travel north america united states oregon cascade head & salmon river kayaking
Cascade Head is a headland and 102,110 acre United States Forest Service Experimental Forest and part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
The Salmon River flows into the Pacific at Cascade Head about ten miles north of Lincoln City, Lincoln County, Oregon.
I and a group of pickleball friends, Alan & Carly Kay and their dog Woofy, Marybeth Selby and her daughter Jodi, Becky Cox, and John Costa, took a day trip to Cascade Head.
We launched our kayaks at Knights Park on the Salmon River and kayaked west to Cascade Head.
We then beached our kayaks and took off on a mile-and-a-half hike along the beach to the south where we had heard there were caves and a hidden beach.
We saw a lot of local wildlife from crabs, blue herons, jellyfish, and even a beached sea lion.
We found the cave and worked our way through, but the tide on the other side prevented us from reaching Secret Cove.
I had a great day with perfect weather and good friends.
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TRAVEL: Sept 2024
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Looking north along the beach toward the Salmon River and Cascade Head, Cascade Head and Salmon River, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, 2024.
Our group: Alan, Carly, me, Woofy, Jodi, Becky, Marybeth, and John, Cascade Head and Salmon River, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, 2024.
(photo by Jodi Deprizio)
Marybeth, me, Carly, and Alan checking our plans, Cascade Head and Salmon River, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, 2024.
(photo by Becky Cox)
Our intrepid guide dog, Woofy, Cascade Head and Salmon River, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, 2024.
Carly and Alan Kay kayaking, Cascade Head and Salmon River, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, 2024.
Jodi Deprizio kayaking, Cascade Head and Salmon River, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, 2024.
Marybeth Selby kayaking, Cascade Head and Salmon River, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, 2024.
View of Cascade Head from the south where the Salmon River dumps into the Pacific, Cascade Head and Salmon River, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, 2024.
Looking south along the beach toward the ridge with a tunnel to Crescent Beach, Cascade Head and Salmon River, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, 2024.
John, Marybeth, Carly, Becky, Alan, and Woofy walking the beach, Cascade Head and Salmon River, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, 2024.
Interesting sand formations by the tide, Cascade Head and Salmon River, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, 2024.
John throwing a stick for Woofy, Cascade Head and Salmon River, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, 2024.
Carly and Alan Kay, Cascade Head and Salmon River, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, 2024.
Looking through the cave toward Crescent Beach, Cascade Head and Salmon River, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, 2024.
Becky, Jodi, and Marybeth near the cave, Cascade Head and Salmon River, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, 2024.
Group negotiating back through the cave, Cascade Head and Salmon River, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, 2024.
Colorful red jellyfish, Cascade Head and Salmon River, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, 2024.
Interesting shells on the beach, Cascade Head and Salmon River, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, 2024.
Ashes to ashes. Sea lion giving back to the environment, Cascade Head and Salmon River, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, 2024.
The group: John, Marybeth, Jodi, Becky, Alan, Carly, and me caught off guard, Cascade Head and Salmon River, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, 2024.
(photo of me by Becky Cox)
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page last revised september 2024