Lincoln City

Lincoln City is a town of 9,800 people (2020) on the Central Oregon Coast. Visitors come for the casino, or to fly a kite. The city is known by some as the "Kite Capital of the World", and hosts two kite festivals each year.

Get in
Lincoln City is approximately 2 hours southwest of Portland. There are two ways to get to Lincoln City from Portland, both of which take approximately the same amount of time:
 * Take I-5 south to Oregon 99W west in Tigard, then follow Oregon 18 west near McMinnville to its intersection with U.S. 101. OR
 * Take I-5 south to Salem Parkway in Salem. In downtown Salem, take Oregon 22 west to Oregon 18 west at Willamina. Follow Oregon 18 to U.S. 101.

Central Lincoln City is about 5 miles south on U.S. 101 from the junction with Oregon 18.

Portland International Airport and Eugene Airport  are the two nearest airports with scheduled service.

Get around
Lincoln City is a fairly small town and very easy to find your way around by car, bicycle, public transportation or by foot or walk the length (north & south) along the beach at low tide. Much of Lincoln City is laid out in a grid, and fairly easy to navigate. The town is divided into quadrants. These quadrants are roughly divided by the 'D' River between north/south and Highway 101 between east/west (Logan Rd divides between east & west north of the 4100 block, north of town).

By bus
Lincoln County Transit (LINC) operates a regularly scheduled bus/shuttle service around town as the Lincoln City Loop and limited service down to Depoe Bay & Newport along US Hwy 101 on one route and to Otis and Rose Lodge along OR-Hwy 18 on another route. Bus routes are not numbered.

See

 * Glass Art
 * Lincoln Pops Orchestra
 * The beach!
 * Animals...bring your binoculars and camera!

Do

 * Search for a glass float and register it with the Visitor Center. They are hidden on the beach (often near public access points) year-round, with extra floats dropped for many holidays and local events. For more on this intriguing project visit the Glass floats page.
 * Visit the beach and relax
 * Ride the waves
 * Beachcomb
 * Whale watch
 * Seal watch
 * Bird watch
 * Golf
 * Antique shop
 * Bike
 * Hike
 * Glass blowing
 * Take a step back in time and catch a flick at the Bijou Theater or take in a movie at a modern movie theatre
 * Hike
 * Glass blowing
 * Take a step back in time and catch a flick at the Bijou Theater or take in a movie at a modern movie theatre

Shopping areas

 * Taft neighborhood
 * Nelscott neighborhood
 * Delake neighborhood

Drink
There are many pubs in Lincoln City:

Go next

 * Take a drive south to Newport and visit Ripley's Believe It Or Not and the Oregon Coast Aquarium.
 * Go climb the stairs in the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse and then go visit the nearby Coast Guard Station and check out their equipment.
 * Go deep sea fishing or whale watching at nearby Depoe Bay.
 * Visit the Tillamook Cheese Factory and sample some cheese curds and watch the cheese making process.
 * Take a trip in time and go see the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville to visit the Spruce Goose, airplane of Howard Hughes.
 * Visit the wine valley and sample some Oregon wines east of Lincoln City.
 * Visit the dunes half an hour north in Pacific City. Ride quads, dirt bikes, or any other all terrain vehicle that you can fix up with some sand tires. Also go to the Pellican Pub with locally brewed beer and great food.