Neahkahnie Mountain

We attempted to drive up to the Neahkahnie Mountain North trailhead this morning, but that section of Hwy 101 was closed over the weekend for a bridge repair. After finding a long route to take us to Hwy 101 south of the town of Manzanita, we drove up 101 as far as we were allowed and walked up the side of the road about 0.3 miles to the trailhead. Our overall hike was 4.8 miles with 1,200 ft of gain.  The first part of the trail had some nice views of the Pacific Ocean. view towards the south

view towards the north

from a bit higher up the trail looking north

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Soon the trail entered the coastal forest and we continued up.

There were some tall trees,

lots of moss,

and some lichen hanging from tree branches.

View looking southeast along the coast shortly before the spur trail up to the viewpoint

The spur trail up to the viewpoint was steep, full of roots, and then rocky.

View from the viewpoint up on Neahkahnie Mountain

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benchmark at the viewpoint

some of the wildflowers, berries and lots of fungi seen along the trail today:

 

  

  

  

 

  

 

 

Devil's Cauldron

 A very short hike off of Highway 101 on the north Oregon Coast, part of Oswald West State Park.

 0.1 mile leads to an overlook of Devil's Cauldron

Cape Falcon and Short Sand Beach

 We hiked along Cape Falcon and down to Short Sand Beach at Oswald West State Park. We hiked about 8.25 miles with 850 ft of overall elevation gain. This hike follows the contours of Cape Falcon and is mostly in the forest.

 The trail goes north of Short Sand Beach

 View to the south through the trees

 A short side trail leads out to a point on Cape Falcon, the bushes along this trail are very high

















Wide angle shot from the overlook

 We returned to the main trail and hiked further north and came to another overlook:

As we continued further north on the trail, it became muddier.

 We continued until we reached a point where we could see the coastline to the north of Cape Falcon.

 There were some large fungi in the forest

Wide angle shot of Short Sand Beach, there are several trails to this beach.