Oregon Coast Highway 101 between Florence and Yachats is a lovely drive along the central Oregon coast. Motorcyclists love the twisty road, Pacific Coast Bike Route cyclists have gotten their stride at this point, visitors are dashing from one attraction to the next, and everyone is looking for views, views, views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While scenery encompassing ocean, lighthouse, sea mammals, water birds, bridges, cliffs, and chasms is plentiful, finding a beach easy to reach for walking along the 13-mile stretch from the Sea Lion Caves to Cape Perpetua Scenic Area is a challenge. A steep path, a broad swath of rocks, cliffs, basalt instead of sand, or some combination of these obstacles are found at most stops in this vicinity. For some this is merely a mild deterrent; for many of us this terrain is unnegotiable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To help you locate a beach in this region that fits your abilities, energy level, or time schedule, I\u2019ve compiled a summary. You\u2019ll see turnoffs for each of these places (listed south to north) along Highway 101. Links are provided for places described in more detail on other pages of 100 Steps<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s possible that none of the beaches in this area is a good choice for you. If that is the case, enjoy the views, and leave your beach stroll for a different section of Oregon coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n N\/AOn a cliff, no beach<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sea lions in cave and surrounding waters<\/p>\n\n\n\n 100 Steps<\/p>\n\n\n\n Flat, but a wide swath of rocks before reaching sand<\/p>\n\n\n\n View of lighthouse and Cape Creek Bridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n 225 Steps<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gradual descent and three stairs reaches miles of rolling sand<\/p>\n\n\n\n No band of rocks to cross<\/p>\n\n\n\n 75 Steps<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wide band of stones and driftwood before reaching sand<\/p>\n\n\n\n Long beach; merges with Carl G. Washburne<\/p>\n\n\n\n 150 Steps<\/p>\n\n\n\n A broad band of rocks rests at the foot of a 25-step stairway<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tall hill at south end can block wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n 200 Steps<\/p>\n\n\n\n Can drive onto the beach when the road is open<\/p>\n\n\n\n View of Tenmile Creek Bridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n N\/ALots of rocks, little sand<\/p>\n\n\n\n Popular for geocaching and mussels<\/p>\n\n\n\n 100 Steps<\/p>\n\n\n\n A gravel path and over 20 stairs reaches craggy rocks<\/p>\n\n\n\n Great for tide pools<\/p>\n\n\n\n 75 Steps<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stairs and a rock bed must be crossed to reach stone-scattered sand<\/p>\n\n\n\n View of Cummins Creek Bridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 mile loop<\/p>\n\n\n\n Steep path with switchbacks leads to basalt rather than sand<\/p>\n\n\n\n Water-carved cleft causes churning sea<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Oregon Coast Highway 101 between Florence and Yachats is a lovely drive along the central Oregon coast. Motorcyclists love the twisty…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisamericandream.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} Milepost 179<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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