Distance from The Coho: 10.9 miles
Have you ever experienced an embarrassing moment in front of your friends and neighbors? The kind of embarrassing moment that they just won’t let you forget? Well, it could be worse: the site of your embarrassing moment could forever bare your name! To my surprise, that’s exactly the case for one of my favorite Oregon Coast Parks. Apparently, Fogarty Creek State Park, is named after John J. Fogarty, who was an Oregon Pioneer as well as a County Commissioner in the early 1900’s. So, why was this beautiful little park named after him? Because he fell in the creek. Story goes, he was scouting either the site of a new bridge, or, for a place to build a cabin, when he got a bit too close to the slippery bank and went for an “unscheduled swim”! He was dressed to the nines when this fall took place, and his friends and neighbors who witnessed the fall, found his blunder to be such a comical event that they started calling the area Fogarty Creek.
Located between Lincoln Beach and Depoe Bay, today, Fogarty Creek is a State Park. There are restroom facilities, picnic benches, fields, and even a covered gazebo-like-structure in case of rain. The real gem though is the beach. From the parking lot, follow either of the trails along the banks of the creek, under the Hwy, to the Edge of the Pacific.
Directions from The Coho
-Take NW 17th Ave East to Hwy 101
-Turn Right, to head South on 101
-Head South for 10.5 miles, just past the Depoe Bay-kery, turn Left to access Fogarty Creek State Park
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