Brookings

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="040c8c00erkjxk.jpg"> <div> If the weatherman would have drawn the state line Brookings would have been included in California.</div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Small Town Oregon</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>  |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Small Town Oregon"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id95.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bandon"><U>Bandon</U></A>   |   <B>Brookings</B>   |   <A HREF="id108.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Coquille"><U>Coquille</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id140.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gold Beach"><U>Gold Beach</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id162.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lakeside"><U>Lakeside</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id188.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Myrtle Point"><U>Myrtle Point</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id198.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Port Orford"><U>Port Orford</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id199.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Powers"><U>Powers</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id203.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reedsport"><U>Reedsport</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id276.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gardiner"><U>Gardiner</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id278.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Winchester"><U>Winchester</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id279.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Winchester Bay"><U>Winchester Bay</U></A></div> <div> Brookings</div> <div>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Bookman Old Style" >    Brookings is the most southerly settlement on the Oregon coast.  The climate here is markedly warmer than the rest of the Oregon coast and the fishing is just a good.  If the weatherman would have drawn the state line Brookings would have been included in California.  A dense rain forest covers the mountains and pampas grass grows wild.  The area is famous for it Easter lily production fields which spread along Hiway 99 all the way into California much like the cranberry bogs spread along the hiway near Bandon. </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Brookings&state=OR#a/maps/m::7:42.155621:-124.240317:0:::::/e" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Brooki"><U>Area Map</U></A>      <A HREF="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Brookings&state=OR#a/maps/m::11:42.060159:-124.276233:0:::::/e" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Brooki"><U>Street Map</U></A>    <A HREF="http://www.mapquest.com/mq/1-LLedm1QdYRiT" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mapquest.com/mq/1-LLedm1QdYRi"><U> </U></A><A HREF="http://www.mapquest.com/mq/1-LLedm1QdYRiT" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mapquest.com/mq/1-LLedm1QdYRi"><U>Aerial Photo</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="13f6cd10.jpg" border=0 width="620" height="465" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This little lighthouse overlooks the Brookings harbor.  During the tourist season a variety of shops and restaurants </div> <div> are open along with all the boating facilities and activities. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1416cd10.jpg" border=0 width="620" height="465" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The whole southern Oregon coast is dotted with myrtle wood factories which make souvenirs from the unusual</div> <div> <A HREF="id188.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Myrtle Point"><U>Myrtle wood</U></A> tree.  If you are trying to identify a myrtle wood just rub a leaf then smell your hand.  If the smell</div> <div> is pungent and strong you have a myrtlewood. </div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=150 BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> .</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>