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Overview
The Yachats 804 Trail takes advantage of some easements on the rocky shoreline at the northern end of Yachats. In the 1970s, local landowner had laid claim to this rocky shoreline (It didn't fit the description of a public 'beach'), preventing fishing access, but activists dug up the plans for a 19th century public road that was never built. The battle in the state courts took ten years, but the rocks ended up as part of a state park and now offer a picturesque promenade. The path is part of the Oregon Coast Trail and you can connect from here with the Yachats Community Park Wetland, Yachats State Recreation Area, Yachats Ocean Road State Natural Site and the Amanda's Trail Hike, which leads up to the Cape Perpetua Stone Shelter. You can also connect directly with a relatively new trail that enters the Siuslaw National Forest and passes through a private botanical preserve (See the Ya'Xaik Trail-Gerdemann Preserve Loop Hike). The tread is an ancient roadway, established by Native Americans and then used by horse and buggy traffic until the construction of Highway 101. Bird and sea life are abundant here, so keep your eyes open and take your time. Walk out to a pocket beach at a memorial to two young men who were swept off a nearby rock and drowned by a sneaker wave in 2011. At various places, there will be descents, some easy some more difficult, down to the rocks themselves. Benches are positioned for sustained stops on nice days. To your right are hotels and condos, but to the left the expanse of the Pacific Ocean spreads beyond the thundering surf. Keep a sharp eye out for a natural arch over a cleft through which the waves explode during the incoming tide. Little black turnstones work the crannies here as well. Past a sign for the Village Gift Gallery, see a small trail post at the Yachats 804-Ya’Xaik Trail Junction (For a description of the Ya'Xaik Trail, see the Ya'Xaik Trail-Gerdemann Preserve Loop Hike). Reach a grassy headland with small thickets of salal. The Overleaf Hotel is to your right. Continue
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