Tillamook River

The Tillamook River is a stream, about 17 miles (27 km) long, near the coast of northwest Oregon in the United States. It drains an oceanside valley in the foothills of the Northern Oregon Coast Range west of Portland and empties into the Pacific Ocean via Tillamook Bay.[3] It is one of five rivers—the Tillamook, the Trask, the Wilson, the Kilchis, and the Miami—that flow into the bay.[4]

Tillamook River
Lower Tillamook River at Oregon Route 131 bridge
Location of the mouth of the Tillamook River in Oregon
Location
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Tillamook County
Physical characteristics
Source	Northern Oregon Coast Range
• location	low coastal hills southwest of Tillamook
• coordinates	45°21′50″N 123°54′58″W[1]
• elevation	744 ft (227 m)[2]
Mouth	Tillamook Bay
• location	Oregon
• coordinates	45°29′15″N 123°54′06″W[1]
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)[1]
Length	17 mi (27 km)[3]
Basin size	61 sq mi (160 km2)[3]

Rising in southern Tillamook County about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Cape Lookout, it flows initially east, then generally north, through a long broadening farming valley, passing west of Tillamook and entering the south end of Tillamook Bay. For its lower 1 mile (1.6 km), it shares a channel with the Trask River.[3][5]

Although much of the upper watershed of about 61 square miles (160 km²) is forested, much of the lower valley consists of drained pasture land.[3] Home of the Tillamook County Creamery Association, the county has been called "a natural cow pasture" by Sunset Magazine".[6]