The trails lead through a forest of shore pine to remote Blacklock Point and the rarely visited beaches on either side. In 1910, real estate developers promised to make this lake a seaport by cutting a canal through the dunes to the ocean. In the course of a single summer, the boomtown of Lakeport drew 400 eager settlers. The following year the town vanished when surveys proved the lake is higher than the ocean, so that a canal would only drain it. Endangered snowy plovers sometimes nest in the driftwood zone along the ocean beach near here.
Signs warn hikers to avoid certain areas, and especially to keep dogs away from the nesting sites.
Two miles south of the village of Langlois, turn west onto Floras Lake Road and follow signs 3 miles to road's end at Boice Cope County Park. If you'd rather start at the undeveloped state park, drive north of Port Orford seven miles on Hwy. The trail begins to the left of the gate as a barricaded dirt road paralleling the runway. Search for stores that sell or rent gear near you. Find shops near you in the Yellow Pages .