An easy 1-mile loop around spring-fed Lake Marie, starting from a small sandy swimming beach below the Umpqua River Lighthouse. Flat, shaded, and great for kids. Difficulty: easy.

The easiest way to stand over the Oregon Dunes — a paved half-mile trail to viewing decks, with the option to continue across open sand to the beach and loop back. Viewing decks are wheelchair accessible. Difficulty: easy to moderate.

A trek across some of the tallest coastal dunes in North America out to a wild, uncrowded beach — or just sample the sand on the easy nature loop near the trailhead. Difficulty: easy to difficult.

A gentle forest-and-dune walk with a wheelchair-accessible first half-mile and viewing decks, then rhododendron groves and marsh out to the beach. Difficulty: easy to moderate.

One trailhead, two adventures — coastal forest and open dunes on one fork, giant Sitka spruce and secluded Threemile Lake on the other, connectable along the beach. Difficulty: moderate to difficult.

A quiet shoreline trail through groves of centuries-old cedar along no-wake Eel Lake, with spectacular water views. Open to bikes, too. Difficulty: easy to moderate.

A forested descent to the western shore of Siltcoos Lake, past massive stumps still notched for the loggers' springboards — a quiet window into the coast's timber history. Difficulty: moderate.

Three short trails from one lot: a river-estuary walk to the beach, a coastal-forest loop, and a loop around a bird-rich oxbow lake. Some of the best wildlife watching around. Difficulty: easy.

An easy walk through old-growth fir, spruce, and hemlock to a cascading waterfall you can reach right to the base of, with a bench to sit and take it in. Difficulty: easy.

A remote hike rewarded with three waterfalls — the 90-foot Upper Kentucky Falls, the 100-foot Lower Kentucky Falls, and the twin North Fork Smith Falls. Difficulty: moderate.