Top 10 hikes in the West
You could spend days wandering this quiet finger of land north of
Distance: 1,034 miles one-way.
With a few manmade exceptions, this coastal haven of sitkas, spruce and ferns doesn’t look much different from the way it did when Lewis and Clark passed through. Take the three-mile Clatsop Loop Trail to heights of 800 feet above the ocean to follow in their footsteps. Add a few extra miles along the coast for views of endless cliff-to-sea beaches and the landmark Haystack Rock in nearby Cannon Beach. Info: (800) 551-6949, www.oregonstateparks.org/park_188.php
-- Mary Forgione (Rick Bowmer / Associated Press)
Ancestral Pueblo dwellings built high into walls of soft volcanic rock called tuff line a mile-long trail in the park. (Al Cabral / Associated Press)