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Article: The beach gets bumpy at Oregon Dunes.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- July 10, 2000
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REEDSPORT, Ore. _ We're talking sandbox, campers, big hairy sandbox running 40 miles along the Oregon Coast. Designer dunes, huge piles of ancient mountains piled up along the Pacific _ the highest open dune system on the West Coast.
It's called the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, and it's a major playground: 30 lakes, 14 hiking trails, 13 campgrounds (even some for horses and off-road vehicles), almost a dozen beach parking areas, three off-road, dune riding areas totaling about 10,000 acres _ and more. The Forest Service (which supervises the park) says the recreation area is the biggest coastal dune area in the United States.
The recreation ...