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Hobbit Trail is a small adventure on the central Oregon coast
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The Hobbit Trail is a short hiking trail through a forest on the central Oregon coast that leads to Hobbit Beach, a sandy beach on the north side of Heceta Head. Jamie Hale/The Oregonian
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It’s no journey to Middle-earth, but one hike on the central Oregon coast does feel a bit like a trip through a fantasy world.
The Hobbit Trail is a small adventure that leads through a dense forest to a secluded beach and a viewpoint above a historic lighthouse, all situated around beautiful Heceta Head north of Florence.
Camping Returns to S. Oregon Coast s Cape Blanco State Park
Published 02/24/21 at 5:26 AM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Port Orford, Oregon) – Oregon officials have announced camping is returning to one favorite spot on the southern Oregon coast: Cape Blanco State Park. The campground will reopen on March 2 after being closed last March because of COVID-19 restrictions and the subsequent revenue losses to Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD).
(Photo above courtesy OPRD)
Starting at 6 a.m. on March 1, visitors can reserve campsites up to one year in advance for March 2 and thereafter.
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Storm damage shuts down Oregon state park sites at coast, Columbia Gorge OregonLive.com 1/13/2021 Jamie Hale, oregonlive.com
More than a dozen Oregon state park sites are closed Wednesday, following an intense rainstorm that triggered flooding, landslides and massive waves across western Oregon.
Parks on the Oregon coast and in the Columbia River Gorge appear to have been hit the hardest, according to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, though the extent of the damage is not yet clear.
“Damage reports are trickling in, a challenge since power and phones are out in the very areas where we have the most to report,” state parks spokesmen Chris Havel said Wednesday. “We expected downed trees, flooding, and tidal debris to be the main problems, and this applies to all parks in the wide path of the storm from the coast through the Willamette Valley and Gorge all the way to the northeast corner.”