Glasgow Oregon Map

About Glasgow, Oregon

Glasgow is a locality in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is a small community with a population of 785. The population density is 94.1 people per km². Glasgow is located at 43.4377°N, 124.1951°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 97459.

Glasgow emerges from the damp, salt-heavy air where the steady pulse of Coos Bay dictates the rhythm of the shoreline. It lies 2.0 miles north-northeast of North Bend, OR (from North Bend, OR: bearing 19°T), and is situated 4.7 miles north of Coos Bay. Grange Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the terrain, its waters feeding into the wider harbor where the gray tide rises to meet the land. Beyond the immediate reach of the shore, the landscape lifts toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Coast Range, while the quiet depths of Jordan Lake wait just two miles inland. The light here often turns a bruised, pearlescent shade at dusk, catching the dark needles of the surrounding conifers and reflecting off the surface of the bay with a cold, metallic clarity. Nearby, the uneven earth of Ingersoll Gulch marks the transition of the soil, and the singular, jagged form of Lone Rock stands as a sentinel against the persistent wash of the Pacific.

Glasgow retains the quiet, utilitarian character of a place defined by the heavy lifting of the maritime economy and the slow, deep-rooted cycles of the coast. For those seeking a moment of stillness, the proximity of the Conde B. McCullough State Recreation Site offers a pause in the landscape, where the wind pushes steadily against the coastal scrub and the encroaching forest. While the Coos County Forest looms fifteen miles away as a dark, dense horizon of timber, the life of Glasgow remains focused on the water and the small, steady commerce that moves through the channel. There is little fanfare in the daily movement of the tides or the occasional traveler passing toward the distant roar of Pidgeon Falls, yet the locality holds a persistent, somber beauty. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the sea, indifferent to the noise of the interior, favoring instead the salt-stained wood and the damp, shifting fog that defines the character of the Oregon coast.

About This Glasgow Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glasgow, Oregon. Coordinates: 43.437656, -124.195126. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Glasgow includes the ZIP code (97459), telephone area code (503, 971), county seat of Coos County (Coquille), and school district assignment (North Bend School District 13).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.