The Amanda Trail  connects with the Whispering Spruce Trail in The Cape Perpetua Scenic Area and the Oregon Coast Trail. Connecting to the OCT, you hike right into the town of Yachats. This trail is a good training trail as it can be made shorter or longer easily with the connecting trails. It also has some steep sections that are sure to get your heart pumping and thighs and calves burning. There was a mudslide in this area in December and the trail was closed from mid-December until June. There are a lot of downed trees and evidence of the slides is apparent from the trail.

The trail is named for Amanda, an elderly, blind Coos Indian woman, who hiked this trail barefoot with her tribe in the 1800’s. The tribe was forced off their land in the North Bend area and forced to move to a reservation in the Yachats area. Many died on the journey and many more died of starvation and disease once they arrived at the reservation. It is said that Amanda left a trail of blood behind her on the journey, and the trail is dedicated to her memory. There is an area on the trail with a statue in her honor.