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North Oregon Coast
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Astoria / Warrenton
Astoria Column
Astoria-Megler Bridge
longest continuous truss bridge in North America
Astoria Riverwalk
Cathedral Tree Trail
1.6 miles
Clatsop Spit
Fort to Sea Trail hike (6.5 miles)
Fort Stevens State Park
Lewis and Clark National Historic Park / Fort Clatsop
Lewis and Clark Columbia River Water Trail
kayak, canoe, SUP
Peter Iredale shipwreck
Port of Astoria
Richard Fencsak Cathedral Tree Trail
0.5 mile hike, part of larger 1.5m trail
Paid / Museums / Shops
Astoria Riverfront Trolley
Columbia River Maritime Museum
Doe & Arrow - boutique with vinyl
Flavel House Museum
Hanthorn Cannery Museum
Oregon Film Museum
Cannon Beach
Beach
4 miles, including 235-foot Haystack Rock and lots of tide pools
Ecola State Park / Tillamook Head Trail
great tide pools, can see Tillamook Rock Lighthouse
- Clatsop Loop Trail from Indian Beach
- Crescent Beach Trail
- Ecola to Indian Beach
Hemlock Street / downtown
Hug Point
south of Cannon Beach, waterfall at the end!
Klootchy Creek Trail
4 mile hiking trail
Paid / Museums / Shops
Cannon Beach Book Company
Cannon Beach History Center and Museum
Jupiter’s Rare & Used Books
Places > Oregon > Oregon Coast
Garibaldi
Fishing town on the north end of Tillamook Bay
Tillamook Bay (kayaking)
Pier-walking
Three Graces shoreline (between RB and Garibaldi by train tracks - great tide pools in rocks)
Paid / Museums / Shops
Garibaldi Maritime Museum
Manzanita
Beach
7 miles of sand
Cape Falcon (Neahkahnie Mountain)
Laneda Avenue / downtown|
Neahkahnie Mountain hiking
Oswald West State Park
north, hiking through Sitka, cedar, and hemlock
Short Sand Beach
Smugglers Cove, good waves, Blumenthal Falls, great picnic site, can hike to Neahkahnie Mntn
Paid / Museums / Shops
Big Wave Cafe
Bread and Ocean
Nehalem Valley Historical Society
Nehalem
former logging community
Nehalem Bay
Nehalem Bay State Park (10 miles of trails and paths)
Nehalem River (SUP, boating)
Paid / Museums / Shops
Buttercup
Wanda’s Cafe + Bakery
Places > Oregon > Oregon Coast
Pacific City & Neskowin
Places to go, to explore, to be on the North Oregon Coast
Beach / Cape Kiwanda
view of the other Haystack Rock, an ascent, great tide pools
Bob Straub State Park
Cape Kiwanda Marine Gardens
Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Sand Lake Recreation Area
Sitka Sedge State Natural Area
north of Pacific City, 4 miles of hiking for families)
Neskowin (south of Pacific City)
Beach
view of Proposal Rock, submerged petrified forest visible at low tide
Cascade Head Scenic Research Area
views of the Salmon River and coastline to Lincoln City
- Nature Conservancy Trail (July 16 - Dec 31)
Paid / Museums / Shops
Pelican Pub & Brewery
Rockaway Beach
former lumber and fish-packing town
Beach
7 miles, including views of the Twin Rocks
Cedar Wetland Preserve
0.5 mile hike to 154’ Rockaway Cedar
Lake Lytle
Three Graces shoreline
great tide pools - between Rockaway and Garibaldi by the train tracks
Paid / Museums / Shops
Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad (Rockaway to Garibaldi, along Tillamook Bay)
Seaside / Gearhart
Oregon’s First Resort Town (1921)
Broadway Street
Broadway Street Dock
at Broadway Neawanna Creek
Gilbert District
historic area over Necanium River
Promenade in City Center
1.5 mile walk or ride, view of Tillamook Head
Saddle Mountain
4.5 miles
Tillamook Head Trail
to Ecola State Park hike
Gearhart
Necanicum Estuary
Paid / Museums / Shops
Seaside Aquarium
Seaside Historical Society Museum
Places > Oregon > Oregon Coast
Tillamook & Surrounding area
Land of cheese, trees and ocean breeze - and five rivers, five bays, and one giant body of water
Tillamook
Bayocean Spit
Kilchis Point Reserve (101 N)
Munson Creek Falls (319 ft, 101 S)
Tillamook Water Trail : five watersheds (Nehalem, Tillamook Bay, Nestucca, Netarts, Sand Lake)
- Tillamook Bay - 2-mile trip to Cape Meares Lake, through grasses; 5 rivers coming in
Beach walks, drives, and hangouts
Cape Lookout (beach / trailhead with 8 miles of trails and whale watching)
Cape Meares / Lighthouse (217 ft bluff overlook, state’s largest Sitka spruce, Octopus Tree)
Cascade Head (101 N)
Nestucca Spit (in Bob Straub State Park)
Netarts Bay / Netarts Spit
Oceanside / Tunnel Beach / Maxwell Point
Pacific City / Cape Kiwanda
Short Beach
Also known as Hundred Step Beach
jasper (beach jade), beautiful secluded (used to be) place for solitude and walking
can walk a half mile up to edge of Cape Meares at low tide
Three Capes Scenic Route (40-mile drive along Tillamook Bay)
Whalen Island / Clay Myers Natural Area
in Sand Lake Estuary (between Kiwanda & Lookout)
1.4 mile hike / hangout with mudflats, sandy beach, and coastal forest
- Sitka Sedge Trailhead
- Kinnikinnick Woods
En route from Portland
Bloom Lake (Hwy 26, 6)
Four County Point (Hwy 26, MP 35)
Soapstone Falls (Hwy 53)
Steam Donkey Trail (Hwy 26)
Tillamook Forest Center
University Falls (Hwy 26)
Other stops along Highway 6
Bridge Creek Falls
Coast Range
Gales Creek / Step Creek
Mount Hebo
Triple C Loop
Wilson River Trail
- Jones Creek to Footbridge
-Elk Creek to Kings Mountain
-Kings Mountain to Jones Creek
-Kings / Elk Mountain Loop)
-Footbridge to Keenig Creek
Niagara Falls
(resources : living in and exploring the County since 1981, and a special thanks to Adam Sawyer’s well-curated and written 2017 guide 25 Hikes On Oregon’s Tillamook Coast)
Shops / Museums / Other
Air Museum
Blue Heron French Cheese Factory
Pioneer Museum
Tillamook Creamery, a.k.a. The Cheese Factory
Places > Oregon > Oregon Coast
Wheeler
former lumber and fish-packing town
Architecture
old buildings, classic houses, one lovely historic hotel
View of Nehalem Bay
Paid / Museums / Shops
Antique shops
Rising Star Cafe