"Snow-capped Mt. Jefferson competes with multi-colored canyon walls cut by the Crooked River for the attention of photographers at Smith Rock in central Oregon. Smith Rock State Park, eight miles northeast of Redmond, offers picnicking facilities for inspired photographers and daring rock climbers. According to legend, Smith Rock was named for an American soldier who fell to his death after trying to get a better view of the surrounding plateaus and Cascade Mountains, Deschutes County." Oregon Department of Transportation Photo 8456
"Cliffs soar 300 feet high at Smith Rock in central Oregon, where the Crooked River has cut a narrow canyon through colorful sedimentary rock. Smith Rock State Park, eight miles northeast of Redmond, offers picnicking facilities for rock climbers and inspired photographers. According to legend, the rock was named for an American soldier who fell to his death, after trying to get a better view of the surrounding plateaus and Cascade Mountains, Deschutes County." Oregon Department of Transportation Photo 8453
"'The perfect beach' is a description used by many visitors to the northern Oregon coast, and the phrase applies to almost every beach along the state's 400 mile coastline. The beach shown here is several miles south of Cannon Beach. Several deep caves and a picturesque waterfall make this spot especially popular with visitors. Cars may be driven to this beach by way of a road carved around Hug Point, the second promontory. Seen in the background are Jockey's Cap and Haystack Rock, at Cannon Beach." Oregon State Highway Department Photo 6646
"'The perfect beach' is a description used by many visitors to the northern Oregon coast, and the phrase applies to almost every beach along the state's 400 mile coastline. The beach shown here is several miles south of Cannon Beach. Several deep caves and a picturesque waterfall make this spot especially popular with visitors. Cars may be driven to this beach by way of a road carved around Hug Point, the second promontory. Seen in the background are Jockey's Cap and Haystack Rock, at Cannon Beach." Oregon State Highway Department Photo 6646
"Heceta Head Lighthouse is one of seven lighthouses along the Oregon coast. The lighthouse is a part of 117-acre Devil's Elbow State Park, 13 miles north of Florence on U.S. Highway 101. It was erected in 1894. The tower is 56 feet high with the light 205 feet above sea level. Heceta Head was named by the Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1862 to commemorate the discoveries of Spanish explorer Don Bruno de Heceta, Lane County." Oregon Department of Transportation Photo 7881
"This view of Shore Acres is from Cape Arago, one of many fine viewpoints on the southern Oregon coast. Three state parks line this three-mile stretch of coastline 11 miles south of Coos Bay. Cape Arago, with its excellent fishing and beachcombing, and Shore Acres, with three different flower gardens and glass-enclosed observation shelter, have picnicking facilities. Sunset Bay, a safe swimming spot, offers overnight camping near a small, protected bay, Coos County." Oregon Department of Transportation Photo 8390
"This photogenic beach is accessible at Bandon Ocean Wayside, about one-half mile south of Bandon, Oregon off U.S. Highway 101. Many of the rocks offshore, such as the "Face in the Rock," resemble the forms of animals and humans. Bandon is approximately 20 miles south of Coos Bay on the southern Oregon coast, Coos County." Oregon Department of Transportation Photo 7678
"Beachcombers play on the sunny sands of Seal Rock State Wayside, a few miles north of Waldport on the Central Oregon coast. The crescent-shaped beach is typical of the play areas along U.S. Highway 101 on the Oregon coast. Cape Perpetua may be seen in the background." Oregon State Highway Photo 7423
"Protected Sunset Bay, with its calm waters and gradually sloping beach, is one of the safest and warmest swimming spots on the Oregon coast. Sunset Bay State Park, one of three state parks within a three-mile stretch of coastline 11 miles south of Coos Bay, has picnic facilities on the beach and an overnight campground southeast of the bay, Coos County, Oregon." Department of Transportation Photo 8395