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Beach between South Jetty and Coquille Head
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
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 is an excerpt from 100 Hikes : Oregon Coast
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