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Sand Lake Recreation Area

  • January 28, 2001
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Tavia from New York, New York
Sand Lake Recreation Area

One of the many worthy sites along the Three Capes Loop (a stretch of road off Rte 101 which gets closer to the coast), Sand Lake is literally that -- a lake of sand. There is no water involved here. When Rick and I passed it in the car, we pulled over not because we had planned on it but because the sight of Sand Lake is so alarming -- it is literally as if you drove from the forest immediately into the desert. It was formed by ocean winds carrying bits of sand off the Pacific beaches and rocks to this one inland site over thousands of years. This fact alone makes the lake worth stopping to see -- it is a geological wonder. (How did the wind know to drop the sand always in this one same spot?) This place is big for dune buggie-ists, too, as they are allowed to vroom all over the park.

From journal Route 101 from Astoria to Sunset Bay

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