Strawberry Hill Wayside, Oregon Coast

6. Shoreline Rocks

First, you step out on a rather stately bluff with breathtaking views all around you. To the south, there's a long stretch of cobblestone beach with towering cliffs directly behind you. West and north allows you access to a favorite spot of tide pool hunters, with large and small rocky blobs creating a labyrinth in the sand and providing plenty of places for starfish, mussels and other tide line dwellers to live.

It's as much fun for climbing and tide pool hunting as it is for a simple, hand-in-hand walk on the beach.