Yachats, Oregon Yachats, Oregon Yachats (/ j h ts/ yah-hahts) is a small coastal town/city in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States.
In 2007, Budget Travel periodical titled Yachats one of the "Ten Coolest Small Towns of the U.S.A.", and Yachats was chosen among the top 10 U.S.
Up-and-coming vacation destinations by Virtualtourist. In 2011, Arthur Frommer, founder of Frommer's Travel Guides, listed Yachats number seven among his ten favorite vacation destinations in the world.
Archeological studies have shown that the Yachats region has been inhabited for at least 1,500 years.
Remains of a pit-house in Yachats have been radiocarbon dated at approximately 570 AD. Yachats is assembled on seashell middens and various graves left by its past inhabitants.
Archeological and linguistic evidence support the existence of a southern Alsea village known as the Yahuch band, positioned on the coast at the Yachats River.
Army forcibly marched the Coos and Lower Umpqua Indians 80 miles (130 km) north over rugged terrain to the Alsea Sub-Agency reservation in Yachats where the peaceful Indians, treated by the Army as though they were prisoners of war, were incarcerated. Amanda's Trail, titled for a blind Indian woman who suffered greatly on the march, was dedicated on July 19, 2009. The trail climbs 800 feet (240 m) from downtown Yachats to the summit of Cape Perpetua where it links with the extensive trail fitness of the Siuslaw National Forest.
In Yachats the hunter-gatherer tribes were forced to learn to make a living by agriculture.
Twelve years after the Alsea Sub-Agency had opened, the Indians were allowed to establish a trail and precarious agricultural plots up the Yachats River Valley, where they were able to expanded potatoes, oats, wheat, and corn.
Homesteaders used the Indian farms and trails to precarious the Yachats area.
In 1892 the first postal service was established in Yachats (called Oceanview until it was retitled Yachats in 1917).
Until Yachats could be reached by a macadam road, rains made it impossible for the mail to be carried by car.
Even with the early problem of reaching Yachats, the tourist trade began in 1905 with the conversion of a chittum bark warehouse into the first hotel.
Yachats was part of the war accomplishment in both World Wars I and II.
Army Signal Corps undertook logging at Camp 1, an region about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Yachats.
In Yachats, foxholes and gun emplacements were installed along the ocean drive.
The Little Log Church is a historical exhibition displaying many artifacts relating to Yachats's past.
Sir Robert Perks, who owned most of Yachats at the time, provided the property, the logs were donated as well, and the work was contributed by small-town citizens.
Yachats from Cape Perpetua The principal industries of Lincoln County are lumber, fishing, tourism and recreation, and food products manufacturing. Tourism is Yachats's chief industry. As of 2002, two of the top employers in Yachats were the Adobe Resort (still open) and the Landmark Restaurant & Lounge (now closed). Yachats is the southernmost town/city in Lincoln County.
Route 101, 26 miles (42 km) north of Florence, 8 miles (13 km) south of Waldport, and 26 miles (42 km) south of Newport.
The town/city straddles the Yachats River and estuary.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 0.92 square miles (2.38 km2), of which, 0.91 square miles (2.36 km2) is territory and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) is water. Yachats The climate of Yachats is mostly mild throughout the year because of the moderating effects of the ocean currents.
The Yachats la de da Parade is held each July 4 at noon. It features anyone in town who wants to participate.
Some of the regular entries include the Yachats Umbrella Drill Team, a belly dancing troupe, and a Yachats Fire Department truck accompanied by Dalmatian miniature goats.
The Yachats Music Festival brings 20 to 30 of the world's primary classical musicians for four concerts throughout a weekend in July. The Yachats event is the summer festival for Four Seasons Arts, an organization that presents annual recitals at Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center.
This music festival has graced Yachats annually since 1981.
Each October, Yachats is the site of the Yachats Village Mushroom Festival. Some of the world's dominant experts in mycology furnish exhibits, give talks, and guide forest walks.
Restaurants in Yachats participate in a Fungi Feast with wild mushroom cuisine.
During the first weekend of November, the town/city hosts the Yachats Celtic Music Festival, with performances at a several venues, including the auditorium of the Yachats Commons. Many of the world's finest Celtic musicians perform there, traveling from Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and various regions of the U.S.
The visitor center also sponsors a Tidepool Discovery Days program each summer and provides guided tidepool walks. The Heceta Head Lighthouse, positioned 13 miles (21 km) south of Yachats, holds a Victorian Christmas Open House each December.
North Fork Yachats Covered Bridge Today it is owned and managed by the City of Yachats and homes a large compilation of small-town historical artifacts. It is also a prominent venue for weddings, memorials, concerts, and fine arts exhibits.
The North Fork of the Yachats Bridge is a veiled bridge in the Yachats River Valley, about 9 miles (14 km) east of Yachats. It was completed, at a cost of $1,500, in 1938 and was the last bridge of veteran bridge builder Otis Hamer.
Yachats 804 Trail in 1892.
At one time, the Yachats 804 Trail was part of the primary "thoroughfare" running between Yachats and Alsea Bay in Waldport, 8 miles (13 km) to the north. For many centuries it was used by Native Americans traveling between the bay and the Yachats River (but only amid low tide). Later it was called County Road 804 when it was used for carriage and buggy traffic from the late 19th century until U.S.
Highway 101 was assembled in the 1930s. Today the historic trail is a footpath that provides views of crashing surf, tidal pools, and native vegetation. Part of the Oregon Coast Trail system, it is maintained by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. It extends 0.75 miles (1.21 km) north from a enhance parking region in Smelt Sands State Recreation Area. The sanctuary of the Yachats Community Presbyterian Church is lighted by six windows featuring gold-hued panes made of agates collected from the small-town beaches.
One of Us Productions' presentation of Last of the Red Hot Lovers at the Yachats Commons in 2009 The Yachats Commons was assembled in the 1930s and used as a school until 1983.
It now homes the town/city government offices and hosts a wide range of affairs, including monthly no-charge movie evenings, play readings and drum circles (open to the public), seniors' luncheons, and concerts of the Yachats Big Band (with ballroom dancing).
From May through October the Commons is the site of the outside Yachats Farmers Market.
The Yachats Academy of Arts & Sciences sponsored "Stitching Stories," a county-wide quilt festival held in the Yachats Commons in 2011.
The Yachats Academy of Arts & Sciences sponsors various educational and entertainment affairs, most of which are held at the Commons.
The Yachats International Film Festival is devoted to the recording and showing of such films as Ghoul from the Tidal Pool. A feature-length, tongue-in-cheek version of the 1950s horror movie genre, this film was made by an all-amateur manufacturing team of writers, actors, and crew.
The Yachats Public Library hosts a perpetual exhibition of paintings, drawings, and photographs by the Yachats Arts Guild.
Also, the library homes the Yachats Seed Bank, a repository of vegetable seeds offered no-charge to gardeners.
Library cards are no-charge and visitors can check out books while they vacation in Yachats.
A gray whale swims close-by shores of Yachats The Yachats region is home to a rich range of plant and animal life.
The Siuslaw National Forest borders Yachats on the east and consists of over 630,000 acres (2,500 km2) (about 5/8 the region of the state of Rhode Island) extending from Coos Bay in the south to Tillamook in the north. The forest has various hiking trails, including those through the virgin stands of Sitka spruce, hemlock, and Douglas fir in the Cummins Creek and Rock Creek Wilderness areas a several miles south of Yachats.
Another network of hiking trails north of Yachats leads to summits such as those of Cannibal Mountain and Burnt Timber Mountain.
The Siuslaw National Forest features Cape Perpetua, positioned about 2 miles (3 km) south of Yachats.
Yachats Ocean Road State Natural Site is positioned on the south side of the mouth of the Yachats River.
Yachats State Recreation Area is a day use only park positioned on the north side of the mouth of the Yachats River.
It includes a viewing deck jutting out from the headlands 0.25 miles (0.40 km) west of downtown Yachats.
Smelt Sands State Recreation Site is a beach positioned on the northern edge of Yachats.
The beach can be reached by walking the historic 804 Trail, 0.75 miles (1.21 km) one way, from the parking region to the south end of the park.
Boardwalk over wetlands in the Yachats Community Park Yachats Community Park is a restored marshland in the city's center.
Gerdemann Botanical Preserve is a 3.5-acre (1.4 ha) native woodland on the northern edge of Yachats and the edge of the Siuslaw National Forest. The garden contains and preserves the botanical compilation of horticulturalists James and Janice Gerdemann.
Yachats has a mayor-council town/city government consisting of a mayor and four councilors. The positions are non-partisan and unpaid; the mayor serves a two-year term and the councilors serve four-year terms. The town/city has four commissions: The Planning Commission, The Public Works and Streets Commission, The Library Commission, and The Parks and Commons Commission. Yachats is served by the Lincoln County School District. Kindergarten through eighth undertaking students attend Crestview Heights School in Waldport, and ninth through twelfth undertaking students attend Waldport High School. The closest universities are Oregon Coast Community College in Newport (with a branch in Waldport) and Lane Community College in Florence. Published monthly, The Yachats Gazette provides hardcopy and online improve news, including interviews and features about small-town people, businesses and attractions. Two other publications cover the Yachats area: the South Lincoln County News and the Newport News-Times. No radio or tv stations are positioned in the Yachats area.
Yachats is on U.S.
Yachats has no rail service, but small-town bus transit is provided by Lincoln County Transit. The City of Yachats provides water and sewage services. Drinking water comes from Salmon and Reedy creeks. Electricity is provided by Central Lincoln Public Utility District and telephone service by Pioneer Telephone Cooperative. Solid waste disposal and cable are provided by private businesses. Yachats Rural Fire District has two stations. Law enforcement is provided by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department and the Oregon State Police. City of Yachats.
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