Access: From  Reedsport travel on US 101 13.5 miles north to Siltcoos Beach and Sand  Access Road.  Turn left (west)  on road and continue one mile to Stagecoach trailhead located on the  left-hand side.  Trailheads  are also located at Lagoon campground and Waxmyrtle Campground.

Setting and  Attractions: Stagecoach trailhead  commemorates the 19^th Century Beach Stagecoach Route between  Coos Bay and Florence.  The  trail affords outstanding views of an estuary, ocean, and freshwater  lagoon.  Wetlands support song  birds, beaver, deer and waterfowl.  The coastal evergreen forest has nice views of the ocean including  huckleberry and rhododendron.

·   Waxmyrtle  Trail: The  trail leads across the bridge then turns south, bordering the picturesque  Siltcoos River estuary (side trail that re-connects with main trail) and  ends at the beach.  Sections  of beach are closed from March 15^th to September  15^th to help protect the western snowy plover  habitat.

·Chief  Tsiltcoos Trail: Located  across the road from the Stagecoach trailhead, this trail may be hiked as  a loop or as a destination to the Driftwood II Campground, popular for  off-road vehicle users.  The  trail winds up and down through a coastal evergreen forest, with an inner  loop around the hillside’s peak.

·Lagoon  Trail: The  trail meanders across wooden boardwalks and paths alongside the Siltcoos  River Lagoon for close-up viewing of plants and wildlife including  beavers, nutrias, ducks, herons, and bitterns.  Once known as the “River of  No Return” trail because it  follows an old arm of the Siltcoos river that was cut off when the  Siltcoos Beach Road was built.    

For  more information, trail conditions and maps contact: Oregon  Dunes National Recreation Area (ODNRA) at (541)271-3611 or visit the ODNRA  web site at www.fs.fed.us/r6/siuslaw/oregondunes