What to do on the People’s Coast

• Cape Blanco Lighthouse

  Port Orford, Oregon 97465

  This isolated lighthouse holds at least four Oregon records: it is the oldest continuously operating light, the most westerly, it has the highest focal plane above the sea, (256 feet), and had Oregon's first woman keeper, Mabel E. Bretherton signed on in March 1903. This lighthouse was commissioned in 1870 to aid shipping generated by gold mining and lumber industry. This is also a highly rated wildlife viewing area.

  http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=125
• 

  Tillamook Forest Center

  45500 Wilson River Hwy

  Tillamook, Oregon 97141

  503-815-6800

  Be among the first to visit the brand new Tillamook Forest Center, a beautiful-and sustainable-interpretive center built along the Wilson River on a landscape that was once devastated by a series of fires in the 1930s and 40s (known as The Six Year Jinx). Through interactive exhibits, a 40-foot tall replica of a fire lookout tower, classroom areas-even a movie theater-the Center shows us the many ways our lives connect with the forest. Surrounding the center are walking trails, benches and picnic areas, as

  http://www.tillamookforestcenter.org

• Alsea Bay Historic Interpretive Center

  Waldport, Oregon 97365

  541-563-2002
  http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_202.php

• Fort Clatsop

  Off U.S. 101, 5 miles southwest of Astoria

  Astoria, Oregon 97103
  http://www.nps.gov/focl

• Lincoln City Cultural Center

  540 NE Hwy 101

  Lincoln City, Oregon 97367

  541-994-9994
  http://www.lincolncityarts.org/

Brought to you by OCVA in association with Travel Oregon & Wildernet