A gray mist hangs over the John Dellenback Dunes on a summer afternoon. With sweeping sand dunes, coastal forests and ocean beaches, there’s just nothing quite like a hike in the beautiful Oregon ...

The footprints before me led in circles, wandering everywhere and nowhere through the sand. Unreliable, I thought, regretting that I ever followed them (and the two hikers who made them) in the first ...

Where can you backpack in August when all else fails? You still want breathtaking scenery and solitude, but what if parts of Oregon are on fire, it’s 100 degrees in the Willamette Valley, and you ...

The Oregon coast is known for its wild shoreline, gravity-defying cliffs, and quirky coastal towns. A meandering road trip on Highway 101 is the best way to discover its charms. In fact, five days on ...