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We are located (click for Google Satellite Map!) about an hour north of the California border. The above photo was taken from our guestroom from which you can view the beach and a small cove below. Humbug Mountain is off in the distance to your right. Within a two block walk are restaurants, the beach, and the town's harbor.
Our bed & breakfast is a contemporary 2 story home we have designed and built ourselves over a 25 year period. We have direct beach access and are perched on a bit of a peninsula looking southeasterly over miles of unspoiled Oregon Coast. Regarding the ODOT RoadCam photo, we are the second building in from the left hand side of the RoadCam's field of view. This traffic counting camera and its remote temperature/wind speed weather station is located just outside of town, looking back towards us and the Battle Rock Wayfinder City Park. Note that the outside of the lens is often coated with storm-tossed salt water residue and sea foam !
Port Orford's harbor is where fishermen use 5 story high cranes to launch their boats into the ocean. The Port Orford area (42 44 45 N, 124 29 46 W) has a lot to offer healthy retired folks who enjoy a rural location with a windy & wet, but temperate climate. Our community has to be about the smallest (population 1000) & friendliest, incorporated commercial fishing village on the coast. There is no ocean sports charter fishing available, but with the Sixes, Elk, Rogue & Chetco Rivers close by, bank fishing for Salmon and Steelhead can be excellent. For drift boat fishing, check with Baker's Guide Service. To learn about Oregon's wildlife related resources, visit the Oregon Fish & Wildlife Department's website.
The hobby and sport of flying Radio Controlled (R/C) Model Airplanes is becoming more popular year-round at Cape Blanco State Park. To view the Cape Blanco's current wind data, visit iwindsurf.com's Cape Blanco webpage.
We are in an excellent Storm Watching Location and Theresia Hewitt's Wind & Weather Updates Storm Watching Page featuring her own local photos, accurate weather reporting and an archive of the month's Current Wind & Rain Reports. After the storms pass, the surfing is always great !
For your trip pre-planning, read our Oregon Coast Travel Tips section. For general weather pre-planning, see Port Orford's NOAA's 7-Day forecast. For NOAA's daily perspective on weather/wind and surf and storm watching conditions, check out Coastal Waters Forecast. To see a current and enhanced, colorful picture of our current North Pacific weather, download Oregon Climate Service's North Pacific satellite image. For a closeup look at the Pacific Northwest, download NOAA's excellent Southern Oregon Coast black and white satellite image.
After 40 years in Port Orford, Brenda & I are retiring and are now offering to sell our real estate as a home. Last Summer we purchased a 2BR condo in Vancouver, Washington and have been gradually moving into it ever since.
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