There are public swimming pools in Astoria and Seaside. There are boat ramps on the John Day River, at Astoria's East Mooring basin, at Astoria Yacht Club on Youngs Bay, at the Warrenton and Hammond mooring basins and at Coffenbury and Cullaby Lakes. The mooring basins in Astoria, Warrenton and Hammond offer berths for visiting boats by the day, week or month. The experienced charter operators can take care of everything, including fishing licenses. The best digging is at extremely low tides.
Some diggers prefer to use either a narrow shovel or a hollow tube called a clam gun.
These tools are available at most sporting goods stores. Check to make sure the season is right and the clams are legal to dig and safe to eat. There are numerous hiking trails, ranging from the short climb from the campus at Clatsop Community College to the Astoria Column, to the rugged but rewarding trail to the top of Saddle Mountain. Astoria is the terminus of the Bicentennial Trail, which starts in Williamsburg, Virginia, and it's the starting point for many rides to California or even Mexico. Two loop roads southeast of Astoria, Youngs River Falls and Walluski Loop, offer road circuits of 18 and 88 miles.