From Florence to Coos Bay, you’ll find pockets of sandy hills to explore, hiking trails, kayaking, ATVing, ... Oregon Dunes NRA. Distance: 4.2 miles. Type of Trail: Out and Back.

Dunes in that area can reach up to 500 feet, providing plenty of opportunity for fast and challenging rides. Beale grew up in the Mojave Desert town of California City, the land of sand dunes.

Just ask Lon Beale. He came to Florence, a former logging community on the north end of Oregon’s dunes, 10 years ago looking for the best sand on which to popularize sandboarding – a craze he ...

A hiker skirts the snaking edge of a sand dune north of Florence, Oregon. A century ago, coastal dunes threatened to overwhelm the city of Florence, Oregon. The sand swallowed roads, highways and ...

The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area provides plenty of elbow room to stretch out and play: ... The Oregon Dunes is 32,000 acres from Florence to Coos Bay that offers endless sand dunes ...

In the early 20th century, the coastal Oregon city of Florence was under threat of being consumed by the nearby dunes that were being whipped across human structures by the coastal winds.

When Frank Herbert wrote Dune he was a newspaper reporter in Florence, Oregon. The stark sand world that inspired his sci-fi classic is still orbiting the central Oregon Coast. Even without the ...

By planting acres of beach grass, those federal agents tamed the dunes. "It started up here in Florence, Oregon," Herbert said in the interview. "I'm always fascinated by something that is seen in ...

The prospect of dune invasion was what brought a young journalist named Frank Herbert to Florence in the 1950s. Sand dunes near Florence were threatening to cover houses, roadways, railroad tracks ...

She was living outside of Seattle at the time, but one visit to the Oregon dunes changed her life. She and her husband made a plan to move to Florence so they could be closer to the ever-shifting ...

When Frank Herbert visited coastal Oregon, it would influence his sci-fi novel Dune - but much has changed since Skip to content Watch Live Home News Sport Business Innovation Culture Arts Travel ...