With some awesome day trip options in the surrounding area, having your own car makes sense. Without one, it’d be much harder to explore everything that Newport, 18 miles away, has to offer. See the best sights starting with Nye Beach, Oregon Coast Aquarium and South Beach State Park. Locals will also probably point you in the direction of Waldport, 35 miles away. If you can only find time for one thing here, let it be Oregon Coast Trail. (But we’d also highly recommend Beachside State Recreation Site and Governor Patterson Memorial State Recreation Site.)