Cape Perpetua Scenic Area is one of the crown jewels of the U.S. Forest Service. And it's right here on the Oregon coast. What make it stand out in the federal agency known for big trees and mountains ...

The so-called King tides that dash against Oregon’s coastline every winter may grab all the headlines, but an upcoming series of extremely low tides promise to reveal some magic of their own.

Cape Perpetua Scenic Area, on the Oregon Coast south of Yachats, is more than just a place for exploring. Each winter, the park's visitor center offers a series of speakers that include a special ...

Perhaps the best place to take a hike on the central Oregon coast is at Cape Perpetua Scenic Area two miles south of Yachats, where large blocks of the Siuslaw National Forest extend to the ocean.

Through the several thousand miles of America's Pacific shoreline, the Big Sur region of California is among the most popular and most storied. Lying between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay, Big ...

Some call it the 'rugged edge of the Oregon Coast', where the sun and surf combine to leave you spellbound and breathless. Grant McOmie takes us to Cape Perpetua Scenic Area where in winter – except ...

Amanda Rush of Corvallis showed no fear as she stood firm at the jagged edge of Devil's Churn beneath Cape Perpetua, with a massive wave crashing into the volcanic rock next to her on a recent windy ...

Sparkling waves, starfish-studded rocks, and swaths of pines come to mind for many when they picture Big Sur in California. However, few know about the “Big Sur” of Oregon, which offers similar ...

The first time I visited Cape Perpetua on the Oregon Coast, I’d just graduated from high school and was in a dark, grumbling mood, not prepared for what came next. My mother, freshly divorced from my ...

It sure looks like a mythological god might have slammed his hammer down to create this hole in the sea. It certainly has the appropriate name, "Thor's Well." Located in Florence, Oregon near Cape ...

Tidepooling along Oregon's Cape Perpetua is mesmerizing enough, but looking up from the starfish and sea anemones to see a bald eagle circling overhead is pretty much unforgettable. It's the sort of ...

YACHATS, Ore. — Old-growth forest, ocean views and solitude. Those three elements usually make for a great hike, and that’s certainly the case in the mist-shrouded canyon of Gwynn Creek south of Cape ...