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Shore Acres State Park, Coos Bay, OR

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Shore Acres State Park

Coastal state park on craggy cliffs south of Coos Bay, known for a formal garden on a former timber baron estate and winter whale watching.

Coos Bay, OR

About Shore Acres State Park

Shore Acres State Park sits on sandstone bluffs above the Pacific, about 13 miles south of Coos Bay. The land was once the estate of timber and shipping figure Louis J. Simpson. Its formal garden includes a Japanese-style garden with a lily pond and two rose gardens, and something is usually in bloom through most of the year. Trails lead to a secluded cove at Simpson Beach and along the cliff edge, where visitors can watch storm waves and migrating whales. An enclosed observation building stands on the site of the old mansion. Sunset Bay and Cape Arago state parks lie one mile north and one mile south along the same coastline.

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