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Arcadia Beach State Recreation Site, Seaside, OR

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Sports & Outdoors

Arcadia Beach State Recreation Site

A shaded day-use beach park on the Oregon coast, set just off the highway a short distance from the ocean sand.

Seaside, OR

About Arcadia Beach State Recreation Site

Arcadia Beach State Recreation Site sits in a shady grove beside the highway, a short walk from a sandy ocean beach. Visitors can stop for lunch or spend a day on the sand, with tidepool areas to the north and south. The beach runs more than a mile between two headlands, Humbug Point to the north and Hug Point to the south, and both headlands can only be passed at low tide. Nearby sandstone bluffs show tilted and twisted rock layers from past uplift. Drones are not allowed, to protect nesting shorebirds.

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