Yachats Area Hikes (12 Hikes)
Yachats 804 Trail North
Length: 2m/3.2k
Difficulty: Easy and is Handicap Accessible
Other: Bike – check trailhead listing
Fees: No fees
Description: This graveled trail begins at the Smelt Sands Wayside and going North connects to a 7-mile stretch of sandy beach. Trail provides great places for whale watching tide pooling, bird watching and hiking and are a part of the Oregon Coast Trail system.
Yachats 804 Trail South
Length: 1 mile /1.6k
Difficulty: Easy
Other: Bikes – check trailhead listing
Fees: No
Description: Turning south (left) at the Smelt Sands Wayside the trail follows Ocean View Drive to the Yachats State Park located at the mouth of the Yachats River. Trail provides great places for whale watching tide pooling, bird watching and hiking and are a part of the Oregon Coast Trail system.
Siuslaw National Forest Trails {Cape Perpetua}
(9 trails and a 6mile /9.7k bike trail) Cape Perpetua Visitor Center is located 3 miles south of Yachats and provides maps of the trails. There is a day use $5.00 fee to park in any of the parking areas. 5-day passes for $10.00 are available. See descriptions below of each trail.
Captain Cook Trail
Length: 0.6m/1k
Difficulty: Easy
Other: No bikes
Fees: Yes
Description: Goes from the Visitor Center to Cook’s Chasm with tide pools, Indian shell middens, and an old CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp on the way.
Whispering Spruce Trail
Length: 0.25m/3.2k
Difficulty: Easy
Other: No bikes
Fees: Yes
Description: Take the Auto Tour Road to Viewpoint Road to the parking lot. The walk loops from the parking lot to the West Shelter and into the woods. (Paved)
Trail of Restless Waters
Length: 0.4m/0.64k
Difficulty: Easy
Other: No bikes
Fees: Yes
Description: Starts in Devil’s Churn parking lot and joins the Cape Cove Trail.
Cape Cove Trail
Length: 0.3m/0.5k
Difficulty: Easy
Other: No bikes
Fees: Yes
Description: Connect trail of Restless Waters to the Captain Cook Trail.
St. Perpetua Trail
Length: 2.6m/4.2k
Difficulty: Difficult
Other: No bike
Fees: Yes
Description: A switch backed trial climbs south face of Cape Perpetua with 600-foot change in elevation.
Cooks Ridge/Gwynn Creek Loop Trail
Length: 7m/11.3k
Difficulty: Moderate
Other: No bikes
Fees: Yes
Description: Starts from Visitor Center parking lot and loops through old-growth forests.
Cummins Creek Loop
Length: 10m/16k
Difficulty: Moderate
Other: No bikes
Fees: Yes
Description: Loops from the Visitor Center to Cook’s Ridge Trail to Cummin’s Creek Trail, down to the Oregon Coast Trail and back to the Visitor Center.
Cummins Creek Trailhead
Length: 2.6m/4.2k
Difficulty: Moderate
Other: No bikes
Fees: Yes
Description: From the Visitor Center the trial connects to the Cummins Creek Trailhead.
The Oregon Coast Trail
Along the Central Oregon Coast the trail runs from Cascade Head (North of Lincoln City) and is a combination of Highway 101 and beach hiking/walking. The trail continues through Lincoln County and ends in the Cape Perpetua trail system south of Yachats. Continuing on the trail will lead you through forest and beach hikes down to the California border.
