Siltcoos Trail System

This trail has two loops that meet ½ mile up the trail. The South trail ends at the edge of Siltcoos Lake with one primitive campsite and outhouse. The North trail also ends at the Lake edge and has five primitive campsite and outhouse. A ¾ mile trail connects both trails.  3 miles,  moderate to difficult.

Takenitch Campground Hike

Take Hwy 101 South.  Between the 202 & 203 mile marker you will see a sign for the trailhead.  This is a nice hike through the dunes to the beach.  The trail is not marked very well but it is hard to actually get lost.  There is a portion of the trail that has been closed.  Comes out at a very quiet stretch of beach.

Chief Siltcoos Trail

This trail can be hiked as a loop or as a destination trail to the Driftwood II Campground. The trail winds up and down through a coastal evergreen forest. A viewing bench is located at a spot that gives the hiker a wide open view from the open sand dunes to the ocean beach. 1 mile, moderate.

Waxmyrtle

7 miles South of Florence off Hwy 101 mile post 198. Turn West onto Siltcoos road 1.5 miles turn left across bridge to trailhead on right side. 1.5 miles, moderate to difficult.

Hiking info and map courtesy of the forest service.