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Sunset at Cape Kiwanda, Oregon

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Sunset at Cape Kiwanda, Oregon

One of the most iconic spots along the Oregon coast is Cape Kiwanda at Pacific City. Daniel Sloan and I visited the cape at sunset in August 2014. (See also the stop at Oceanside, Oregon during the same day.) Walking along the multicolored sandstone cliffs above crashing waves never gets old. And the colors change with the weather, so you can go anytime of day and anytime of year and see something different.

See all my posts from Cape Kiwanda.

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Shore Acres, Oregon Coast

Just south of the town of Coos Bay is one of the most wonderful destinations on the southern Oregon coast, Shore Acres State park. Shore Acres is the site of an old estate, whose wonderful gardens are still maintained, and which sits on sandstone cliffs above the Pacific. Truly spectacular ocean views combine with truly spectacular sandstone formations, wow...

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Shore Acres, Oregon Coast
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Shore Acres Cliffs, December 2018

The most interesting aspect of the sandstone cliffs is how the water and wind erode the rock into bizarre, alien shapes most succinctly described as “like Swiss cheese”…

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Shore Acres Cliffs, December 2018