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Golf at Bandon Dunes At Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, not only will you discover Golf As It Was Meant To Be but you'll also enjoy a relaxing resort experience and a wealth of activities here and nearby. The Resort features two distinctly different courses, both built on a beautiful stretch of sand dunes perched 100 feet above the Pacific Ocean. Between them, the two courses feature a dozen holes that run along the bluff overlooking 23 miles of sweeping, undisturbed shoreline. Located on the property are two full service restaurants, two lounges, golf shops, hot tub, sauna, exercise room and locker rooms. A 32-acre practice center allows you to hone every shot required at Bandon Dunes and features a one-acre practice putting green and special bunker practice area. Bandon Dunes is 5 minutes from the charming seaside town of
Bandon, just off Highway 101, and just 25 minutes from the North Bend Airport,
served daily by four flights from Portland. Lodging rates and greens fees are
seasonal and subject to change without notice. Festivals and Theatres The area's lively theater community supports two year-round theaters, Little Theatre on the Bay in North Bend, and the On Broadway Thespians. Little Theatre On the Bay is the second longest-running community theatre in the state. Another theater group, the Dolphin Players, also perform at various locations in the area, specializing in Reader's Theater. Since 1978, the Oregon Coast Music Association has sponsored the annual Oregon Coast Music Festival, traditionally held for several weeks in July. Both residents and visitors enjoy the luxury of a nationally acclaimed, first- class music festival in a charming small town setting, and there is still time to explore and enjoy the Southern Oregon coast. Indoor and outdoor concerts feature music ranging from chamber and symphonic to folk, jazz and dance. The Oregon Coast Music Festival Orchestra enjoys an outstanding reputation that extends far beyond Oregon. Members of the orchestra have performed with such eminent ensembles as the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony, the Boston Symphony and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Additional world-class musical performances are held throughout the year, and each spring the Annual South coast Dixieland Clambake Jazz Festival brings residents and visitors together to share food, music and dancing. Another popular festival is the Annual Bay Area Fun Festival held in September. The festival features activities for all ages including a parade, quilt show, duck derby, sock hop, vendor booths, car shows and the popular Prefontaine Memorial Run. The Prefontaine Memorial Run was established in 1979 to honor one of Coos Bay's favorite sons, Steve Prefontaine. The Pre Run is 10,000 meters in length and is held on a challenging course along one of Steve's favorite training routes. The "Pre" is the showpiece of the Bay Area Fun Festival. Museums and Art Galleries The Coos Art Museum is a center of the creative community, offering artists exposure, and patrons enlightenment and education. Collections include contemporary American prints and contemporary Northwest art, in addition to changing and permanent exhibitions. Several galleries display local artists. The Coos Historical Museum in North Bend displays thousands of interesting items and original photographs depicting early life in Coos County. A 1922 logging railroad engine that symbolizes local forest industrial heritage resides outside the museum. The Marshfield Sun Printing Museum is a unique turn-of-the- century newspaper and job printing shop. This five-sided building contains all of the type cases and printing equipment used by The Sun newspaper, a weekly that began publication in 1891. It continued until 1944. At that time, it was the oldest newspaper in Oregon continuously published by one editor. The museum also exhibits photographs of early Marshfield (now Coos Bay) and river transportation.
Coos Bay is the largest coastal harbor between San Francisco Bay and Puget Sound, and is Oregon's second busiest maritime port. The federally authorized and maintained deep-draft navigation channel has been a valuable asset for Bay Area communities and the southwestern Oregon region since the 1850's when timber and coal were first shipped through the harbor. While manufactured forest products and wood fiber moving through the port's marine terminals make it a leading North American forest products shipping center, imports and exports of bulk metallic ores in recent years have helped diversify the cargo base.Total commerce through the harbor in 1994 was more than 3.4 million short tons. Major exports were wood chips, manufactured products, lumber, plywood and linerboard, and logs. Major destinations for these products included Japan, Australia, the Mediterranean, North Africa, China and Korea. The value of all cargoes moved through the harbor was more than $650,000,000. There were 171 deep-draft vessel calls and 167 cargo barge movements across the bar during the year. More then 700 local jobs are directly related to maritime commerce and transportation. The maritime industry in the Port of Coos Bay benefits from a unique partnership between the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay, the public port authority of Oregon's Bay Area, and the private sector firms which own and operate the cargo terminals and provide marine services. The port authority takes a lead role in coordinating marine operations with the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and a variety of other federal and state agencies. It also serves as a facilitator for annual channel maintenance, and is a local partner for the planned channel-deepening project. The partnership fosters joint promotion and marketing of the Port and the Bay Area's maritime industry, and works with local and regional groups to pursue viable commercial and industrial development. Charleston Marina Complex, near the ocean entrance to Coos Bay, is home for an active commercial fishing fleet, and the site of several large seafood processors. The Coos Bay bar is considered one of the safest on the northwest coast, making it ideal for both commercial and sports fishing nearly year-round. The Port authority owns and operates a 560+ slip commercial and recreational marina, and a small vessel shipyard in the Charleston area and the fishing and seafood processing plants contribute for more than 500 jobs in the local economy. |
