The Little Nestucca River is a river, approximately 20 mi (32 km) long, on the Pacific coast of northwest Oregon in the United States. It drains an area of the Central Oregon Coast Range west of the Willamette Valley.
It rises in the Van Duzer State Forest in northwestern Polk County, in the mountains west of Salem. It flows generally northwest, through Siuslaw National Forest and enters Nestucca Bay on the Pacific near Pacific City. The Little Nestucca River crosses under the U.S. Highway 101 just three miles south of Pacific City and is paralleled for much of its length by County Road 130.
It enters Nestucca Bay at the south end independently of the Nestucca River which enters from the north end. They flow approximately parallel, and at their nearest, are about two miles (3 km) apart.
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