The Fort Clatsop area of Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks covers 1.74 square miles, not large by national park standards but a critical forested area in the watery, urbanized and logged northwest corner of Oregon.
The park’s main recreation components are the Fort to Sea Trail, which covers 6.5 miles between Fort Clatsop inland and Sunset Beach on the Oregon coast, plus the Netul Picnic Area canoe launch on the Lewis and Clark River…