The best running trails around Newport

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The Old Jetty Trail is a popular 2-mile out-and-back trail that meanders through a coastal forest in South Beach State Park. This scenic trail well-maintained, with some sections featuring boardwalks over wet areas, and is suitable for families and casual hikers. There are several points where it intersects with South Jetty Trail, another popular trail, and places where you can access the beach. Dogs are welcome on the trail but must be kept on a leash. Parking is available at the trailhead where there are restrooms.

Yaquina Head Lighthouse stands-out as Oregon's tallest lighthouse at 93 feet high. It's also home to diverse wildlife and access to excellent beaches and tide pools.

The Oregon Coast Aquarium is an aquarium in Newport, Oregon, USA. Opened in 1992, the facility sits on 23 acres (9.3 ha) along Yaquina Bay near the Pacific Ocean. The aquarium was home to Keiko the orca who starred in the film Free Willy from January 7, 1996 to September 9, 1998, when he was shipped to Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. USA Today considers the Oregon Coast Aquarium world-class and Coastal Living magazine ranks it among the top ten aquariums in North America.

The Yaquina Head Lighthouse is located on the Yaquina Head Peninsula on the west coast of the USA in the state of Oregon. South of the tower is the port city of Newport with the mouth of the Yaquina River. At 28.3 meters high, the lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse in Oregon.

Devils Punch Bowl State Natural Area is a state park on the coast of the US state of Oregon. The park is located eight miles north of Newport in Lincoln County, about a quarter mile from Highway 101. There is a picnic area within the 8-acre park, and a path leads from the cliffs to a sandy stretch of beach with tide pools. At the center of the state park lies a large natural basin cut into the rocky shoreline and connected to the Pacific Ocean by two tunnels. When the waves splash loudly into this pool, called the Devils Punchbowl, at high tide, the water is swirled around and fountains of spray spray into the sky. The basin is believed to have been formed by the collapse of two caves created by wind and tides. The stretch of beach south of the state park offers good surfing conditions, with a funnel-like rock called Gull Rock about a half-mile offshore. There are at least 17 large rocks off the coast that are part of the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge. Because the park offers sweeping panoramic views of the ocean, it is a very popular spot for observing gray whale migration in spring and fall.

The Oregon Coast Aquarium is one of the best aquariums in the country. It was made known nationally in the 90s when Keiko, the whale from the Free Willy films, was moved here from the subpar living conditions he was previously. These days the aquarium sees roughly half a million visitors per year, many of them children on school trips, to learn about and experience the lives on local Oregon Coast sea life.

Yaquina Head Lighthouse stands-out as Oregon's tallest lighthouse at 93 feet high. It's also home to diverse wildlife and access excellent beaches and tide pools.