VIEWING GUIDE
View our guide on when, where, and how to watch marine animals from shore.
In 2014, the American Cetacean Society Oregon Chapter sponsored a stop on the Orca Tour featuring Erich Hoyt. Yaquinna Head and Don Davis Park in Newport were added to The Whale Trail at that time.
Gray whale, Newport OR
In 2015 we began working with a team led by the Oregon Marine Reserve Partnership, including Oregon State Parks, to add new sites along the Oregon Coast, including Sea Lions Cave.
In 2018, the first Whale Trail sign in Oregon was installed and dedicated at Don Davis Park in Newport.
The Whale Trail
Oregon Timeline
SRKW Listed as Endangered
Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) are listed as endangered by NOAA Fisheries. If current population trend worsens or stays the same, J, K and L pods could go extinct in as few as 100 years.
Orca Tour 2014 Comes to Newport
ACS Oregon sponsors a stop on Orca Tour 2014 featuring Erich Hoyt.
First sites in Oregon
Yaquinna Head and Don Davis Park are added to The Whale Trail during Orca Tour 2014.
Orca Tour 2014
TWT produces lecture tour featuring Erich Hoyt. We travel from Saturna BC to Monterey CA – 9 cities, 4 states, 2 countries in 2 weeks. Co-hosted by SIMRES, ACS Oregon, PTMSC, OCNMS, NMS West Coast Region and the Georgia Strait Alliance. We travel with Mike, a life-size replica of J26!
Partnerships Expand
Joined Oregon Marine Reserves Partnership team including Oregon State Parks to add new sites along Oregon Coast.
First sign on Oregon Coast
At beautiful Don Davis Park, Partners: American Cetacean Society Oregon Chapter, Hallmark Resorts and City of Newport