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It’s cheap. It’s fast. And it takes you to some of the Oregon Coast’s most beautiful places. Plus, if you fall down, a tumble into the sand doesn’t hurt too badly.
The Oregon Dunes are a unique area of windswept sand. They are the largest expanse of coastal sand dunes in North America and one of the largest expanses of temperate coastal sand dunes in the world, [2] with some dunes reaching 500 feet (150 m) above sea level. They are the product of millions of years of erosion by wind and rain on the Oregon ...
Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park, also known simply as Honeyman State Park, is in Lane County of the U.S. state of Oregon. It lies 3 miles (5 km) south of Florence along Highway 101, the coastal highway. The 27,212-acre (11,012 ha) Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area adjoins the park to the west.
Southward view from Ecola State Park, Northern Oregon Coast Map of the Oregon Coast. The Oregon Coast is a coastal region of the U.S. state of Oregon.It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to its west and the Oregon Coast Range to the east, and stretches approximately 362 miles (583 km) from the California state border in the south to the Columbia River in the north.
Sandrail at Dumont Dunes CA 2011. A sandrail, also called a sand rail, rail, or sand car, is a lightweight off-road motor vehicle specifically built for traveling in sandy terrain. Synonymously referred to as dune buggies, a sandrail is a type of speciality vehicle. [1] They are popularly operated on actual sand dunes. Sandrails can be driven ...
The Clatsop Plains are an area of wetlands and sand dunes between the Northern Oregon Coast Range and Pacific Ocean in northwestern Oregon in the United States.They stretch from near the mouth of the Columbia River south to the vicinity of Tillamook Head near Seaside.
Sand dunes at Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. The Siuslaw National Forest encompasses more than 630,000 acres (2,500 km 2) along the central Oregon Coast between Coos Bay and Tillamook, and in some places extends east from the ocean, beyond the crest of the Oregon Coast Range, almost reaching the Willamette Valley.
A Sitka spruce tree logged near Newport in 1918. Red alder and sword fern in the Central Coast Range. A black-tailed deer.. The Oregon Coast Range is home to over 50 mammals, 100 species of birds, and nearly 30 reptiles or amphibians that spent a significant portion of their life cycle in the mountains.