Pirate Cove Marine Research Area
Pirate Cove Marine Research Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,052 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Spouting Horn, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Pacific Coast runs past it. 177 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
No take of marine plants, shellfish and other invertebrates below extreme high tide east of a line drawn across mouth of the cove.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
How to reach it
- On the Pacific Coast, National
Overlooks nearby
177 named places within 25 miles
- Depoe Bay City Park: 0.8 mi
- Gleneden Beach State Recreation Site: 4.2 mi
- Strome Park: 4.6 mi
- Kids Park: 7.1 mi
- Josephine Memorial Park: 7.2 mi
- Siletz Hill: 2.3 mi
- Rocky Top: 5.8 mi
- Cannery Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Iron Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Little Euchre Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Mermaid: 7.9 mi
- Joe the Sea Lion: 8.7 mi
- Freenotes Harmony Park: 10.8 mi
- Sparky the Wish Guardian: 11.2 mi
- Surfing Sasquatch: 11.4 mi
- Spouting Horn: 0.4 mi
- Whale Watching Center: 0.6 mi
- The Boiler: 0.9 mi
- Nelscott Reef: 9.8 mi
- Lincoln City Cultural Center: 10.8 mi
- Roy Bower and Jack Chambers Memorial: 0.5 mi
- The Courage to Succeed: 0.6 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 10.5 mi
- The Morgan Family STage: 11.2 mi
- Sparky the Wish Guardian: 11.2 mi
- Beverly Beach: 6.2 mi
- Moolack Beach: 8.2 mi
- Sand Point Beach: 12.3 mi
- South Beach: 17.3 mi
- Neskowin Beach: 19.9 mi
- Whale Research EcoExcursions: 0.7 mi
- North Lincoln County Historical Museum: 8.0 mi
- Pacific Maritime Heritage Center: 12.9 mi
- Education Wing: 13.6 mi
- Toledo Centennial History Center: 15.0 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 5.0 mi
- Cape Horn: 24.2 mi
- Oceanlake Community Garden: 11.4 mi
- Connie Hansen Garden Conservancy: 12.1 mi
- Drift Creek Falls: 13.2 mi
- Yaquina Bay Light: 13.4 mi
- Cascade Head Interpretive Wayside: 14.8 mi
- H. B. Van Duzer Forest Wayside: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pirate Cove Marine Research Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | ENE 74° | 1,051.56 m | 19.9 mi |
| Saddle Bag Mountain | NE 50° | 1,032 m | 18.4 mi |
| Fanno Peak | E 80° | 1,015.898 m | 20.9 mi |
| Riley Peak | ENE 78° | 1,004 m | 22.9 mi |
| Condenser Peak | ENE 65° | 932 m | 24.4 mi |
| Big Tip | E 84° | 863 m | 16.3 mi |
| Green Mountain | E 101° | 860 m | 21.2 mi |
| Rocky Point | NE 51° | 853.4 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:50 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:22 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 15:50 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 53 | 56 | 58 | 59 | 57 | 55 | 50 | 47 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport 3N, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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