Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Largest expanse of coastal sand dunes in North America.
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.

The town has no place on our list of its own; 4 are within 40 miles. Among them are 2 museums, a park & preserve and a zoo & aquarium. Go 51 mi out for Heceta Head Light.

Largest expanse of coastal sand dunes in North America.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
To the south is where most of the 4 lie.
Orange: North Bend. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Look within 60 miles for all 6 places listed.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in North Bend → · North Bend’s history →
Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Heceta Head Light: HISE Studios, resized and color corrected by Howcheng, Public domain · Wildlife Safari: Justin Brockie from Wolcott, Connecticut, USA, CC BY 2.0 · West Coast Game Park Safari: Tedder, CC BY 3.0 · Coos County Logging Museum: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives, Attribution