Gold Beach

Historical marker location:

29821 Ellensburg Avenue, Gold Beach, Oregon

( Marker is on Ellensburg Avenue (U.S. 101) north of Gauntlett Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Oregon is home to the largest living organism in the world, the Armillaria ostoyae fungus. The fungus covers over 2,200 acres of forest and is estimated to be over 2,400 years old.