Coos Bay
Surrounded by the Pacific shoreline with its beautiful dunes and lovely beaches, the Bay Area is located between the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area on the North and Shore Acres State Park, an impressive botanical garden on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, on the South. The area features a variety of outdoor activities including fishing, clamming, wildlife, bird watching, sea lion and whale watching, tours, cycling, and 4-wheel rides in the dunes. The Port of Coos Bay is an active commercial area.
The Bay Area also offers a wide range of shopping, entertainment and dining facilities such as Pony Village Shopping Mall, renovated downtown Coos Bay, antique, myrtlewood and gift shops, theatres, and an art museum and gallery.
Coos Bay is the largest of the communities that comprise Oregon’s Bay Area. It has been the commercial center of Oregon’s southern coast since its earliest days.
Featured activities
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Coos Bay
Coos Bay, Oregon 97420Coos Bay is a long and circuitous estuary fed by the Coos River among other tributaries; it is considered the best natural harbor between San Francisco and the Puget Sound. The bay\\\'s vast acreage gives anglers plenty of elbow room as they pursue fall chinook (July through October), coho (silver) salmon (October and November) and winter steelhead (December through March). Coos Bay also offers excellent canoeing opportunities through the South Slough Estuarine Reserve, the first federally designated reserve.
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Oregon International Port of Coos Bay
541-267-7678PO Box 5409Coos Bay, Oregon 97420
Featured events
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Friday Chef's Table at OC Culinary Institute
541-888-15401988 Newmark AveCoos Bay, Oregon 97420Friday, January 15th, 2010 - Friday, June 4th, 2010OCCI offers wonderful culinary dinners as part of their new externship program. Creative & tastefully prepared meals delight diners every Friday evening starting at 6pm. For menus visit their website.
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10 Years of Geocaching & Oregon's Adventure Coast Challenge
541-267-78041125 South 1st StreetCoos Bay, Oregon 97420Saturday, February 13th, 2010 - Wednesday, March 31st, 2010Meet and eat event on Feb 13 to meet at the Red Lion for Geo-chat and Geo-fun. Bring travel bugs and geocoins for trade and discovery. This event will kick off the Oregon's Adventure Coast challenge. By completing the challege, cachers will receive a trackable geocoin made of Myrtlewood. Questionairres will be available at Oregon Connection/House of Myrtlewood after Feb 15 and will last until all coins are found!
For more info
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Coos Bay - North Bend Visitors & Convention Bureau
50 Central Ave
Coos Bay, Oregon 97420
Phone: 541-269-0215 or 800-824-8486
Fax 541-269-2861
Email: kat@OregonsAdventureCoast.com
Website: www.OregonsAdventureCoast.com -
Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
50 Central Ave
Coos Bay, Oregon 97420
Phone: 541-269-0215 or 800-824-8486
Fax 541-269-2861
Email: bacc@uci.net
Website: www.oregonsbayareachamber.com