For a fun-filled day trip from Portland, take your family to this lake with plenty of activities for kids, sandy beaches, and ...

Yes No Cannon Beach (80 miles northwest of Portland) is easily the most famous beach in Oregon. The beach itself is huge; the shore spans 4 miles, leaving plenty of space in the sand to spread out.

It marked only the third time in more than a decade that the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife had opened the Sandy River to smelt dipping, with previous openings in 2015 and 2023.