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Oregon coast offers
variety of activities
The Oregon Coast, what has it
got to offer? Well, if you have
ever been to the coast you
already know, but if you haven’t
what can you expect to find
there?
Oregon has the Pacific Ocean
as its western boundary and thus
has a coast line of several hun
dred miles and because of this
offers a variety of interesting
activities.
Do you like salmon?
If you like eating it you can find
it kippered, smoked or fresh at
innumerable little fish shops
along Highway 101. You can eat
the smoked or kippered salmon
as you drive along the highway or
you can stop at some park and
bake the fresh. If you like fishing
there are numerous charter
services that go out every
morning during late spring,
summer and early fall which
generally come back with a fish
or two.
If watching men battle these
magnificent fish in small boats
intrigues you, you can walk along
the jetties at Gold Beach, the
mouth of the Rogue River, and
watch weekend fishermen try to
use up their salmon tags. You
could even stop at many of the
ports along the coast and watch
the commercial fishing boats
unload their cargoes at the
cannery.
Oregon is noted, at least by
Oregonians, for its park system
and several of the most beautiful
are situated on the coast. There
are 31 day-use parks off highway
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101 with access to the coast.
These parks are for picnickers
and beach combing and over
night camping is not permitted.
For overnight campers 18
parks are available with com
binations of tent, trailer and
camper sites. These parks vary
greatly in size and faciliU|^
There are the small parks sucflV
Sunset Bay State Park witn
restroom facilities and a fish
cleaning house to the large parks
like Honeyman Memorial State
Park with showers and laundry
facilities.
Last year, 13.7 million people
used the day-use facilities in all
coast state parks and about
900,000 people used the overnight
camping facilities.
State parks offer a variety of
beaches, such as the small cove
at Sunset Bay. This is an enclosed
beach which is fairly shallow and
small. It is one area on the
Oregon coast where swimming is
possible. The fact that it is en
closed means that the usual 50
degree temperature of the
Pacific along the Oregon coast —
doesn’t apply here. The water is a
little warmer and you don’t need
a wet suit to swim in the af
ternoon.
Honeyman Memorial Park is
not directly situated on the
beach, but is instead inland and
contains Cleowox Lake.
It is bounded on the West by the
majestic Oregon Dunes and is
near the beginning of the Dunes
National Recreation Area It is
about three-quarters ot a mile
across the dunes to the beach and
since the last road to the beach
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