Information About Neskowin: www.GoNorthwest.com
Pacific City Information: http://pacificcity.org
Shopping: Lots of small shops throughout the area.
Tanger Outlet Mall is just 15 minutes south (Lincoln City): http://www.tangeroutlet.com/lincolncity
There's a WIDE variety of restaurants, activities and shopping just 10 minutes away in Lincoln City: http://lcchamber.com/welcome/
*Kite Festivals in both Summer and Fall (Lincoln City)
*Tillamook Cheese Factory about a half hour's drive
Golfing:
Neskowin Marsh Golf Course < 3 miles away:
http://www.golfnow.com/course-directory/oregon-golf-courses/neskowin-golf-courses/neskowin-marsh-golf-course
Chinook Winds course just outside of Lincoln City http://www.chinookwindscasino.com/golf_home_northwest_resort/
Pilots: A small airstrip is 5 miles away (Pacific City)Pilots: a small airstrip is 5 miles away (Pacific City) http://www.pacificcity.org/airport/main.html
Whale Watching: Each winter, more than 20,000 gray whales make their way south from Alaska to their winter breeding grounds of Baja California. Mid-December through early January is typically the peak of the migration with as many as 30 whales per hour passing the coast. Whales are spotted by watching for their spout as they surface. When a whale surfaces, it exhales a burst of water and vapor up to 12 feet in the air. Once a spout is spotted, focus with binoculars slightly ahead to watch them surface again. Gray whales typically exhale three to five times, less than a minute apart, before diving for five to ten minutes. Mothers with calves are often easiest to spot because they move more slowly and stay closer to shore. Once you've got the hang of it, it becomes easier to spot the giant 35 ton creatures. If you miss the winter migration, you won't have to wait long for another opportunity. Upon reaching their wintering grounds in the warm waters off Mexico, the gray whales breed or give birth, and by March they begin their return to the north along with their newborn calves, just a few months old. Note: text is an edited excerpt from an article in the winter issue of the Pelican Post Newsmagazine.
Bird Watching: We are home to a multitude of species including Bald Eagles, Puffins, Sea Gulls, Crows and Ravens, Pelicans, Herons, and migrating Canadian Geese (thousands fly just overhead all season honking their way along. The Nestucca Wildlife Refuge is less than a mile away from the house. http://www.fws.gov/oregoncoast/nestuccabay/
Horseback Riding: Year-round
Ocean Trail Riding Stables Into the Sunset
(503) 965-6145 (503) 965-6326
5986 Roma Ave, Cloverdale, OR 20350 Derrick Rd, Pacific City, OR
Fishing charters: www.Fish-Oregon.com http://www.pacificcity.org/fishing/home.html
Pacific City is renown for it's fishing. We have an abundant spring and fall run of Salmon in the Big Nestucca right in the middle of town. The river also serves a nice winter steelhead run. Town Lake (on the northern edge of town) is stocked very heavily during spring and summer with nice trout. Huge Ling Cod and other bottom fish are an easy catch in our surf. The third week-end in July is "Dory Days" Festival in Pacific City
Tradewinds Charters (Charters, fishing trips and whale watching) #1 since 1938 http://www.tradewindscharters.com
- Crabbing: It is very easy to gather a daily limit of dungeness crab. Sometimes the locals end up giving part of their catch to strangers on the street from just having more than they can use.
Camping/RV Resorts:
Local RV/camping area only two miles south on Hwy 101 (Neskowin Creek RV Resort): http://neskowincreekrv.com
Cape Kiwanda Park (1 mile north of Pacific City) an awesome cape accessible by climbing a 300 foot sand dune: http://www.capekiwandarvresort.com
Roads End State Park: http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_225.php
KOA in Lincoln City: http://www.koa.com/where/or/37108/
Wi-Ne-Ma Christian Camp less than one mile away: http://www.winema.org/
Hiking: Open year round
Length: 1.5 miles Difficulty: Easy to moderate
Elevation: Trailhead – 911 feet, At the bridge – 630 feet, River’s edge – 532 feet.
The bridge and falls are very dramatic – absolutely well worth the hike!
Directions: Turn right (South) Hwy 101 Travel through Lincoln City. Turn east on Drift Creek Road, right on South Drift Creek Road for ¼ mile. Turn left onto Forest Service Road 17. Stay on Forest Service Road 17 to trailhead, approximately 10 miles.