Reserve early! Reserve cabins two days to nine months Need to cancel your reservation? Follow these guidelines: Park Information: 63400-8087 (2/13) in advance by calling Reservations Northwest (1-800-452-5687) If your reservation is for today or tomorrow, call 541-469-2021. 1-800-551-6949 Alfred A. Loeb or visiting www.oregonstateparks.org. Otherwise, call Reservations Northwest at 1-800-452-5687. www.oregonstateparks.org

From Myrtlewood to Redwood More beach access: McVay Rock, Crissey Field, and haded by a myrtlewood forest, Alfred A. Loeb State Park’s Winchuck State Recreation Sites offer access to beaches S Follow the park’s three-quarter-mile-long Riverview Trail to campground lies along a bend of the scenic Chetco River south of Brookings. A visitor welcome center at Crissey Field the U.S. Forest Service’s Redwood Nature Trail, which offers eight miles inland from Oregon’s southern coastline. has more information about things to see and do in the area. access to the northernmost stand of redwoods on the Pacific CAMPGROUND Coast. A trailhead with parking is located near the park’s Year-Round Camping riverside day-use area. To Gold Beach 48 electrical sites with water • Great Fishing and Wildlife Viewing Pistol River Three reservable rustic log cabins The Chetco River offers some of the finest fall and winter • Pistol River Paved parking, picnic tables, and fire rings at all sites salmon and steelhead fishing on Oregon’s south coast. You State Scenic Viewpoint • can bank fish from the gravel bar or use a drift boat. • Flush toilets and hot showers Samuel H. Boardman Throughout the spring and summer, you may see scampering Pacific State Scenic Corridor River and gravel bar access for fishing Ocean • chipmunks, soaring osprey, or a family of river otters N. Bank Chetco R. Rd. • Firewood for sale (see park hosts) frolicking in the water. Alfred A. Loeb Cape Ferrelo State Park More to See and Do 101 Universal Access Harris Beach State Park: The long sandy beach at this park One campsite (#20) and one cabin (#44) are accessible to is a beachcomber’s delight. Bring the binoculars to watch the campers with disabilities. nesting sea birds and other wildlife on the largest island off Harris Beach State Park the Oregon coast, a formation called alternately “Bird” or Brookings Chetco R. Camping Rates “Goat” Island. McVay Rock State Recreation Site Rates are subject to change. You can get up-to-date Samuel Boardman State Scenic Corridor: This 12-mile- Winchuck information by calling 1-800-551-6949 or visiting long park along U.S. 101 features several wayside State Recreation Site www.oregonstateparks.org. viewpoints, some with picnic tables where you can sit Oregon Crissey Field California State Recreation Site

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rentals, and charter boat service are located at the south jetty C Chetco River he Alfred A. Loeb State Park near the mouth of the Chetco River. tco Riv Watch the River from a Cabin er R Picnic Off US 101, 8 miles NE of Brookings d. The three rustic cabins at Loeb overlook the scenic Chetco River, Jet boat rides: Gold Beach, 30 miles north of Brookings, Area North Bank Chetco River Rd, Brookings, OR 97415 making them a relaxing refuge. They are furnished with lights, offers jet boat rides up the famous Rogue River. 541-469-2021 heat, beds with vinyl-covered mattresses, tables and chairs, and Lily bulbs: The Brookings area produces about 75 percent a lockable wooden door. Pets are not permitted in these cabins. of the Easter lilies grown in the United States. Vast fields Call Reservations Northwest at 1-800-452-5687 or visit bloom in early July. The bulbs are shipped all over the world. www.oregonstateparks.org Latitude: 42.11297 N to get more information or to Longitude: -124.188543 W make a reservation. Campground To Brookings Key A Few Common Plants at Alfred A. Loeb Chetco Evergreen huckleberry shrubs bloom in the spring and produce tiny, Gravel bar access River N40 Electric site and drift boat launching bell-shaped flowers that attract bees. The blue-black, round berries Cabin generally ripen by late August. Many people make pies and jellies from the fruit. Others eat the berries right off the bush. Day-use picnic area 44 Accessible camping Tanoak 43 42 Shower is closely related to a true oak. Its leaves are leathery to the touch and have a brownish fuzz on the undersides. The inner bark Restroom contains tannin, a chemical used in animal hide tanning. Native Americans used the Tanoak acorn as a source of carbohydrates. To Day-use parking Vault toilet make the acorns edible, they would remove the tannic acid in sand 41 Walking trail pits along a secondary stream. This process was also done in woven baskets weighed down Cabin (25) Gravel bar with stones in the river. The acorns were ready to eat when they became soft and slightly Trailhead host 45 (58) Phone parking 38 off-blue in color. They were then used for making flat breads or mush. (19) Information 37 (19) Oregon myrtle trees are usually identified by their smell. You are likely 46 (55) 36 (19) Accessible facility 47 (53) 40 (48) to notice a eucalyptus/camphor-like odor in the air when myrtle trees are near. Trunks of young trees are smooth to the touch, while older Riverview trail 48 (66) 35 (19) Firewood to redwoods 2 39 (50) trees have thick brown bark, often gnarled and covered by an assortment (45) 49 (53) 4 34 (57) Recycling center of moss. Native Americans and early homesteaders used the myrtle’s (50) 6 51 (61) 50 (53) leaves to brew tea for medicinal purposes, including the relief of sinus (50) 8 33 (38) Park office headaches. Loeb State Park is known for its protected myrtlewood grove. (33) 53 (53) 52 (55) Trails 32 (47) Red alders are the first trees to return after flooding disturbs the 1 (39) 31 (36) Horseshoe pit coastal forest. They grow quickly and add nitrogen to the soil through 3 12 (47) 5 29 (37) their roots, which then supports the growth of other trees like spruce (45) Parking (42) 13 and fir. The small flower buds are a food source for birds in the spring, 7 (38) 30 (32) N (52) 9 15 Park 28 (48) Trailhead and the bark is used for smoking fish and jerky. (47) 10 (42) 17 host 24 (51) (48) 11 (39) 20 27 (52) Sword ferns have shiny, leather-like foliage, and often grow up to three (45) 21 North Bank Chetco River Rd. (47) (67) 22 23 feet high. Native Americans used the plant’s fronds as protective cooking (33) (37) 26 (58) 14 wraps, as baking dividers in pit ovens, and on berry drying racks. They were Brookings -(51) 8 mi. 16 25 (62) also used as flooring and bedding materials. (52) 18 (37) 19 Redwood trees are the tallest in the world. Some grow to be more (51) Alfred A. Loeb Extra vehicle than 300 feet high and live up to 2000 years. Located on the parking northern edge of a once-vast growing range, the trees in the Loeb area are much younger than that. Some are mere seedlings; others Please help make camping at Loeb a safe and enjoyable Self-registration are 600-800 years old. These great trees spring from seeds the size of experience by following these and other park rules: area tomato seeds. • Campground quiet hours are between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. • All vehicles must be parked on pavement. Salmonberry shrubs flower in March and April, providing food for • Bicycles are permitted on park roads, but must be ridden with the traffic flow. Riders under age 16 must wear helmets. bees and hummingbirds. Their name comes from the salmon color of the berries and their May-June ripening time, which coincides • Pets must be physically restrained at all times when not confined in a vehicle or tent. Leashes must be no longer than six feet. All waste must be properly removed. (See our “Pets in Parks” brochure for details.) with the arrival of the first spring salmon. The raspberry-sized fruit was an important food source for Native Americans. Check-in after 4 p.m., Check-out by 1 p.m.

All rates & information subject to change without notice. This publication is available in alternative formats upon request. Write to OPRD, 725 Summer St. NE, Suite C, Salem, OR 97301. You may also call 1-800-551-6949 or 1-800-735-2900 (Oregon Relay for the hearing impaired).