Lying along the Yaquina River east of Newport, it is on Elk City Road off U.S. Route 20 at Toledo.

[3] The Corvallis and Yaquina Wagon Road Company established Elk City in 1866 by building a warehouse with a store and by laying out a town.

[6] Efforts to restore a covered bridge over the Yaquina River at Elk City fell short in 1981.

[7] The original bridge, built by the county in 1922, was a 100-foot (30 m) Howe truss span supported by wooden pilings that suffered from rot.

Elk City Park is open all year, but the campground and restrooms are closed from November to March.