The Heads
The Heads is a rocky cape on the Pacific Ocean coast of southwestern Oregon in the United States. It is located in northern Curry County, just outside the town of Port Orford, along a mountainous stretch of coast bounded to the east by the Coastal Range.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Orford and Sixes.
Port Orford
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Port Orford is a city in Curry County on the southern coast of Oregon, United States. The population was 1,146 at the 2020 census. The city takes its name from George Vancouver's original name for nearby Cape Blanco, which he named for George, Earl of Orford…
Sixes
Hamlet
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Sixes is an unincorporated community in Curry County, Oregon, United States. It is along U.S. Route 101 and the Sixes River, east of Cape Blanco and the Cape Blanco Lighthouse.
The Heads
- Type: Cape
- Description: rocky cape on the US Pacific Ocean coast
- Category: landform
- Location: Curry, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.73912° or 42° 44′ 21″ northLongitude
-124.51146° or 124° 30′ 41″ westElevation
295 feet (90 metres)Open location code
84JQPFQQ+JCOpenStreetMap ID
node 8770502996OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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