a vacationer’s paradise. Home to miles of undisturbed beaches, abundant wildlife, lake and ocean fishing, hiking trails, plenty of campgrounds, a terrific place for the off-road riding fun for ATVers.
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Southern Oregon Coast
Hwy. 101-OR Great Sand Dunes to Crescent City, and the Redwood Forests!As usual we were boon docking in our T@b 400 Boondock light. Notes are as if you are traveling south, though we really zigged and zagged up and down the coast. We humbly know this is not complete! MP =mile post, and some may be close, most are exact +Links…
MP 190.0 Florence, OR-
Note-Chuck’N’Jo-Florence has a calendar of cool things all year. EX-May is annual Rhododendron Festival. July is Old fashion 4th of July. Fall is OR coast Champion Weiner Dog Race, and end of Nov. -Holiday and late Jan. Winter Festival. Don’t do what we did. We got in a hurry driving though in the early morning hours. Go slow!
MP 190.5 Florence, OR Siuslaw Pioneer Museum-
MP 190.6 Florence Old Town-
MP 190.6 Florence Boardwalk Market-
MP 198-+ MP 200.8 ++The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area-largest expanse of coastal dunes in North America, and among the largest in the world. There are beautiful swimming beaches. Tip- Lots of parking during the daytime in the “ATV staging area”. On the beach side note your path number. For miles it is sand dunes that all look alike. Unique!
MP 190.9 Siuslaw River-
MP 191 Florence old town –turn right after crossing the bridge.Places to eat while viewing the Siuslaw River
MP 193.4 Jessie Honeyman Memorial State Park-
MP 192-Oregon Dunes National Rec Area.Lg coastal dunes in N. America.
MP 200-Oregon Dunes Overlook-Short walk to a viewing area where you can see the ocean and dunes as far as the eye can see. Rec Pass Required $5-.
Dunes City- ,
MP 209.4 Gardiner-
MP 211.2 Reedsport-
MP 211.2 –MP 211.5 Umpqua River/Discovery Center, interactive learning, take Hwy 38 and follow the signs 5 miles to Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area. -
MP 215.5 Winchester Bay, Salmon Harbor-
MP 215.6 Umpqua River Lighthouse-Beautiful, easy parking, gift shop, museum, guided tours -
MP 222.0-Lakeside-
MP 220.5 Douglas/Coos County, OR-
MP 221.5-William M. Tugman State Park, on beautiful Eel Lake
MP 234.5-McCullough Memorial Bridge-built 1936-is heading N. out of North Bend.
MP 235.0-North Bend-
MP 236.5-Coos Bay-the largest harbor and only international port on the OR coast.
Side trip-Charleston, OR-Nautical, small - , The Oregon Tour Route-Charleston to Bandon Tour Route.
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology-
MP 8.7 Seven Devils road. To South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve-
Oregon Route 540-OK, 3 stars-
MP 12.8 Cape Argon State Park- has fascinating vegetation. We only did a drive though as it was vary windy. Caution on the speedbumps. Some are not painted or marked, and there are a lot of them.Watchable Wildlife.-
MP 12.3-Cape Arago Lighthouse-
Partial mile post list.
Umpqua lighthouse part II
Just shots from a different angle....
Football: Yoncalla 2014 Preview
Accessible Adventures: Oregon Hidden Gems
Accessible Adventures: featuring FS and partner sites between Heceta Head and Umpqua River and along the Pacific Coast Highway All·American Road.
Tour through Jensen Arctic Museum
Tour through the museum, filmed by social media outreach director Andrew Parodi
Dr. Dannenhoffer, Roseburg
With 25% of Douglas County adults using tobacco, every little thing we do to improve the health of the community makes a difference. That’s just one of the reasons the Harvard Medical Park went tobacco-free.
Harvard Medical Park models healthy behavior for the Roseburg community. How can you support smokefree efforts in your community?
From Gold Beach to Pendleton, and all points between, Oregonians are standing up to Big Tobacco. From officials who are helping to protect Oregonians from secondhand smoke on all state properties, to business owners who refuse to carry tobacco products, Oregon is full of heroes who proudly work to make their communities safer, healthier, and smoke-free. Visit smokefreeoregon.com to learn more about Oregon’s efforts to create smoke-free communities and for information on how to quit using tobacco.
What Oregon legislators learned at state budget hearing in Salem
State Sen. Richard Devlin and Rep. Nancy Nathanson talk about the heartfelt testimony they heard during a Feb. 10 budget hearing at the Oregon Capitol in Salem. Devlin and Nathanson are the co-chairs of the 2017 Oregon Legislature's Joint Ways & Means Committee.
Both are Democrats. Devlin is from Tualatin and Nathanson is from Eugene.
More hearings are scheduled across Oregon:
Saturday, February 11 -- Portland
Noon to 2 p.m.
Main Mall, Amo DeBernardis CC Building
PCC, Sylvania campus
12000 SW 49th Ave, Portland
Friday, February 17 -- Hermiston
5 to 7 p.m.
Main Commons
Hermiston High School
600 S 1st St, Hermiston
Saturday, February 18 -- Madras
1 to 3 p.m.
Performing Arts Center
Madras High School
412 Buff Street, Madras
Friday, February 24 -- Ashland
5 to 7 p.m.
Rogue River Room
Southern Oregon University
1250 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland
Saturday, February 25 -- Eugene
1 to 3 p.m.
Rooms 308-309 Building 17 (The Forum)
Lane Community College
4000 E 30th Ave, Eugene
Friday, March 3 -- Tillamook
6 to 8 p.m.
Officer’s Mess
Port of Tillamook Bay
6825 Officers Row, Tillamook