Yachats

Smelt Sands State Recreation Site

Smelt Sands provides an excellent whale watching and photography viewpoint. It also offers a great place to watch breathtaking sunsets. Walk the historic 804 Trail (.75 miles one-way with resting benches scattered along the way). The park is known for tidepooling, rock fishing and the yearly smelt run (smelt are small, silvery relatives of salmon). No fee to use this park.