Lincoln City loves the ocean. With a strong personality and a flair for the nautical and offbeat, Lincoln City revels in kite festivals and glass blowing, saltwater taffy and music festivals.
Formed from the union of five communities located along a distinctive stretch of beach, Lincoln City’s locales feel varied and interesting, with hidden gems galore. An artsy enclave on the Coast, world-class kite festivals draw thousands in the summer. Local glass blowers create distinctive and colorful glass floats, then clandestine “float fairies” shrewdly hide them along the shoreline for beachcombers. They’re designed to evoke old glass net floats that washed up on Oregon beaches carried by ocean currents from Japan.
In the midst of beautiful Oregon coastal forests, several nearby hikes are also a thing to behold. Drift Creek Falls features a surprising scene in the middle of the woods: a 100-foot high suspension bridge over a 75-foot waterfall with Drift Creek below. On the edge of the Pacific, the wide-open trails at Cascade Head lead to panoramic views of Lincoln City’s coast, as well as Devil’s Lake and Cape Foulweather further out. Devil’s Lake and Siletz Bay provide large swaths of sheltered, open water for fishing, water sports, and swimming… disregarding old folk tales about a sea monster in the lake, of course.
Featured Spots
Central Coast
Nuu-k’wii’daa’naa~-ye’ Sitka Spruce – Heritage Tree
This tree, located in Regatta Park in Lincoln City, is a remnant of an ancient coastal forest cared for by indigenous peoples since time immemorial. Oregon industries logged most of these giants at the turn of 20th century, reserving this...
Lincoln City, ORCentral Coast
Pacific Artists Alliance Co-op Gallery
A cooperative Art Gallery featuring over 25 artists of all mediums.
620 NE Hwy 101Lincoln City, OR
541-557-8000
Email us (pacificartistsalliance[at]hotmail[dot]com)
Central Coast
North Lincoln Historical Museum
Historical museum relevant to North American Indians and pioneers.
4907 SW Highway 101Lincoln City, OR
541-996-6614
Central Coast
Lock & Key Adventurer’s Guild
Your new favorite game store, Lock & Key Adventurer's Guild offers Warhammer, board games, TCG's, modeling, painting and more. Unlock your adventure today at Lock & Key Adventurer's Guild.
790 SE Hwy 101Lincoln City, OR
541-300-8495
Central Coast
Taft Historic Shopping District
Historic shopping district.
SW 51st StLincoln City, OR
Central Coast
Lincoln City Outlets
With over 40 designer and name brand stores to choose from, Lincoln City Outlets is a top shopping destination on the Oregon Coast. You’ll find top brands such as Coach, The North Face and Gap as well as staples of...
1500 SE E Devils Lake RoadLincoln City, OR
541-996-5000
Central Coast
Alder House Glass
Alder House offers visitors a unique front-row glassblowing experience — not behind a glass or wall, but right in the heat of it all. What you will see is the real thing, like you would in Venice and other distinguished...
611 Immonen RoadLincoln City, OR
541-996-2483
Email us (hotglass[at]alderhouse[dot]com)
Central Coast
Once In A Blue Moon Gallery
Fine arts and crafts with a celestial theme.
913 SW 51st StLincoln City, OR
541-996-3133
Email us (clovato[at]oregonvos[dot]net)
Central Coast
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
With their ancestral lands spanning more than 20 million acres from the Pacific Coast to the Cascade Range, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians is one of the most diverse confederations on a single reservation in the United States. It...
Lincoln City, ORCentral Coast
Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge consists of some of the most scenic estuarine habitat along the Oregon Coast National Scenic Byway. On either side of Highway 101, starched skeleton trees jut forth from the Siletz estuary and are reminiscent of...
Lincoln City, OR
541-867-4550
Email us (oregoncoast[at]fws[dot]gov)
Central Coast
Cap’n Gull’s Gift Place
Welcome to Cap’n Gull’s Gift Place where you’ll find a variety of items from wind chimes, beach item collectibles, T-shirt’s and sweatshirts, shot glasses to beautiful USA made jewelry and vacation souvenirs.
120 SE Hwy 101Lincoln City, OR
541-994-7743
Central Coast
Drift Creek Falls
Flanked by ferns, alder trees and vine maple, Drift Creek Trail winds through the rain-drenched Siuslaw National Forest. The Drift Creek Trail is amazing until you arrive at something even better and bigger that will take your breath away: a...
Lincoln City, OR541-750-7000