Lincoln City is my second favorite place on the Oregon Coast (the first being Seaside). It’s not really a city though. It’s a string of 7 (seven) communities, which sit along Hwy 101 like beads in a necklace. “Lincoln City” is a made-up collective name for them all, so none of the member communities would get an unfair advantage of its name being used for the whole area.
As the result of this setup, Lincoln City commands an uninterrupted beach of 7 miles (10 km) in length, which is the most appealing feature in it for me. A walk along the beach from one end to the other literally takes hours. Also, Lincoln City far exceeds any other town on the Oregon Coast in terms of amenities (since we are talking 7 towns at once here). Hotels, restaurants, shops – they are all abundant. If you end up in Lincoln City, you can be sure to find accommodation and a place to eat pretty much any time of the year and any time of the day. Which might not be the case in any other place.
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This is what I am talking about, when I talk about the endless beach of Lincoln City.Obviously, walking along the beach is the primary pastime in Lincoln City. (Otherwise, why are you even here? You sure can′t swim...)Walking, and stopping from time to time, to enjoy the relentless, powerful surf.Since there is no land for 6,500 km out there to obstruct the waves, the surfs do get quite dramatic.But sometimes, it′s calm and peaceful.[Surftides Hotel, my accommodation of choice in Lincoln City. Notice the distance between the balconies and the ocean. And no, they didn′t pay me for posting this.]If you want to make sure that there is really no land for 6,500 km out there, there is a handy device, guarded by a seagull. I guess, he collects the money...It′s not always sunny [in Philadelphia... Pardon the pun, I couldn′t help myself...] in Lincoln City. Sometimes it′s foggy. It’s the Oregon Coast, after all.Here we are at the northern end of the beach, at a headland called Roads End Point. Which is a huge misnomer, since there are no roads to or from here, so nothing ends here. Now turning around and going back.An exquisite geological layering of the bluff.Houses precariously placed on top of the cliff.A pretty picturesque cliff too.Another way of enjoying the Lincoln City beach is to set up camp in the middle of it, with your own tent, and a folding chair, and an ebook reader. Just make sure, the tent is properly fastened to the ground, or it will be blown away, and the ebook reader is an e-paper kind, like a Kindle, so there is no sun glare. (Both pieces of advice are based on personal experiences).And yet another way to enjoy the Lincoln City coast - the beach, and the surf, and the view – is from your hotel room’s balcony. One of the biggest advantages of Lincoln City is a big number of hotels right on the beach, with the ocean coming almost right up to the building during the high tide.With a room like this, you can stay on your balcony all day, enjoying the views ⇨ ⇨ and watching seagulls.And here’s a seagulls collage, as if you haven’t had enough of these flying vermin by now.When you look down from your balcony, there is a chance, someone′s left a nice message for you in the sand. (If you cannot see, it says “smile” above the smiley face). It made my day.Hotels along the shore usually exploit the nautical theme to the fullest.But you don’t have to spend all your time on the beach, or in the hotel, of course. There are things to see in Lincoln City. For example – D River, the world′s shortest, which is just 130 m long.At least, it was once recognized as the world′s shortest river by the Guinness World Records. Not anymore. There is a river in Montana, which is even shorter, apparently.This river gets its name from Devils Lake. (This here is the point where the river starts, flowing out of the lake.) The devil in the name comes from some kind of an aquatic monster, which, according to the indigenous legend, lives in the lake. Back in the day, people were not comfortable pronouncing the word “devil”, be it a mythical creature or not. That’s why a town on the lake’s shore was named Delake, and the river – D River.That damp spot in the sand is the river’s estuary, where it empties into the Pacific Ocean. [I couldn’t help chuckling while writing this].Another point of interest I suggest you visit while in Lincoln City is Siletz Bay. It’s a pretty large bay, where Siletz River flows into the ocean at the southern end of Lincoln City.It has a pier above a beach covered in logs, picturesquely strewn all over the place.The place is called Taft Waterfront Park, and it’s a very pretty spot for a walk during sunset.But this is not why I lured you here, obviously. On the other side of the pier you will find a restaurant, Mo′s Seafood & Chowder (part of a chain ubiquitous on the Oregon Coast). They make mean clam chowder and serve it in a bread loaf. It’s so thick (the chowder, I mean), they provide a steak knife to cut it. And I am only half-joking. As you can see in the picture, the chowder is not exactly overFLOWing. It just hangs there…Once you′re done with the chowder, walk along the shore of the bay, to Siletz Bay Vista Point. It′s a nice spot for pictures.By the time we are back from Siletz Bay, it’s already dark. But before we retire to the hotel, here are a couple of pics of the sunset above the ocean.Press ESC to exit
