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Siltcoos Lake Trail, Dunes City OR

Overview

Misty old-growth forest hike on the Oregon coast. 4-mile part-loop, easy, 630 ft gain. GPX file, lakeside campsites, and day-use permit info.

Trail Stats

Duration
2.3 hr
Length
6.2 km
Elevation Gain
273 m
High Point
125 m
Low Point
6 m
Grade
—

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A hiker wearing a maroon hooded sweatshirt, grey pants, and a dark baseball cap walks away from the camera on a narrow dirt trail winding through a dense, lush forest. The surrounding woods are filled with towering, straight tree trunks heavily covered in
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A dramatic, low-angle, wide shot looking directly upward from the forest floor into a dense canopy of towering trees. The straight, dark silhouettes of numerous tree trunks converge toward the center of the frame from all sides, creating a striking radial
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A wide view looking out across a calm, expansive lake under a completely overcast, pale gray sky. Tall, slender reeds grow directly out of the shallow water near the shoreline on the left, swaying gently toward the center of the frame. A dense forest of gr
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A close-up shot of a cluster of ghost pipes growing out of dark, damp soil on a forest floor. The rare, parasitic plants are completely translucent white, with delicate, fleshy stems and nodding, bell-like flowers that hang downward. Tiny dark flecks are v
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A low-angle, wide shot captures a dense, old-growth forest shrouded in mist, dominated by tall evergreen trees with a prominent moss-covered tree on the left. This central tree features a thick trunk completely carpeted in textured green moss, with short,
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Siltcoos Lake Trail, Dunes City OR
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