Charleston Marine Life Center

Charleston Marine Life Center is a museum in Coos, Oregon which is located on Boat Basin Road. Charleston Marine Life Center is situated nearby to the government building Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife - Charleston Field Office, as well as near Rippey Library.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include ANT Coos Bay and Arago Light.

ANT Coos Bay

Military installation

The United States Coast Guard Aids To Navigation Team, ANT Coos Bay was established in 1976 and is located near the mouth of Coos Bay in the fishing and tourist community of Charleston, Oregon, southwest of the city of Coos Bay. ANT Coos Bay is situated 1,200 feet east of Charleston Marine Life Center.

Arago Light

Lighthouse

The Cape Arago Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in Charleston, Oregon. It is located 2.6 miles north of Cape Arago. Arago Light is situated 2½ miles west of Charleston Marine Life Center.

Sunset Bay State Park

Nature reserve

Photo: Finetooth, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sunset Bay State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon. Administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, it is about 0.4 miles south of Cape Arago Lighthouse and 2.5 miles outside the town of Charleston on Coos Bay. Sunset Bay State Park is situated 2½ miles southwest of Charleston Marine Life Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charleston and Libby.

Charleston

Hamlet

Photo: Werewombat, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Charleston is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. Charleston is the least populated community in Oregon's Bay Area. Home to a large commercial fishing fleet, it is adjacent to the ocean entrance to Coos Bay.

Libby

Hamlet

Libby, previously known as Easport, is an unincorporated community on Coalbank Slough in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It was named for a Native American woman. Libby is situated 5 miles east of Charleston Marine Life Center.

Coos Bay

Photo: icetsarina, CC0.

Coos Bay is a city in Coos County, Oregon, United States, located where the Coos River enters the Coos Bay estuary on the Pacific Ocean. The city borders the adjacent municipality of North Bend; the two cities together form a contiguous urban core often referred to as Coos Bay–North Bend or "Oregon's Bay Area".

Charleston Marine Life Center

Type: Museum
Address: 63466 Boat Basin Road, Charleston, OR 97420
Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Coos, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.34545° or 43° 20′ 44″ north

Longitude

-124.32836° or 124° 19′ 42″ west

Operator

University of Oregon

Open location code

84MQ8MWC+5M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 871578944

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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