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Cape Perpetua, the highest lookout point along the Oregon Coast, is also home to a temperate rain forest and 26 miles of hiking trails. Venturing along the southerly route, travelers discover the unspoiled and mesmerizing stretch of mostly undeveloped coastline. This section of the southern coast is less dependent on tourism, reflecting a more isolated existence. Florence, however, already a retirement hub, welcomes visitors as a growing vacation target. The coastline here transforms into a sweeping sand-dune landscape to Coos Bay, North Bend and Charleston where activities pick up along the way.
More active communities begin with Bandon, the cranberry capital of Oregon - a golfer's paradise featuring three world-class golf courses and a booming little community of 3,000 residents. New bistros, art galleries and upscale lodgings will impress even the most discerning traveler. Port Orford, a bit further south, has been compared to Big Sur before the crowds. The banana belt, just above the California border, Brookings, logs in the state's highest temperatures. It is also the nation's largest grower of lilies and boasts a botanical garden and azalea park. This community is enhanced by its setting at the mouth of the turquoise-blue Chetco River providing an outstanding, striking natural playground, and some of the most renowned sport fishing.
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