The Sixes River is one of three world-class salmon, cutthroat and steelhead trout fishing rivers in the forests around Port Orford. It rises approximately 30 miles into pristine areas of the Coastal Range of mountains of northern Curry County just south of Sugarloaf Mountain in the Siskiyou National Forest. Generally speaking it flows in a westerly direction through the Grassy Knob Wilderness, by the unincorporated town of Sixes, and drains into the Pacific just north of Cape Blanco.
The upper Middle Fork of the Sixes River and the North Fork of the Elk River are under consideration for wilderness designation as part of the 13,700 acre Copper Salmon Wilderness area to protect one of the nation's largest remaining stands of low-elevation old-growth forest and one of the healthiest salmon, steelhead, and cutthroat trout runs in the continental United States as well as stands of vulnerable Port Orford Cedar and ndangered birds like the marbled murrelet and the northern spotted owl.
Port Orford Cedar
Copper Mountain view from Barklow Mountain.
If you enjoy the roaring surf at the coast, the flowing movements of a river through the canyons, the winds in the trees, or the sounds of silence experienced in the long views over the river valley then you'll enjoy fishing, camping, hiking, and other outdoor activities on the Sixes. Check out our local campgrounds.
Camp Grounds
Sixes BLM Campground 5 miles north of Port Orford, turn east at Sixes River Road, go 13.5 miles to campground. BLM campground:
- 19 sites,
- Vault toilets,
- No drinking water,
- Camping,
- Picnicking,
- Fishing,
- Recreation mining and panning for gold,
- Nature watching, and
- Photography.
Cape Blanco State Park - 10 miles west off U.S. 101 on Cape Blanco Rd just 9 miles north of Port Orford. The park is on the south Oregon coast. Campsites:
- 58 electric (max. RV length 40'),
- Hiker/biker, horse camps,
- Dump station.
- Showers.
- Trails.
- Swimming
- Accessible campsite (1E), and
- Restrooms for people with disabilities.
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