The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area beckons you to its warm and inviting sand dunes.

Experience the Pacific Ocean on one side, a series of lakes on the other with a vast beach right in the middle. The wind-sculpted sand dunes towering to 500 feet above sea level provide numerous recreational opportunities including off-highway vehicle use, hiking, photography, fishing, canoeing, horseback riding and camping. Visitors can enjoy thick “tree islands”, open dunes, marsh-like deflation plains and beaches.

In 1972, Congress designated this 31,500-acre portion of the Siuslaw National Forest as a National Recreation Area in recognition of its unique values. Learn more about the geology of the dunes here.

The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area Visitor Center in Reedsport, Oregon offers interpretive exhibits, maps, brochures, books and gifts. Their friendly and helpful staff that can help you make the most of your visit to the Oregon Dunes.