Depoe Bay Whale Watching Center

Whale Watching Center
Whale Watching Center
	The center overlooks the Pacific Ocean, where over 2,500 whales are seen yearly
Type	public, state
Location	Lincoln County, Oregon, United States
Coordinates	44°48′37″N 124°03′44″W / 44.810142°N 124.06236°W
Area	<2000 sq ft plus outdoor viewing area
Created	November 2004
Operated by	Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Visitors	100,000
Status	open every day during summer (also winter break and spring break); Wednesday through Sunday during autumn, winter, and spring
	Depoe Bay Ocean Wayside
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	OR Coast 9, US101, MO127.61, Depoe Bay, Oregon
Built	1956
Built by	John Helstrom
Architect	Carl Schneider (Oregon Highway Department)
Landscape architect	Harold Spooner
Architectural style	International style
NRHP reference No.	12000082
Added to NRHP	March 17, 2012

The Depoe Bay Whale Watching Center, also known as the Depoe Bay Ocean Wayside, is an Oregon State Parks-staffed visitor center in Depoe Bay, Oregon, U.S. to help visitors observe whale migration and provide information about whales and other marine mammals, including history, economics, and their environmental and ecological influences. The wayside provides a sheltered platform from which to view the ocean. First established as a wayside parking area on the Oregon Coast Highway in 1930, the wayside building was built in 1956 as a restroom facility for the popular spot.^[4] It is located just to the north of the Depoe Bay Bridge, also on the National Register.

^ ^a ^b "Whale Watching On the Oregon Coast". Oregon Coast Visitors Association. December 21, 2006. Archived from the original on April 29, 2007. Retrieved April 12, 2007.
^ "Whale Watching Center". Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. October 23, 2006. Archived from the original on December 15, 2006. Retrieved April 12, 2007.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Tobias, Lori (April 23, 2012). "Depoe Bay Wayside, which just wanted to give people a place to go, now becomes a historic hero". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 27, 2012.

[visit-1] "Whale Watching On the Oregon Coast". Oregon Coast Visitors Association. December 21, 2006. Archived from the original on April 29, 2007. Retrieved April 12, 2007.

[2] "Whale Watching Center". Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. October 23, 2006. Archived from the original on December 15, 2006. Retrieved April 12, 2007.

[nris-3] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[tobias1-4] Tobias, Lori (April 23, 2012). "Depoe Bay Wayside, which just wanted to give people a place to go, now becomes a historic hero". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 27, 2012.

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