| Little Nestucca River | |
|---|---|
  Location of the mouth of the Little Nestucca River in Oregon | |
| Etymology | Indian word for a part of the Nestucca River or a point on its banks[2] |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Polk and Tillamook |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Central Oregon Coast Range |
| • location | near H. B. Van Duzer Forest State Scenic Corridor, Polk County, Oregon |
| • coordinates | 45°02′19″N 123°43′05″W / 45.03861°N 123.71806°W[1] |
| • elevation | 839 ft (256 m)[3] |
| Mouth | Nestucca Bay |
• location | near Pacific City, Tillamook County, Oregon |
• coordinates | 45°10′05″N 123°56′40″W / 45.16806°N 123.94444°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[1] |
| Length | 20 mi (32 km) |
The Little Nestucca River is a river, approximately 20 miles (32 km) long, on the Pacific coast of northwest Oregon in the United States. It drains an area of the Central Oregon Coast Range west of the Willamette Valley.
It rises in the Van Duzer State Forest in northwestern Polk County, in the mountains west of Salem. It flows generally northwest, through the Siuslaw National Forest and enters Nestucca Bay on the Pacific near Pacific City. The Little Nestucca River crosses under the U.S. Route 101 just three miles south of Pacific City and is paralleled for much of its length by County Road 130.
It enters Nestucca Bay at the south end, independently of the Nestucca River which enters from the north end. They flow approximately parallel, and at their nearest, are about two and a half miles apart.
- ^ a b c "Little Nestucca River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved August 17, 2009.
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003). Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 582–83, 698–99. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
- ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.