Grid Square CN75

8 locations - Wave Lane - The Knoll - Cascade Head - Liberty Inn - Logan Rd RV Park - Roads End State Park - Voyage Avenue - Cape Lookout

Potential VHF rover sites in Oregon grid CN75. Be careful.
The Oregon coast is a series of state parks, overlooks and beaches. Have fun.
CN75 dimensions are 96.9 by 69.2 miles.
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Wave Lane, CN75xa90

Near city of Lincoln City, Lincoln County, OR, Altitude 170
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Last update: 2022-07-12
Comments by: Mark KN7NWP

Wave Lane is a side street in a residential area, just inside CN75.

The Knoll, CN75xa93

Near city of Lincoln City, Lincoln County, OR, Altitude 300
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Last update: 2015-06-09
Comments by: Barry K7BWH

"The Knoll Open Space" offers hiking access to a very promising hilltop. This is higher than almost everything else in the miserable sliver of dry land in CN75. This would be a great spot for portable operation but you'll have to hike everything up to the top.

The Knoll is a hilltop purchased by Lincoln City in December 2014 from a developer in distress. It will eventually be developed into a park with foot trails, but as of June 2015 is gated off to traffic and is overgrown.

Driving directions: The turnoff is opposite the entrance to Roads End State Park.

Restrictions: No parking, so arrange for someone to drop you off with your equipment and then park a half mile down the hill at sea level. Trailhead is among expensive homes with an active neighborhood watch.

Cascade Head, CN75xb93

Near city of Lincoln City, Tillamook County, OR, Altitude 1200
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Last update: 2021-12-19
Comments by: Barry K7BWH

Cascade Head is a hike-in hilltop and viewpoint in CN75.

Photos: AllTrails.com
Managed by: Nature Conservancy

Restrictions: Closed to all hikers and visitors, Dec 2021.

Liberty Inn, CN75xa90

Near city of Lincoln City, Lincoln County, OR, Altitude 100
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Last update: 2014-01-19
Comments by: Barry K7BWH

Liberty Inn at Lincoln City is a nice hotel on the CN75 side of the grid corner. Rooms on the top floor have a nice view of the ocean. Liberty Inn is entirely in CN75; the grid line is at the Inn's south fence.

It's on a hillside with propagation as good as you'll find anywhere in CN75. We had strong signals into the Portland area and contacted the major stations in Seattle from the back corner of their parking lot.

Driving directions: From Hwy 101, turn north on Logan Road. Drive 1/4 mile.

Logan Rd RV Park, CN75xa90

Near city of Lincoln City, Lincoln County, OR, Altitude 100
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Last update: 2021-12-20
Comments by: Barry K7BWH

Logan Road RV Park in Lincoln City is alongside the Liberty Inn Hotel, and on the CN74-75 grid line. Parking spots 13-22 have an eastward drop-off into a small but steep valley.

According to satellite views, Parking spot 13 is on the grid line.

There is an expansive parking lot that's geared toward casino parking but most of it is in CN74 not CN75. This hillside is as good as a horizon as you'll find anywhere in the annoying tiny sliver of CN75.

Driving directions: From Hwy 101, turn north on NE Logan Road in Lincoln City. Drive 1/4 mile.

Roads End State Park, CN75xa81

Near city of Lincoln City, Lincoln County, OR, Altitude 10
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Last update: 2015-06-10
Comments by: Lynn N7CFO

Roads End State Recreation Site is a parking lot on the beach. It has a ridge behind it to the east, so it is not a particularly good location, though it is public. There are restrooms and fresh water and lots of foot traffic.

From this state park on the beach, you have an excellent view of where you want to be, up on The Knoll Open Space. In June 2015, I'm not sure that anyone living there really appreciated me pumping a kilowatt at 50.140 MHz into their expensive homes on the hillside. But enough of it reached Seattle CN87 that I finally completed a few contacts.

Driving directions: Turn west off Highway 101 opposite the McDonalds on NW Logan Loop Road.
- You pass into CN75 just before you get to the Liberty Inn.
- Continue almost one mile down Logan Loop Road.

Restrictions: Day use only. Open 6am to 10pm.

Voyage Avenue, CN75xa90

Near city of Lincoln City, Lincoln County, OR, Altitude 300
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Last update: 2014-01-17
Comments by: Lynn N7CFO

2014-01: The hilltop is fully developed and there's no good place to park. - Barry K7BWH

2001-12: This site is in a subdivision under construction. Houses are going in all of the time, so it is hard to say what you will run into. It is on high ground west of Highway 101, and can only be listed as an "adequate" operating location since there are no "good" ones in this oceanside grid.

Driving directions: This is on the west side of Devil's Lake in Lincoln City.
- Turn west from Highway 101 onto "NE West Devils Lake Blvd"
- Up hill into "Sun Ridge by the Lake"
- Go left on NE 47th St
- Turn right on Voyage Avenue at the top of the hill
- Just before the intersection of Voyage Avenue and NE 49th you go into CN75

Cape Lookout, CN75xi91

Near city of Tillamook, Tillamook County, OR, Altitude 10
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Last update: 2001-12-30
Comments by: Lynn N7CFO

Update de KC7TS: I doubt if any big operations will ever be mounted from here. There is a parking lot (thieves paradise) with quite a few spaces, where you can leave your vehicle to be plundered while hiking out the trail. The trail is (was) in pretty good shape, but I haven't been there in many years. It is a little over 1 mile to get across the line, and you still have lots of trees once you're there.