Winchester Bay & Gardiner
Reedsport is the home of the headquarters for the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area offering interpretive displays on the Oregon Dunes, a 40-mile stretch of the tallest sand dunes that reach up to an average of 1.5 miles inland and host diverse habitats including rivers, ponds and forests. Not far from Reedsport is the Umpqua Discovery Center which features exhibits on the natural and cultural history of the region. A few miles east of Reedsport, travelers will find the Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area, a dependable location for spotting Roosevelt Elk year round. There is great fishing in the Umpqua River and Winchester Bay is noted for its abundance of Dungeness crab.
Reedsport is the home of the headquarters for the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area offering interpretive displays on the Oregon Dunes, a 40-mile stretch of the tallest sand dunes that reach up to an average of 1.5 miles inland and host diverse habitats including rivers, ponds and forests. Not far from Reedsport is the Umpqua Discovery Center which features exhibits on the natural and cultural history of the region. A few miles east of Reedsport, travelers will find the Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area, a dependable location for spotting Roosevelt Elk year round. There is great fishing in the Umpqua River and Winchester Bay is noted for its abundance of Dungeness crab.