Oregon Coast what is your must see???

Don't miss Kelley's Crabs in Brighton -- one of the best meals I ever had in my life. Not fancy -- you eat outside on a picnic table. Bring a sweater and an appetite. Make sure they recommend one of the local beers.

Take your time and stop at as many of the pull outs that you can.
Do a sandrail tour in Flourence and eat at the Spice restaurant in old Flourence.
I'm not a big fan of Mo's.
If you have a national park pass you pay half price for the national forest sites.
Both the state parks and the forest sites are great. I prefer the ones that are off the highway a way.
Have a beer a Bill's in Canon beach and at the Pelican on the coast hwy that runs past Sand lake to Tilimook.

Face it folks...ANYWHERE on the Oregon coast is an adventure :) :) :)

stevenal wrote:
I agree with most of the above, although some suggestions are very far north of your target. The "Newport" Aquarium you want is properly called the Oregon Coast Aquarium. The Cape Perpetua aria south of Yachats is my favorite part of the coast. Lots of trails begin at the visitor center located next to a forest service campground. Make sure you drive or hike to the lookout on top of the Cape. See where I live?

+1 on cape perpetua and that section of the coast. State Campgrounds are best... Beachside campground is north of yachats, Beverly Beach north of Newport and Beachside campground just south of newport.

There is an RV park at the Newport Marina - and they have a dry camp/boondock area that is ~$20 per night. Within stumbling distance from the rogue ale brewery. Easy walking distance to Oregon Coast Aquarium.

jeff

Camper_Jeff_&_Kelli wrote:
Fort Stevens and Astoria should get a couple days. Tillamook Air Museum if still there...

J&K

I stopped at what is left of the tillamook air museum - not worth the visit any longer. More than half the building is now used for RV storage. They have less than 10 planes on display - and one is the fighter on static display at the entrance...

I knew it might be shutting down and was hoping to see it one more time - missed it...

jeff

Nehalem bay is a very nice place to camp and visit. Tillamook cheese factory was a major let down for us when we went last year.

Got to stop at Newport. Go to Bay Front. Eat chowder at Mo's. Visit the aquarium, Riplys Believe It Or not. Fly a kite. Buy a crab off the crab boat.

I agree with most of the above, although some suggestions are very far north of your target. The "Newport" Aquarium you want is properly called the Oregon Coast Aquarium. The Cape Perpetua aria south of Yachats is my favorite part of the coast. Lots of trails begin at the visitor center located next to a forest service campground. Make sure you drive or hike to the lookout on top of the Cape. See where I live?

We did a three week trip up and down the coast a few years ago. FWIW: We loved an hour at the Tillamook Cheese Factory whilst passing by and the ice cream and cheese we bought was a real treat. Cute little towns nice to sit and people watch for an hour here and there. One there had a wee young pup playing with a crab his owner hauled in on the dockboards that wrapped right around the quaint town (?Florence?). Mail boat ride up the Rogue River and the Sand Dune Buggy were the highlights of that part of the coast for us.

As a heads up, and I guess it depends but we felt that the Sealion Cave was for us the worst waste of our monies on that trip. State Parks if you can get in them on the coast we loved.

You'll have a blast no doubt :)

HA! Funny, I'm there right now as we speak, just out side of Tillamook at a place called Sand Lakes. It has a BIG campground, as well as a first-come-first-serve camping area. It is an ATV/ORV park, not a great place if you want peace and quite.

But a great place if you want to ride your toys... See pic in sig!