Oregon Coast- From Medford

Made that trip and ther is a road that goes to the coast a very short part of it drops into CA. It is an OK road. Ther is a cutoff to go N to get to OR. Trucks run that road so a MH shouldn't be a problem.

Hwy 199 out of Grants Pass. Curves and narrow for about 20 miles. Totally doable. Next choice is go north on I-5 to Winston and take Hwy 42.

msturtz wrote:
Made that trip and ther is a road that goes to the coast a very short part of it drops into CA. It is an OK road. Ther is a cutoff to go N to get to OR. Trucks run that road so a MH shouldn't be a problem.

What about that Hyway 42? It cuts over to Bandon from Winston off of I-5

42 is a good road. Nothing tricky about it.

Doable doesn't mean comfortable.
Next to Ocean highways are not for just anybody. And some areas are consider "white knuckles driving"
Use google earth pictures to determinate how the roads look like. Take some practice to figure out elevations, but if zoom up and see lot of road SS's , than you know you will sweat driving there.

I have driven 42 a few times from I-5 to the coast. You should be OK.

If my goal was to get to Coos Bay, and not see much coast or redwoods, I would take 42. We take 199 because of the scenery.

199 from Grants Pass backtracks into CA arriving at Crescent City.

We have routinely traveled Hwy 5 to 138 to 38 to arrive at Reedsport, Or each year.

Check out Winchester Bay just a couple of miles south.

Coos Bay will be about 20 miles south of Reedsport on Hwy 101.

There is no difficult travel on the above route. Of course the non-freeway roads are all two lane rural roads, but a nice Sunday afternoon ride through the country side.

We prefer visiting the Oregon Coast from Coos Bay north on 101.

korbe wrote:
If my goal was to get to Coos Bay, and not see much coast or redwoods, I would take 42. We take 199 because of the scenery.

X2 Both roads should be no problem. Just depends on what your looking for.

I have lived in Oregon my entire life . They are all two lane roads .. No freeways to the coast ! Wide two lane roads , with towns and curves, yes .. But No scary switch backs or anything like that. Speed limit is mostly 55 mph with a few slow corners . I have taken those roads in a 41ft motorhome towing a 25ft car hauler with no white knuckle driving. If your really new at this just take your time and use the pull outs to let faster traffic pass ( Oregon law). Enjoy your trip , fantastic scenery .
101 itself is a wide two lane that is in no way scary like hwy 1 in California. There are many pullouts mostly on the southbound ( ocean) side so touring the coast is best done north to south so you can pull in and out without crossing traffic.