| | The area of Brookings, Oregon, is called Oregon's Banana Belt because of the year-long temperate climate; temperatures of 70 degrees are common in July or January. Brookings is also famous for growing nearly 90% of America's Easter lilies, and an early summer drive between Brookings-Harbor and Crescent City takes you through breathtaking views of fields of blooming lilies.Located approximately 6 miles north of the California border on Hwy. 101, Brookings-Harbor is the only spot in the continental U.S. that was bombed by a foreign power (Japan) in World War II. The bombsite is marked by a monument accessed from the Bombsite Trail, located about 10 miles inland from Brookings on South Bank Road.Brookings offers easy access to Loeb State Park, about 8 miles up the north bank of the Chetco River. This park has 320 acres of myrtle wood (found only in Oregon and the Middle East), Chetco River access, and fishing and camping areas. Riverview Nature Trail, which winds through a mixed myrtlewood forest, connects Loeb State Park with Redwood Nature Trail. Loeb State Park is home to Oregon's largest stand of coastal redwoods with trees up to 350 feet tall and 25 feet in diameter.Four miles north of Brookings-Harbor, Samuel H. Boardman State Park encompasses 11 miles of Oregon's most spectacular and scenic coastline. Take the seven-mile Oregon Coast Trail to view one of the world's finest coastline stretches. There are many viewpoints along the trail, including House Rock Viewpoint and Whalehead Viewpoint. Boardman Park is also known as being a great tidepooling area during low tide, where visitors can scramble out among the rocks and see starfish, sea urchins, crabs, sea anemones and other ocean creatures.Brookings is also home to the Pelican Bay Lighthouse and provides easy access to whale watching activities. |  | | | |
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