Elkton, Oregon Weather
Elkton, Oregon — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Elkton, Douglas County.
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About Elkton, Oregon
Elkton rests in a shallow bowl of rolling hills, where the South Umpqua River carves a persistent, silvery line through the landscape. It lies 37.4 miles south-west of Eugene, OR (from Eugene, OR: bearing 220°T), and is situated 12.6 miles west of Drain. The air here carries a damp, earthy scent, a perpetual promise of the abundant Douglas fir and western hemlock that climb the slopes, their dark green shoulders softened by the perpetual mist that often clings to the higher elevations. As the sun descends, it paints the western sky in bruised purples and fading oranges, the light catching the dust motes dancing in the quiet air above the modest main street, lending a brief, golden luminescence to the weathered facades of the older buildings. The river, a constant presence, murmurs its ancient song, a low, resonant hum that underpins the stillness of this place. This valley has long been a place of passage and settlement, its early history tied to the logging industry that once roared through the surrounding forests, its economy now finding a more measured rhythm in agriculture and the quiet tourism drawn by the river and its surrounding natural beauty. Remnants of that industrial past can still be glimpsed in the stoic, functional architecture of some of the older structures, a quiet testament to the generations who hewed a living from the abundant timber. Elkton itself, though small, holds a certain resilience, a quiet pride in its enduring connection to the land and the water that flows through its heart.
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| Location | Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 43.637617°N, 123.568152°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 97436 |
| Area Code | 503, 971 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elkton, Oregon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elkton, Oregon, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Elkton includes coordinates 43.637617°N, 123.568152°W, situated in Douglas County. ZIP code 97436. Telephone area code: 503, 971. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
