Boiler Bay, Oregon Coast

2. Boiler Bay Sign

A miraculous and rugged, basalt-rimmed bay, Boiler Bay is a great place to watch wild surf action on the rocky spurs. This splendid panoramic viewpoint presents a good opportunity to see migrating and resident gray whales. Take your binoculars -- this is one of the best sites in Oregon to see ocean-going birds (like shearwaters, jaegers, albatrosses, grebes, pelicans, loons, oystercatchers and murrelets). In 1910, an explosion sank the J. Marhoffer, and you can see the ship's boiler at low tide. A short, rough trail takes you to some of Oregon's richest tide pools.

Sign at Boiler Bay Reads:

The steam schooner "J. Marhoffer" exploded and burned near here in 1910. One life was lost. The boiler drifted here and is still visible at very low tide. Before construction of Highway 101, steamboats such as the "J. Marhoffer" transported freight and passengers along the Oregon Coast. Old-timers called this place "Briggs Landing" after a pioneer family.

Placed by the Lincoln County Historical Society