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Oswald West State Park, Seaside, OR

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Sports & Outdoors

Oswald West State Park

Coastal state park with a sheltered beach, forested trails, and headlands on the north Oregon Coast.

Seaside, OR

About Oswald West State Park

Oswald West State Park lies along the north Oregon Coast, several miles of shoreline wrapped in old temperate rainforest. Visitors reach Short Sand Beach by a wooded walk that passes under the highway and crosses a creek. The park also has a long coastal trail segment and hikes to two headlands, Cape Falcon and Neah-kah-nie Mountain. Surfers, hikers, and beachgoers are its main visitors. The park is day use only, so it has no camping.

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