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Take to the dunes
DuneFest is a huge festival held in August — and you can be a part of it. All-terrain-vehicle riders from all over the world compete in races and stunts and there is plenty of room to watch or participate.... 
All that sand...
Avisit to dune country isn’t complete until you’ve seen the dunes from high atop the tallest sand hills in Oregon.
All-terrain vehicles are the transportation of choice for exploring the dunes. Thousands of visitors arrive each year, anxious to tackle the dunes, some of which are h...
Fabulous DuneFest!
It doesn’t get much better than DuneFest! High-flying acrobatics, fast machines, lots of vendors.
The Reedsport/Winchester Bay Chamber of Commerce annual event, held in Winchester Bay, showcases some of the fanciest and fastest dune riders around. The Oregon Dunes have one of eight...
Find a shipwreck
Gardiner residents recently discovered part of an old shipwreck poking out of the sand on the beach north of Gardiner. It followed an earlier discovery in the winter of the shipwreck of the George A. Olson near Coos Bay. Strong ocean storms in the winter uncovered all kinds of treasur...