Coos County offers more than 30 parks, wide-open beaches, nestled swimming holes, boat ramps, campgrounds and picnic areas for use year-round.  There are additional facilities managed by the state park system, US Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to create a wide array of outdoor recreational opportunities. 

Outdoor adventures include fishing, clamming, crabbing, boating, hiking, swimming. Visit a historic light house, historic bridge or take-in the intrinsic fowl and water wild life. Tidal flats and beaches near the Coos Bay estuary support local sea fare, mussels and the popular bay clams.  

LaVerne County Park Located along the North Fork of the Coquille River 15 miles east of Coquille.  Here you will find a park for group camping and day use and another for family camping, RV hookups and day use, sandy beach and swimming hole.  Run the river rapids, fish, play softball, pitch horseshoes or just relax.

Powers County Park Located about 20 miles southeast of Myrtle Point, you’ll find remnants of an early sawmill, a 40-acre recreational lake and stocked pond for year-round fishing.  Activities for the family including, children’s play area, horseshoe pits, tennis, basketball, volleyball and the restored pioneer-era cabin located in the town of Powers.

Cherry Creek and Frona County Parks Situated along historic Coos Bay Wagon Road you’ll experience a bounty of myrtles and big leaf maple, Cherry Creek and the East Fork of the Coquille River, classic playground and picnic areas.

Bastendorff Beach County Park I’m told it just doesn’t get much better than Bastendorff Beach.  About 15 miles west of Coos Bay, you’ll find campsites on the bluff above the beach,  picnic tables, large fire pit, basketball court, magnificent children’s playground and horseshoe pits. Bastendorff Beach offers a 2-mile flat expanse of sand, the jetty of the Coos Bay Harbor and botanical garden.

Golden and Silver Falls State Natural Area
A hidden gem in the dense coastal forests of southwest Oregon, Golden and Silver Falls State Natural Area may be hard to find, but it's well worth the 24-mile drive from Highway 101. The small parking and picnic area are located along the banks of Glenn and Silver Creeks. Hiking trails wind through scenic canyons to each of the waterfalls that plunge over sheer rock cliffs to moss covered boulders 100 feet below.

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