101, drive north for 12.5 miles to the park entrance road (it is well signed, 10 miles south of the town of Yachats). Open year-round.ĭirections: From Florence and U.S. Sites are $21-31 per night, $5 per person per night for hikers/bicyclists, and yurts are $44-54 per night $7 per night per additional vehicle. Reservations, fees: Reservations are not accepted, except for yurts. Follow this trail for a half mile to the highway, then alongside it, up some switchbacks, and down the south side of Heceta Head for 1.25 miles. Exit the beach on the Hobbit Trail at the end of this leg. Firewood and restrooms with flush toilets and showers are available. There is Carl G Washburne Memorial State Park Campground just a half mile into this leg with the ever-present hiker/biker camp available. Picnic tables, fire pits, drinking water, garbage bins, and a dump station are provided. Just three miles south of the park are the Sea Lion Caves, where an elevator takes visitors down into a cavern for an insider’s view of the life of a sea lion.Ĭampsites, facilities: There are 56 sites for tents or RVs up to 45 feet long (full and partial hookups), seven primitive walk-in sites, two yurts, and a hiker/biker camping area. Short hikes lead from the campground to a two-mile-long beach, extensive tidepools along the base of the cliffs, and a three-mile trail to Heceta Head Lighthouse. Sites are spacious, with some abutting China Creek, and elk are frequent visitors. Washburne State ParkĮven though busy Highway 101 lies right next to Washburne State Park, a bank of native plants shields campers from most road noise, so you hear the roar of the ocean instead of traffic. Generally considered an easy route, it takes an average of 24 min to complete. Photo © Timber Tank, licensed Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike.Ĭentral Coast of Oregon Camping in Carl G. If the parking area is full, head to the day-use lot across the highway from the campground, catch the Valley Trail near the campground entrance, and hike to the Hobbit and Heceta Head Trails.
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the Valley Trail) runs 1.7 miles on the east side of the highway through a series of elk meadows to the Washburne campground.
101 parking area, the China Creek Trail (a.k.a. In its 1.75-mile run, the trail gains quite a bit of elevation and passes some outstanding viewpoints.Īlso starting at the same U.S. From the same trailhead, another path takes off uphill to the Heceta Head Lighthouse. This salal-lined trail winds 0.4 miles through dense forest thickets of pine, fir, and rhododendrons to the secluded three-mile-long beach. About a mile south of the park entrance, find the parking area for the Hobbit Trail on the east side of the highway. Washburne State Park, 14 miles north of Florence on U.S. You’ll find incredibly scenic hiking in the area around Carl G.
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