Crater Lake and Sunset Beach in Oregon

Hi,

I am planning a trip from San Francisco in July to Lake Shasta, CA, then to overnight in Klamath Falls, OR. We will drive to Crater Lake the next morning, and will spend half day there and drive to Sunset Beach at the coast. We will camp there for 3 nights. On the way back to San Francisco, I am planning to stop by the Redwood park.

Can you please advise the best route to get to these places and what ';must see'; and ';must do'; for this trip. We are two adults, and two teenage boys.

Thank you so much for the advices in advance.

Crater Lake and Sunset Beach in Oregon

First of all, are you talking about Sunset Beach between Seaside and Astoria on the north coast...or Sunset BAY State Park near Coos Bay? I am guessing it is the latter. If so, take the north exit from Crater Lake and Hwy 138 along the scenic Umpqua River to Roseburg; and #42 through Coquille to Coos Bay.

If, by chance, you do mean Sunset Beach on the north coast, your route options are many...but since it would take you at least 8 hours or more to get there from Crater Lake I%26#39;m betting you mean Sunset Bay, not Beach.

As for stopping by ';the Redwood Park,'; tain%26#39;t that easy. Hwy 101 will take you through portions of Redwood National Park and by a number of beautiful California state parks in the redwoods. South of Eureka you%26#39;ll come to the Avenue of the Giants (the original 101, now a scenic side road), which is a MUST for anyone visiting the redwoods.

Crater Lake and Sunset Beach in Oregon

Am waiting to hear which. we will be at Sunset Bay in Aug then on to Crater Lake area

Sorry, and yes it is Sunset Bay. Thank you so much for pointing this out.

From K Falls you could tae the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway along west side of Klamath LakeThen into Crater Lake on OR-62. Go to Rim Village and stop there then along west side of Crater Lake making 2 or 3 stops. The go out north entrnce to hit OR-138 past Diamond lake and down the N Umpqua to I-5.

WWe usually take the north bank road just beyond Glide and come on old 99 near Winston. it is shoter and you miss Roseburg.

From Sutherlin on I-5 take 138 again to Elkton then along Umpqua on OR-38 to Reedsport where you hit 101

I think it may be a bit shorter to take OR-42 from Roseburg but 38 is prettier toute.

Nice little golf course next to Sunset Bay.

At Sunset Bay in the evening take your chair down to the beach to watch the sunset.

Take phirl%26#39;s advice!!!!!

Phirl gave excellent directions.

As far as Redwood NP, these will give you lots of info:

shannontech.com/ParkVision/鈥edwood.html

http://redwoods.info/showrecord.asp?id=2464

http://avenueofthegiants.net/

Thank you Phirl, I will take your advice.

Any suggestion on what to do at K Falls and Sunset Bay?

Not a lot to do in K Falls. If you asking advice of good way to got. I would spend night in Ashland. Sakesperean Festival there much of year. You can some times catch the lesser shows at a late date. And the drive up from Ashl and along OR-62 is nice near Union Creek.

From Sunset Bay you can get the the Dunes fairly easily and take a dune buggy os bus ride. We crabbed at Charleston, This year think we will visit the Shore Acre Gardens nearby.

We just visited the redwoods last month. Be sure to drive the Newton Drury Parkway. several stops you can make there tkae the hike out from parking loat at Big Tree. and at Prairie Creek VC.

We drove up to see Lady Bird Johnson grove started on the hike and quit. Road is quite steep, even down gearing we had to ride the breaks a lot. d We figured we were better to spend time on Avenue of the Giants which we did.

we drove that maybe 5 years ago. It is not Park Service so they do not produce map, but there is a good brochure about it so be sure to find it. first time we did not have it and missed several things. signing is not wonderful.