Otter Point State Recreation Site is a
state park
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in the
U.S. state
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of
Oregon
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, administered by the
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
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. The part is located near the cities of
Brookings, Oregon
Brookings is a city in Curry County, Oregon, United States. It was named after John E. Brookings, president of the Brookings Lumber and Box Company, which founded the city in 1908. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,744.
History
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and
Gold Beach, Oregon
Gold Beach (Tolowa: yan-shu’-chit, yan-shuu-chit’-dvn) is a city in and the county seat of Curry County, Oregon, United States, on the Oregon Coast. The population was 2,241 at the 2020 census.
History
The community was originally named Elle ...
.
Otter Point State Recreation Site is on land acknowledged as the ancestral land of the Tolowa Dee-ni’, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla nations.
See also
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List of Oregon state parks
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Barley Beach
Barley Beach is the official GNIS name given to an undeveloped sandy beach on the Oregon Coast immediately north of Gold Beach in Curry County, United States
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Bailey Beach
Barley Beach is the official GNIS name given to an undeveloped sandy beach on the Oregon Coast immediately north of Gold Beach in Curry County, United States. It is more than in length with the south end at the Rogue River and the north end at ...
References
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State parks of Oregon
Parks in Curry County, Oregon
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