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Only 100 yards from a nature center and down a sandy trail to the Pacific, I spotted a telltale heart-shaped spout a misty exhalation of a California gray whale on her northern migration rising from the ocean. Sunlight glinting off the animal’s back was a sparkling sign that some of the best whale watching can occur from a surprising place: land.
This visit last February to Dana Point Preserve, about an hour’s drive north of San Diego, was my fourth stop along the Whale Trail, a collection of coastal sites stretching 1,500 miles from Southern California to British Columbia. These separate and distinct paths and viewpoints are ideal vantages for learning about whales, dolphins and other marine mammals, some that linger tantalizingly close to shore.
Tokatee Klootchman State Wayside on Central Oregon Coast: Unobtainable Beauty
Published 02/04/21 at 5:26 AM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Florence, Oregon) – Along that winding, somewhat mysterious stretch of highway north of Florence, where the central Oregon coast is still unobtainable, plunging cliffs and not the vast dunes of Florence, one little site provides access to the otherwise unreachable.
It’s not great or comfortable access. Tokatee Klootchman State Wayside boasts a small but nastily steep path that can get you down to a chunk of shoreline that’s shut off from humans in any other way. Thus, it’s truly a hidden stretch of beach. That often-muddy, slippery path isn’t advisable for everyone, unless you’ve got excellent shoes and a sense of adventure. But for those who make it down, there’s some incredible treasures here in the way of basalt slabs and indescribable shapes, all in a compact cove that has some wacky history.
Inching Down the Central Oregon Coast from High Cliffs to Soft Sands
Published 01/07/21 at 12:26 AM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Depoe Bay, Oregon) – Oregon’s coastline is largely defined by three different sections: south coast (the bottom half), the central coast (the middle quarter) and the north coast (the upper quarter). In that central area – mostly Lincoln County and parts of Lane County – it’s an incredibly layered and varied stretch, usually known as the most popular section of the Oregon coast.
(Above: Newport s Moolack Beach)
Taking a quick tour down this gorgeous and intricate area, you can get lost in the natural beauty and then minutes later duck into an upscale eatery or scrumptious seafood dive.
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