Half a dozen self-guiding nature trails from Peavy Arboretum explore this corner of Oregon State University’s 11-square-mile McDonald Forest. Because the short loops often overlap, it’s tempting to combine them. The tour described here visits many of the area’s highlights—a grove of ancient trees, a lake, and a viewpoint of Marys Peak.

Drive Highway . . .

Then the Powder House Trail crosses another road beside a 1937 dynamite cap storage shed, and descends through a . . .

Other Options

If you’re still going strong when you reach Cronemiller Lake, you can . . .

This chapter is an excerpt from 100 Hikes : Oregon Coast