Bandon Islands

Coquille Point

  • Easy (to Coquille Point)
  • 3.3-mile loop
  • 100 feet elevation gain


  • Moderate (to Face Rock Wayside)
  • 4.8-mile loop
  • 100 feet elevation gain


  • Difficult (to Devils Kitchen)
  • 8.6-mile loop
  • 150 feet elevation gain

Bandon's harbor

This hike begins in …

The jetty was built in 1906 to stem a rash of shipwrecks on the Coquille River bar. When the Oliver Olson rammed the jetty so hard in 1953 that the ship couldn’t be pulled free, the South Jetty was extended by building right over the ship’s hull. Now sailors complain the uneven lengths of the river’s two jetties make the bar more treacherous than ever. From the jetty, …


This chapter taken from the book 100 Hikes/Travel Guide: Oregon Coast & Coast Range.

Face Rock