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Crissey Field State Recreation Site, Brookings, OR

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Crissey Field State Recreation Site

A 40-acre Oregon coastal recreation site near the California border, with sandy beach, wetlands, and a solar-powered Welcome Center.

Brookings, OR

About Crissey Field State Recreation Site

Crissey Field is a small state recreation site on the southern Oregon coast, sitting between the California border and the Winchuck River. Its roughly 40 acres include a sandy beach, wetland areas, and a modest group of mature trees. The Welcome Center uses solar panels that feed power to a local electric co-op and helps heat water, while the building is designed to stay warm in winter and cool in summer. The land was acquired in 1993 through an exchange with a timber company, and the site opened in December 2008 as the first southern beach access point in Oregon. It is named for a local man who grew lily bulbs here before World War II, and a short airstrip built in 1950 was later abandoned.

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