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Sunset Beach State Recreation Site, Astoria, OR

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Sports & Outdoors

Sunset Beach State Recreation Site

A 120-acre Oregon coastal park giving direct access to the Pacific Ocean, and the western trailhead of the Fort-to-Sea Trail.

Astoria, OR

About Sunset Beach State Recreation Site

Sunset Beach State Recreation Site is a day-use state park on the Clatsop Plains near Astoria. It occupies about 120 acres along the Pacific shoreline, with views north toward Cape Disappointment and south toward Ecola State Park. The park serves as the west end of the Fort-to-Sea Trail, a 6.5-mile route that follows the path Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery took between Fort Clatsop and the ocean. Visitors find a small parking lot, an information station, and an accessible boardwalk leading down to the sand.

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