Strome Park is a public park in
Lincoln County, Oregon
Lincoln County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, its population was 50,395. The county seat is Newport. The county is named for Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States.
Lincoln County ...
,
United States
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. It is located about ten miles north of
Siletz
The Siletz (pronounced SIGH-lets) were the southernmost of several divisions of the Tillamook people speaking a distinct dialect; the other dialect-divisions were: ''Salmon River'' on the river of that name, ''Nestucca'' on Little and Nestucca Ri ...
.
Some maps show it as Mowrey Landing.
Description
The park has an area of about 2.6 acres and the
Siletz River
The Siletz River flows about to the Pacific Ocean through coastal mountains in the U.S. state of Oregon. Formed by the confluence of its north and south forks near Valsetz in Polk County, it winds through the Central Oregon Coast Range. The ri ...
runs through the park.
The facilities have been improved recently, paid for by the Department of Fish and Wildlife in Lincoln County and the State Marine Board.
Amenities
The park has the following amenities on a day use only basis, free of charge:
*25 parking spaces for vehicles
*boat ramp into the Siletz River
*restrooms
*picnic tables and large grass area for games
*fishing (
chinook and
steelhead
Steelhead, or occasionally steelhead trout, is the common name of the anadromous form of the coastal rainbow trout or redband trout (O. m. gairdneri). Steelhead are native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific basin in Northeast Asia and N ...
)
The river current is moderately strong, so care is needed when launching a boat from here.
When returning to land at the Strome Park ramp it is advisable to watch carefully for the ramp, as it is easy to miss.
References
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[{{cite web, url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Strome+County+Park/@44.8139617,-123.9717339,217m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x54ea865bfa31a247:0xe5b6394220c873d9!8m2!3d44.8139814!4d-123.9716158?hl=en, title=Strome County Park – Google Maps, website=google.co.uk, accessdate=2017-10-18]
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[{{cite web, url=http://lat-long.com/Latitude-Longitude-1153446-Oregon-Strome_County_Park.html, title=Strome County Park, Oregon - Map and Latitude Longitude GPS Coordinates, publisher=Lat-Long.com, accessdate=2012-09-02]
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[{{cite web, url=http://www.co.lincoln.or.us/lcparks/strome.html, title=Strome Park, work=Lincoln County Parks, publisher=Lincoln County Oregon, accessdate=2012-02-05]
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[{{cite web, url=http://www.ohwy.com/or/s/stromela.htm, title=Strome Landing Park, publisher=Online Highways Travel Guide: USA, accessdate=2012-02-05]
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[{{cite book, author=Philip N. Jones, title=Canoe and Kayak Routes of Northwest Oregon: Including Southwest Washington, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ge_xBfP51moC&pg=PA221, accessdate=2012-02-05, date=30 April 2007, publisher=The Mountaineers Books, isbn=978-1-59485-032-5, pages=221–]
Parks in Lincoln County, Oregon