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Location
Gold Beach is the county seat for Curry County
and is located on the Southern Oregon coast at
the mouth of the Rogue River, just 37 miles
north of the Oregon/California border. Gold
Beach is on the South side of the Rogue River
while Wedderburn is on the North side, with both
towns commonly referred to as Gold Beach. Jot's
Resort is located on the North bank of the Rogue
River bay in Wedderburn. Find out more
about visiting
Gold Beach
and about the
business
community.
Weather
Gold Beach is within Oregon's "banana belt", a
narrow stretch of latitude that experiences
unusually mild weather all year long. The summer
and winter mean temperatures differ by only
about 10 degrees F. June through August
temperatures average 58.3 degrees F while
December through February temperatures average
47.7 degrees F. Average rainfall is about 80",
most of which occurs in the winter. Summer
months are mostly dry.
History
Gold Beach gets it's name from the fact that
gold was discovered along the black sands of the
beaches near the mouth of the Rogue River in the
early 1850's. The settlement of miners shortly
became known as Ellensburg. The name was changed
to Gold Beach in 1890, but the stretch of
highway 101 that runs through Gold Beach is
still named Ellensburg Avenue. Commercial
fishing became a major industry in the 1850's.
In the 1890's, sail and pole powered boats began
taking mail to the small towns upriver.
Eventually, these boats were motorized and began
taking passengers. Now, these boats carry close
to 60,000 tourists annually, and they still
deliver the mail.
The Isaac Lee Patterson Bridge
 The
Isaac Lee Patterson bridge was built in 1931
with it's completion in January of 1932. It
spans 1939 feet across the Rogue River. At that
time, it was the most advanced concrete bridge
in America and is now designated by the American
Society of Civil Engineers as a National
Historical Engineering Landmark.
Miscellaneous Facts
Gold Beach Population 2069
Curry County Population 21,300
Telephone Area Code 541
Telephone Prefix 247
Radio Station KGBR 92.7 FM
Newspaper Curry County Reporter (weekly)
Cable TV Charter Communication - 30+ channels |
