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10 Essential Stops on the Southern Oregon Coast

We ended our Oregon Coast Highway 101 vanlife road trip on a high note on the southern border of Oregon. With rugged cliffs, natural arches offshore at Samuel Boardman Scenic Cooridor, 19th-century lighthouses at Cape Arago, and strange formal flower gardens that once belonged to a lumber baron at Shore Acres State Park, there are lots of great spots to discover in the southwestern corner of the state.

Free Camping, Oregon, State Parks, Travel, VanlifeKaylee ThornleyJanuary 28, 2019Beaches, Cape Meares, Flowers, Food, Forest Service Land, Free Camping, Frugal Travel, Geology, Heceta Head, Highway 101, Hiking, History, International Rose Test Garden, Lighthouses, Main Streets, National Forests, Ocean, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Photography, Public Land, Road Trip, Roses, Running, Sea Stacks, State Parks, Tide Pools, Trail Running, Trails, Travel, Trees, Vanlife, Wildlife, Yaquina Head, Coos Bay, Shore Acres State Park, Simpson Reef, Cape Arago, Charleston, Cape Blanco, Port Orford, Ophir Beach, Gold Beach, Samuel Boardman State Park, Wildfires, Shipwrecks, Arch Rock, Arches, Secret Beach, Thunder Cove, Natural Bridges, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, Elk River, Brookings, Siskiyou National Forest Comments