Central Oregon Coast Shopping

Located in the historic DeLake School building (built in the 1920s), the Lincoln City Cultural Center has been bringing locals and visitors alike together to enjoy, share and experience visual and performing arts and culture for more than 25 years. Concerts and community events, the PJ Chessman Gallery, art classes for all ages and skill levels, various yoga classes, a gift shop, facility rentals and the Farmers and Crafters Market are just a few Cultural Center’s many enriching aspects that makes it a mainstay of artistic expression and appreciation in this coastal community.

One of the oldest surf shops on the Oregon Coast, Lincoln City Surf Shop rents out and sells a variety of surfing equipment and vintage surfing memorabilia. The shop prides itself in its vintage, new and used surfboards, stickers and posters as well as its surfing lessons. Located in the Taft District, Lincoln City Surf Shop wants to help you get the best experience surfing, boogie boarding, skim boarding or paddle boarding, and its staff will offer advice about the best surfing spots of the day. Have a surfboard, wetsuit or skateboard you no longer use? You can trade it in at the shop. You can also come learn about the history of surfing at the shop’s Pacific Northwest Surfing Museum with more than 25 surfboards on display, including the board Joel Tudor rode during the Tressels contest in 1993.

Interested in seeing fossils and minerals from around the world? You can find them right in Lincoln City at Prehistoric, a gallery featuring dinosaur fossils, trilobites, ammonites and more. An animatronic dinosaur greets you at the door. You can buy a bag of materials to put into a sluice box and sift through to discover minerals and fossils as if you’re panning for gold. You can also use what they call a “geocracker” to break open geodes and find the crystals inside. Minerals are popular items to get at Prehistoric, whether a shopper wants to add to their collection or just have a mineral they’ve always wanted. Prehistoric offers a range  from $1 minerals to a $200,000 tail from a Camarasaurus. The owner opened Prehistoric in 2015 to bring this educational experience to Lincoln City.  

Whether you like to brave the outdoors or prefer staying cozy at home, the Scout Northwest Trading Co. is a family-owned and operated business that carries products that truly represent the rugged independent spirit of the Pacific Northwest. Shortly after opening, the business outgrew its original space. Now it fills one of the larger shops at the Lincoln City Outlets and offers quality apparel, camping goods, housewares and food and drink that can be enjoyed at home or around a roaring campfire. Scout Northwest represents roughly a few dozen small craftsman and small batch producers of local goods. They're also the only YETI dealer on the coast and carry the largest selections of Leatherman tools and accessories in the state. Visit the shop, try on some of their soft logo sweatshirts and enjoy a hot cup of locally roasted coffee, or stop by their new boutique shop in the Salishan Lodge. Scout Northwest has the goods and services to help you fully live that Oregon life.