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Gleneden Beach State Recreation Site, Lincoln City, OR

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Gleneden Beach State Recreation Site

A coastal state recreation site with a soft sand beach, sandstone bluffs, and seals often visible in the surf.

Lincoln City, OR

About Gleneden Beach State Recreation Site

This Oregon coast site sits a short distance south of Lincoln City. A brief paved path leads from the parking and picnic area through shore pine woods down to a sandy beach edged by orange sandstone cliffs. Surfers in wetsuits often ride waves here in the morning. Walking north along the sand, visitors see the dark green headland of Cascade Head. Sea lions gather near the tip of the Salishan Spit, a four-mile sandbar, and visitors are asked to leave them undisturbed. The site also offers picnicking and fishing, and its land was bought from several private owners in 1966 and 1967.

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