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Coos Bay (Coos language: Atsixiis) is a city located in Coos County, Oregon, United States, where the Coos River enters Coos Bay on the Pacific Ocean. The city borders the city of North Bend , and together they are often referred to as one entity called either Coos Bay-North Bend or Oregon's Bay Area. [7]
Waterfowl at the reserve. South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve (SSNERR) is a 4,770-acre (19 km 2) National Estuarine Research Reserve located on Coos Bay Estuary, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Its headquarters are in Charleston . Established in 1974, [1] it was the first reserve in the United States created in response to the federal ...
Shore Acres State Park. / 43.323672°N 124.38192°W / 43.323672; -124.38192. Shore Acres State Park is a state park 13 miles (21 km) south of Coos Bay in the U.S. state of Oregon. [1] It is one of three state parks along the Cape Arago Highway, which runs along the Pacific Ocean west of U.S. Route 101. Sunset Bay State Park is about 1 ...
Cape Arago State Park. / 43.3062214°N 124.3934519°W / 43.3062214; -124.3934519. Cape Arago State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Cape Arago is north of Bandon and 15 miles southwest of Coos Bay on Cape Arago Highway in Coos County .
Coos Bay is an estuary where the Coos River enters the Pacific Ocean, the estuary is approximately 12 miles long and up to two miles wide. It is the largest estuary completely within Oregon state lines. The Coos Bay watershed covers an area of about 600 square miles and is located in northern Coos County, Oregon, in the
The Siuslaw National Forest encompasses more than 630,000 acres (2,500 km 2) along the central Oregon Coast between Coos Bay and Tillamook, and in some places extends east from the ocean, beyond the crest of the Oregon Coast Range, almost reaching the Willamette Valley. The forest lies primarily in Lane County (39% of the forest) and Lincoln ...
The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area is located on the Oregon Coast, stretching approximately 40 miles (64 km) north of the Coos River in North Bend to the Siuslaw River in Florence, and adjoining Honeyman State Park on the west. It is part of Siuslaw National Forest and is administered by the United States Forest Service.
Although exploration and trapping in the area occurred as early as 1828, the first European-American settlement was established at Empire City in 1853 by members of the Coos Bay Company; this is now part of Coos Bay, Oregon. Coos County was created by the Territorial Legislature from parts of Umpqua, and Jackson counties on December 22, 1853.