The largest sand dune trail on the Oregon Coast, a unique outdoor experience, is a wildly scenic hike that ends at a crowd-free beach on the ocean.

Home to the Oregon coast’s infamous exploding whale incident, Florence has a lot more going for it than its most notorious ...

Olivia Young is a writer, fact checker, and green living expert passionate about tiny living, climate advocacy, and all things nature. She holds a degree in Journalism from Ohio University. The Oregon ...

Where can you backpack in August when all else fails? You still want breathtaking scenery and solitude, but what if parts of Oregon are on fire, it’s 100 degrees in the Willamette Valley, and you ...

Most people driving Highway 101 through Oregon’s central coast slow down, glance at the ocean, and keep going. Yachats is ...

Backpackers who have aspired to hike from the Willamette Valley to the Oregon coast finally have a dedicated trail to do it. The Corvallis-to-the-Sea Trail has been little more than a pipe dream for ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Three sections of the north coast trail system in Tillamook County will remain closed for at least the next two years, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department said Tuesday. The ...

In this edition of the Explore Oregon Podcast, Zach interviews Bonnie Henderson, an expert on backpacking and thru-hiking the Oregon Coast Trail. Henderson, author of the book "Hiking the Oregon Coast ...

A suggested three-day itinerary covers the central and southern coast, from Newport to Brookings. The guide highlights scenic stops like Yaquina Head, Cape Perpetua and the Samuel H. Boardman corridor ...

The Oregon Coast Trail stretches along the state’s entire 362-mile coastline from Washington to California. There are some gaps along the way — disconnected sections of trail that pose safety concerns ...

House Bill 2191 and Senate Bill 679 would appropriate $1 million from Oregon’s general fund to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department for continued development of the Oregon Coast Trail. The ...