Field Guide to the Siuslaw Region

The field guide

Slow water on Woahink, Tahkenitch, and the tidewater stretch of the river.

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Clear water and a shoreline of summer houses; the seaplane base marks the ramp.

Woahink Lake, off Highway 101

A small lake for a short evening float, with the dune on one side.

Honeyman State Park

A slow, tide-influenced run from the lake down to the surf at Waxmyrtle.

Siltcoos Lake to the ocean

Sheltered water in the drowned timber, best on a calm morning.

Tahkenitch Lake

A short flatwater paddle up the estuary on a high tide.

Yachats

Slack tide on the lower river, past the docks and the old ferry landings.

Florence to Mapleton