We are almost at Smuggler's Cove, in Oswald West State Park, and Neahkahnie Mountain
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Legend has it, there's pirate's buried treasure here, at Short Sand Beach, a beach nestled in the Oswald West State Park. A Native American story tells of a galleon coming to the bluff, just north of Manzanita, and its crew burying a mysterious chest there — guarded by the body of a murdered crew member. Is it true? And has the treasure already been found?
Learn more about this Native American story HERE.
And See the legendary Spanish gold podcast.
A SECRET SMUGGLER'S COVE*
Join me and follow the signs on an easy, meandering half mile path. Hike through Sitka Spruce on the Old Growth Forest Trail, and climb over some handsomely weathered ocean debris towards this picturesque cove . Legend has it there's buried treasure there, of the 17th century Manila (Spanish) Galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos - Here's the Reader
Follow along with pictures;
See Santo Cristo de Burgos
*The smuggler's cove - Add this easy 1 mile round trip hike - "If we had to pick a spot that embodies almost everything that defines the Oregon Coast; the old-growth cedar, hemlock, Douglas fir & Sitka spruce forest culminating with the crescent shaped smuggler's cove, with never-found Spanish Galleon buried treasures, this is it--which almost no one knows about--a secret location.
This forest & cove is as fine a temple as nature can create...
This is one of our most treasured places at the coast."
...
Also here, is a moderate 5 mile Round Trip hike up to Cape Falcon, where there's a towering forest of huge Sitka Spruce and lava headland, with a 300-foot elevation gain, and 200-foot high point, with views of a sprawling dramatic coastline, high above the crashing waves.
Put on your hiking boots if this hike is your choice.
Follow along with pictures;
See Oswald West Map
Grab the map at the kiosk!
And let's go see if we can find that treasure!
See podcasts.
Legend has it, there's pirate's buried treasure here, at Short Sand Beach, a beach nestled in the Oswald West State Park. A Native American story tells of a galleon coming to the bluff, just north of Manzanita, and its crew burying a mysterious chest there — guarded by the body of a murdered crew member. Is it true? And has the treasure already been found?
Learn more about this Native American story HERE.
And See the legendary Spanish gold podcast.
A SECRET SMUGGLER'S COVE*
Join me and follow the signs on an easy, meandering half mile path. Hike through Sitka Spruce on the Old Growth Forest Trail, and climb over some handsomely weathered ocean debris towards this picturesque cove . Legend has it there's buried treasure there, of the 17th century Manila (Spanish) Galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos - Here's the Reader
Follow along with pictures;
See Santo Cristo de Burgos
*The smuggler's cove - Add this easy 1 mile round trip hike - "If we had to pick a spot that embodies almost everything that defines the Oregon Coast; the old-growth cedar, hemlock, Douglas fir & Sitka spruce forest culminating with the crescent shaped smuggler's cove, with never-found Spanish Galleon buried treasures, this is it--which almost no one knows about--a secret location.
This forest & cove is as fine a temple as nature can create...
This is one of our most treasured places at the coast."
...
Also here, is a moderate 5 mile Round Trip hike up to Cape Falcon, where there's a towering forest of huge Sitka Spruce and lava headland, with a 300-foot elevation gain, and 200-foot high point, with views of a sprawling dramatic coastline, high above the crashing waves.
Put on your hiking boots if this hike is your choice.
Follow along with pictures;
See Oswald West Map
Grab the map at the kiosk!
And let's go see if we can find that treasure!
