Skipanon River
The Skipanon River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 7 miles long, on the Pacific coast of northwest Oregon in the United States. It is the last tributary of the Columbia on the Oregon side, draining an area of coastal bottom land bordered by sand dunes and entering the river from the south at its mouth west of Astoria.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: River
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Skeppernawin Creek”, “Skeppernawin River”, “Skipanarwin Creek”, “Skipanon Creek”, and “Skippenon Creek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lewis and Clark National Historical Park and Warrenton High School.
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park is a collection of state and U.S. federal lands near the mouth of the Columbia River, where the Lewis and Clark Expedition overwintered in 1805-06.
Warrenton High School
School
Warrenton High School is a public high school in Warrenton, Oregon, United States. It is home to one of the first on-campus high school fish hatcheries and aquaculture programs in the state of Oregon.
Daniel Knight Warren House
Heritage site
Photo: Werewombat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Daniel Knight Warren House is a house located in Warrenton, Oregon, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Daniel Knight Warren was an Oregon pioneer born in Bath, New York on March 12, 1836.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Warrenton and Jeffers Garden.
Warrenton
Warrenton is a small town located in the Northwestern corner of Oregon. It is the second to last town on the Northern Oregon Coast. There is one last town on the coast of Oregon called Hammond, however locals in the area view them as the same town.Jeffers Garden
Hamlet
Jeffers Garden is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Its population was 368 as of the 2010 census.
Miles Crossing
Locality
Miles Crossing is an unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States.
Skipanon River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Clatsop, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.14766° or 46° 8′ 52″ northLongitude
-123.92478° or 123° 55′ 29″ westOpen location code
84RR43XG+33OpenStreetMap ID
way 32825581OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=river
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Satellite Map
Discover Skipanon River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Skipanon River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Skipanon”
- Catalan: “Skipanon”
- Cebuano: “Skipanon River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سكيبانون”
- German: “Skipanon River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Skipanon”
- Venetian: “Skipanon”
- Welsh: “Afon Skipanon”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Alder Creek Village and Glenwood.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Calvary Assembly of God and The Quilt Shop.
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