Here's a drive-up summit a few miles off Highway 26 when you are on your way to the coast. Not from from the well-trod Saddle Mountain, W7O/NC-004, it's one more point for the ambitious activator. The roads are easily traveled in a passenger car.
Just east of Elsie (near milepost 19), take the paved Lower Nehalem River Road south for 5.2 miles. Turn east onto gravel Lost Lake Road and go 3.5 miles to the lake, and then about 0.5 miles farther to a saddle where two roads join from the north. Head up about a quarter-mile on the right hand road where you'll find a turnaround in the AZ. Move away from the vehicle (or park and walk the last bit) and activate. There are no handy trees for antennas and so a telescopic pole might be useful. There's a bit of a view down to the Lower Nehalem River.
