Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon

Text And Photography By Robert L. Potts

Updated October 18, 2018

Located on the Oregon Coast between Florence and Coos Bay, Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area is a strip of coastal dunes and forest between U.S. Highway 101 and the Pacific Ocean.

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Originally Published December 27, 2011

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