Overleaf Lodge & Spa

20% Off Lodging

winkster — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:32:18 +0000

SAVE on lodging while you donate to a great cause! Bring a can of food for each night of your stay and receive 20% off your room rate. This offer is good Sunday – Thursday, Now – May 23rd, 2013. Not valid March 22 – 30, 2013 and discount is not valid with other offers. Please print the coupon below and present it at check-in. All food will be donated to the local Lincoln County Food Share.

Cape Perpetua

Alpine — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:51:48 +0000

Just three miles south of Yachats, Cape Perpetua is the highest point on the Oregon Coast. A trail leads to a viewpoint and stone shelter at the very top of the cape and provides a 180-degree ocean view of unsurpassed beauty.

At the Visitor’s center you will enjoy exhibits, movies and whale watching from their spectacular observation area. The Center is open daily from Memorial Day until October and weekends during the winter. Ten wonderful hiking trails reach out from the Center, some going to the ocean and others inland through the rain forest. Visit the website for more information and maps and descriptions of each trail. Don’t miss walking the trails to tidepools, spouting horns, Cook’s Chasm, Devil’s Churn, the Giant Spruce Tree or the viewpoint at the top of the cape.

541-547-3289

http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/siuslaw/recreation/recarea/?recid=42279

http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev7_006986.pdf

For one couple’s amazing photos and visit to Cape Perpetua visit their website: http://www.kevinandamanda.com/whatsnew/travel/the-waves-at-cape-perpetua.html

Cape Perpetua Visitors Center
2400 Highway 101
Yachats, Oregon 97498

Oregon Coast Aquarium

winkster — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:43:41 +0000

This 2 1/2 acre facility has indoor and outdoor exhibits featuring fish, sea otters, seals, sea lions, crabs, sharks, jelly fish, and many shore and marine birds. To help you avoid long lines, the Overleaf Lodge sells tickets at our front desk to this attraction. Located in Newport on the South end of the Yaquina Bay Bridge.

541-867-3474

http://aquarium.org/

Oregon Coast Aquarium
2820 SE Ferry Slip Rd
Newport, Oregon 97365

Sea Lion Caves

winkster — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:00:39 +0000

The caves are a huge sea grotto and the only mainland home for wild sea lions in North America. Located at the base of a 325 foot headland, you descend, via an elevator, 200 feet to view, hear, and smell hundreds of sea lions. This attraction is open every day of the year except Christmas. Sea Lion Cave is located about 14 miles south of Yachats.

541-547-3111

http://sealioncaves.com

Sea Lion Caves
91560 Hwy. 101 N.
Florence, Oregon 97439

Hatfield Marine Science Visitor Center

winkster — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:16:25 +0000

The Center provides a close-up look at Oregon marine life and regional plant and animal inhabitants. The children will enjoy the octopus, touch tide pool, and skeleton of a Minke whale. For information regarding their hours and admission visit their website.

541-867-0226

http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/visitor

Hatfield Marine Science Center
2030 S.E. Marine Science Drive
Newport, Oregon, 97365-5229

Beachcombing

Alpine — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:06:11 +0000

A stroll on any beach near the Overleaf Lodge is likely to bring home agates, jaspers, driftwood, shells, and maybe a glass float riding the current from Japan. The most successful hunter is one who haunts the beaches on the outrunning tides from December through March.

A good spot for Agate hunting is Strawberry Hill which is about 3-4 miles south of Yachats.

For more information on agate hunting visit: http://oregonagates.blogspot.com/

Fishing / Clamming / Crabbing

Alpine — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:55:19 +0000

The central Oregon coast offers just about every kind of fish and fishing. You can fish off the rocks or at the docks, on your feet or in a boat, from the sea, the bay, a river, or a lake. All fishing, including crabbing and clamming, requires a license. For more information on regulations go to the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife website.

Crabbing

Dungeness crab are caught at the Alsea Bay just 7 miles north of the Overleaf Lodge. Recreational crabbing is open year round, with some of the best hauls caught during the winter months! Classes in crabbing and clamming are held during the summer. For more information regarding crabbing at the Alsea Bay visit the Port of Alsea website:

http://www.portofalsea.com/home.cfm?dir_cat=82711

Clamming

Digging clams is a year round sport at Alsea Bay, but the best digging is in spring at minus tides of 2 feet or better. For more information regarding clamming at Alsea Bay visit the ODFW website:

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/mrp/shellfish/maps/Alsea.asp

Fishing

Sandy beaches near Yachats offer good surf fishing. The most common catch is perch and striped bass. Surf fishing goes on all year.

Chinook salmon are taken from the Alsea Bay and River from August through September and Coho enter the bay in numbers from the middle of September to early November. Sea-run, Cutthroat trout are caught from July to November. Eckman Slough, the Yachats River and the lakes of Florence are also excellent places to fish. There are many places to rent boats, equipment and to purchase supplies.

Chartered fishing boats leave Newport year round. On a 5-hour trip, you will fish for ling cod, red snapper, sea bass, cabezon, rock cod, sea trout, china rock, and more. Gear is furnished. Halibut and salmon seasons usually begin in early May.

Sandland Adventures

Alpine — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:55:03 +0000

Sandland Adventures invites you to join them for a day of fun at the Oregon Dunes.

View an impressive natural wonder of endless shifting sand, unique tree islands, various wildlife and the spectacular Siuslaw River. Choose an exhilarating dune ride on Sand Rails or a relaxing tour on Giant Dune Buggies.

Professional drivers will show you a great time while you travel across miles of dunes. Our one hour dunes tours also include traveling down Pacific Ocean beaches. Large or small groups can be accommodated on either tour.

After your dune ride, have fun bumping and splashing on our Bumper Boats, race on the Grand Prix style Go-Kart track, play the Miniature Golf Course or take a ride on the Cloverline Railroad.

Located less than 1 mile south of Florence on the central Oregon Coast. Look for the sign on the West side of Hwy 101.

541-997-8087

http://www.sandland.com/

Sandland Adventures
85366 Hwy 101 So
Florence, Oregon 97439

C & M Stables

Alpine — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:50:34 +0000

Rent horses at C & M Stables 23 miles south of the Overleaf Lodge.

The stables offer beach rides, dune trail rides, sunset rides, coast range rides and corral rides. Rides range from 1 hour to a full day. All level of riders welcome – even corral rides for the little ones.

Open year round 7 days a week. Ride times change depending on when it gets dark. Call ahead for reservations.

541-997-7540

www.oregonhorsebackriding.com

C&M Stables
90241 Highway 101 North
Florence, Oregon 97439

Heceta Head Lighthouse

Alpine — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:14:29 +0000

The lighthouse is located approximately 14 miles South of Yachats at Devil’s Elbow State Park, which is a popular beach and picnic area. Heceta Head Lighthouse is purported to be one of the most photographed lighthouses in America, and one understands why when taking in the view of the Lighthouse from the headland just South of the Heceta Head. A trail leads to the Heceta Head Lighthouse and the Queen Anne style keeper’s house. Rocks offshore and headlands provide numerous seabird-nesting sites. For birders this is a great place for viewing, so bring binoculars. The views from the lighthouse are outstanding.

For information regarding fees, tours, and hours of operation call 541-547-3416 or see their website below.

http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_124.php

Heceta Head Lighthouse
92072 Hwy. 101 South
Yachats, Oregon 97498