In and Around Port Orford

A low-tide beach with wave-worn rocks and offshore sea stacks reflected in the wet sand, dog paw prints leading across the shore

Travel

I haven't done a TON of exploring yet but I thought I'd share these pictures I took at Camp Blanco State Park, New River Nature Center, Humbug Mountain State Park, Paradise Point Recreation Site, Tseriadun State Recreation Site, Port Orford Lifeboat Station, and a few others.

There's a great 4-5 mile loop that you can do from the Camp Blanco RV park: Walk south to Iseriadun State Park and Agate Beach (where you can find agate, naturally...) then head north on the beach to Paradise Point Recreation Site, then it's a short jaunt back to the RV park.

Here's Teddy chasing the mole crabs - scientific name: enerita - at the Seven Devils State Recreation Site - and there's millions of the little buggers. (and they're slightly creepy.) lol

Camp Blanco State Park:

A golden sea stack rising from a calm beach with misty coastal mountains reflected in the wet sand

A driftwood-strewn beach leading toward a rocky headland with a lighthouse in the distance

Teddy walking along a beach beneath dramatic storm clouds, with a rocky headland to the left

A paved beach access path leading down to the ocean, framed by dune grass and dark volcanic rocks

An ailing seal resting on the beach near a piece of driftwood, with dune grass and forest in the background

Sadly, this seal is dying. Probably from Leptospirosis which is a bacterial disease and highly contagious. I contacted the park host and they contacted the park rangers. Luckily Teddy had a shot for that in Colorado last year.

New River Nature Center:

Teddy standing on a narrow forest trail through low shrubs and gnarled, lichen-draped trees

A close-up of blooming pink and white rhododendron flowers amid glossy green leaves

A gravel path through a grassy meadow leading to a wooden trail sign among scattered pines

A view across a calm tidal slough toward grassy dunes and the ocean beyond, framed by shore pine

Humbug Mountain Trail:

There's not a big view from the top of this 1,756' mountain but the trail, through old-growth temperate rainforest, is phenomenal.

Teddy walking along a forest trail through ferns, moss, and massive fallen tree trunks in the old-growth rainforest

A view through tall Douglas firs down to a distant blue bay and coastline, framed by a moss-covered rock

Tall conifer treetops silhouetted against a cloudy sky, with a grassy hillside in the foreground

Port Orford Lifeboat Station:

A view through pine branches down to a turquoise cove framed by forested cliffs, with mountains and coastline in the distance

An aerial view of a rocky cove with the remains of an old boat ramp crossing between two sea stacks, turquoise water below and mountains beyond

Paradise Point Recreation Site:

A grassy dune trail overlooking a sandy beach, with a small offshore rock and the ocean stretching to the horizon

Waves crashing onto a dark sandy beach with sea stacks faintly visible on the horizon

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