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Reserve early! Reserve cabins, group campsites and horse campsites Need to cancel your reservation? Follow these guidelines: Park Information: 63400-8055 (4/15) one day to nine months in advance by calling 1-800-452-5687 If your reservation is for today, call 541-332-2973. 1-800-551-6949 Cape Blanco or visiting www.oregonstateparks.org. Otherwise, call 1-800-452-5687. www.oregonstateparks.org

Bring Your Horse More Beaches and Views Located at the state’s westernmost tip, and perched over the Pacific Ocean, Cape Blanco State Park features a 19th-century Our horse camp has eight primitive sites, four single-horse Port Orford Heads State Park offers spectacular views of lighthouse and an early Irish settler’s house. corrals, and two double corrals, each accommodating two offshore rocks and sheltered coves from its hiking trails on an horses. Please keep the corrals free of straw and manure. oceanside bluff. The park features the historic Coast Guard CAMPGROUND Year-Round Camping Reservations are accepted through Reservations Northwest Lifeboat Station Museum. Tours are offered April through at 1-800-452-5687. October; call 541-332-0521 for current schedules and • 52 electrical sites with water (available on a first-come, information. first-served basis) Trails for Hikers and Horses Paradise Point and Tseriadun State Recreation Sites both • Four reservable standard cabins (one pet-friendly, #33) Hiking trails lead to the beach, viewpoints overlooking the offer beach access and ocean views extending from Port ocean, fishing spots along the , and the lighthouse. Orford Heads to Cape Blanco. • Reservable horse camp with eight primitive sites On horseback, follow a seven-mile trail or enjoy a 150-acre (two pull-through) open riding area across from the horse camp. Horses are allowed on designated trails only. Western snowy plovers nest along some parts of the • Reservable group camp coast. Watch for special signs during nesting season. • Picnic table and fire ring at all sites; paved parking at cabin Cape Blanco Lighthouse and electrical sites The oldest standing lighthouse on the towers • Hiker/biker camp 245 feet above the ocean. It was commissioned in 1870 Cape to aid shipping generated by the gold mining and lumber Cape Blanco • Firewood for sale Lighthouse Blanco industries. Tours are offered April through October; call State Park • Flush toilets and hot showers 541-332-2207 for current schedules and information. Sixes Universal Access The Historic Hughes House Cape 7 sites (A5, A6, A18, A29, A48, A49, and A53) and Constructed in 1898 for a rancher, the Hughes Blanco 1 cabin (A35) are accessible to campers with disabilities. House is an ornate, two-story, 11-room ranch house. The 3,000-square-foot building, Camping Rates constructed of old-growth Port Orford Cedar at Rates are subject to change. You can get up-to-date a cost of $3,800, is a fine example of late 19th- information by calling 1-800-551-6949 or visiting century architecture. It is listed on the National Castle Pacific Rock Paradise Point www.oregonstateparks.org. Register of Historic Places. Tours are offered April Ocean State Recreation Site through October; call 541-332-0248 for current Tseriadun Gull State Recreation Site Four Rustic Log Cabins schedules and information. Rock Enjoy a roof over your head and the sound of the large Sitka Day-use Boat ramp Port Orford area The site of a former church, “Mary, Star of the Cape Blanco Cape Blanco State Park Spruce trees blowing in the breeze. Inside you’ll find one Hughes House full-size bed and a single bunk bed (all with vinyl-covered Sea,” and a cemetery lie between the campground Lighthouse Port Orford Off US 101, 9 miles N of Port Orford mattresses), lights, heat, and a table with four chairs. and day-use area. Group camp Heads 91814 Cape Blanco Rd, Port Orford, OR 97465 Outside is a 6-foot covered porch, a picnic table, and a fire A History of Gold Sixes Ri State Park ring. Up to two pets (cats and/or dogs only) are allowed in Needle 541-332-6774 The streaks of black sand in Cape Blanco beaches Rock Horse v the pet-friendly cabin for an additional fee per night. indicate the presence of gold. From the mid- camp er Campground 1800s through the 1940s, mining operations were State Park Latitude: 42.83576 N Smoking in Oregon State Parks is allowed only in personal vehicles, RVs, conducted on the south beach. The small pond at campsites and portions of day use parks along state highways that are the south beach parking lot provided water for Humbug Mountain Longitude: -124.560783 W designated as safety rest areas by the Oregon Department of Transportation. the sluices. To lighthouse Cliffside trail Please help make camping at Cape Blanco a safe and enjoyable experience by following these and Key other park rules: Cape Blanco N40 Electric site (39) Walking trail • Campground quiet hours are between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Lighthouse trail (site length in feet) Cabin Horseback riding • All vehicles must be parked on pavement. N To Hughes House - 1 mile • Bicycles are permitted on park roads, but must be ridden with the US 101 - 5 miles Accessible camping Firewood traffic flow. Riders under age 16 must wear helmets. Port Orford - 9 miles Accessible facility Recycling center • Pets must be physically restrained at all times when not confined Bandon - 28 miles in a vehicle or tent. Leashes must be no longer than six feet. Shower Trails All waste must be properly removed. (See our “Pets in Parks” Restroom Horse trails brochure for details.) Pet-friendly facility Check-in after 4 p.m., Check-out by 1 p.m. Picnic area Tsunami info: Group camping Site A50 is the Tsunami Assembly Area. In the event of a tsunami warning, visitors should Hiker/biker camp A56 A57 A58 remain in the campground, which is 245 feet A53 A55 (66) (46) (55) above sea level. A49 A51 (74) (51) A47 A46 (60) (50) (44) A44 (48) A2 A43 (46) A1 A54 (31) (51) Lighthouse (46) A52 (34) A48 A4 Beach trail A41 (32) A50 (35) A3 Hiking and Horse Trails (46) A45 (53) (52) Park bounda (54) (52) ry Play it safe on the beach! Stay off logs, A42 Hiking Trail A5 A6 know the tide schedule, and don’t turn (54) 38 Hawk (36) (54) Horse Trail your back on the ocean. A40 Park hosts A7 Beach (32) (52) Horse corrals Viewpoint Needle access 37 Rock Pacific Ocean A39 A9 A8 2 1 Falcon (44) (56) 4 3 (54) 5 A36 A10 6 (56) A11 (68) Horse Gull Rock 35 Eagle (30) A34 A12 camp (34) A13 (53) Group camp (54) 33 Osprey A32 A14 (68) 7 Horse camp (54) A17 A15 Camp A31 A21 A19 (54) To beach A25 A23 (50) loop (48) A28 (54) (37) 8 (54) (38) (34) Open riding A16 Cemetery A18 area A20 (68) Host sites A24 A22 (54) A30 A27 (54) A29 A26 (53) (81) Beach access (60) (54) (62) (73)

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All information or fees subject to change without notice. This brochure is available in alternative formats upon request. Call 1-800-551-6949. Oregon Relay for the hearing impaired: dial 711.