Skip to content
Oregon Coast Trail permit

Oregon Coast Trail itinerary

Every mile marker on the Oregon Coast Trail route, in order, with the distance and elevation change between each one, and which permit each stretch needs. To set alerts for your dates, go to the Oregon Coast Trail permit page.

Which permit covers this route

The Oregon Coast Trail. One reservation is a trailhead or zone plus an entry date; you roam after that, issued by walk-up.

The permit is issued for a named entry point. California border (southern terminus) is the one on this list.

Track Oregon Coast Trail permitSee live availability
Stops mapped
5
Across the markers
362.0 mi
Published route length
362 mi
Ascent, at least
136 ft

How long it takes: varies by section, 2-10 days per section; a full thru-hike takes several weeks. That is the figure the permit publishes. This page does not divide the route into days, because no source records which stop you sleep at.

The stops below are the route's published mile markers, in order, with the elevations recorded against each one.

Distance and elevation change on each leg are the difference between the two published figures either side of it, so the legs are arithmetic on the markers and nothing more.

The Oregon Coast Trail route, stop by stop

  1. Mile 0.0

    8 ft

    Columbia River / Fort Stevens (northern terminus)

    Section 1 begins here at the Columbia River.

    89.2 miles · 9 ft up to Sears Lake

  2. Mile 89.2

    17 ft

    Sears Lake

    87.0 miles · 127 ft up to Rocky Knoll

  3. Mile 176.2

    144 ft

    Rocky Knoll

    90.2 miles · 131 ft down to Bandon

  4. Mile 266.4

    13 ft

    Bandon

    95.6 miles · 1 ft down to California border (southern terminus)

  5. Mile 362.0

    12 ft

    California border (southern terminus)

    Entry point: the permit is issued for this trailhead

    Section 10 ends here at the California state line.

Getting a Oregon Coast Trail for the dates you want

Planning the route is the easy half. Oregon Coast Trail dates go fast, and the ones that come back are cancellations. They return to the booking system without warning and are gone again quickly. PermitSnag checks Oregon Coast Trail around the clock and alerts you the moment a date opens.

Set up Oregon Coast Trail permit alertsWhen Oregon Coast Trail dates open up