Northern Oregon Coast Day Trip

Itinerary
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Stop At: Camp 18 Museum, 42362 Highway 26, Seaside, OR 97138-6162

Here you'll see what fueled the economy of Portland's Golden Age, 1905-1930, at this roadside museum of logging artifacts. You'll also have time to peruse the gift shop.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Ecola State Park, Off Hwy. 101, Cannon Beach, OR

Capture a spectacular view of the famous sea stack-studded coastline, featured in movies, and the furthest south that members of the Lewis & Clark expedition ventured.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Cannon Beach, OR 97110

You'll have time to explore the galleries, boutique shops, cafes, restaurants, beach, and Haystack Rock.

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Haystack Rock, Us 101, Cannon Beach, OR 97110

Haystock Rock, the most famous sea stack in Oregon, is included as part of a stop at Cannon Beach. You are free to allocate your time among the galleries, boutique shops, cafes, restaurants, beach, and Haystack Rock, as you desire.

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Hug Point State Park, Highway 101, Cannon Beach, OR

A mystical beach with sandstone caves, a waterfall, and a 19th Century road carved into the headland.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Oswald West State Park, Cannon Beach, OR 97130

We'll make stops at Short Sands Beach and Neahkahnie Viewpoint while passing through the largest state park on the Oregon Coast.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Short Sands Beach, Manzanita, OR 97130

Take an enchanting hike through an oldgrowth forest harboring massive Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), western redcedar (Thuja plicata), and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziessii) to a secluded little beach with a waterfall and filled with surfers in wet suits year-round. This is the legendary Smuggler's Cove, formed by Cape Falcon, where The Goonies pirates are rumored to have landed and buried their treasure.

Duration: 35 minutes

Stop At: Neahkahnie Mountain, Oregon

We'll stop at a viewpoint off US 101 on the slopes of Neahkahnie Mountain, overlooking the town of Manzanita and an endless coast of white waves to the south.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Tillamook Air Museum, 6030 Hangar Rd, Tillamook, OR 97141-9641

Tillamook is a town for Americana. Here we could stop at the Tillamook Cheese Factory and taste some cheese and observe the process of mass-production cheese making, and/or visit the Tillamook Air Museum, which is housed inside a WWII-era blimp hangar that happens to be the largest clear-span wooden structure in the world.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Cape Meares Lighthouse, 3500 Cape Meares Loop, Tillamook, OR 97141

An 1890s lighthouse. A spectacular view to the south. An 800-year-old Sitka spruce that is the largest in Oregon, and 10th largest spruce in the world.

Duration: 35 minutes

Pass By: Cape Lookout State Park, 13000 Whiskey Creek Rd US 101 to Three Capes Scenic Drive Oceanside, Tillamook, OR 97141-9499

The site of a crash by a B-17 Flying Fortress during WWII.

Stop At: Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area, Pacific City, OR

Sculpted sandstone, tidal pools, and the fourth tallest offshore monolith in the world; Cape Kiwanda is one of the most breathtaking spots along the Oregon Coast, and that's saying a lot. You'll also have the opportunity to slalom down the tallest sand dune on the Oregon Coast, at 240 ft (73 m).

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Neskowin Beach State Recreation Site, Neskowin, OR 97149

Spend some time on the magical Neskowin Beach, where you can propose to your lover at Proposal Rock, a tide-dictated island with an arch. At low tide you may even see the Neskowin Ghost Forest, which tells stories of the past.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Proposal Rock, Neskowin, OR

Spend some time on the magical Neskowin Beach, where you can propose to your lover at Proposal Rock, a tide-dictated island with an arch. At low tide you may even see the Neskowin Ghost Forest, which tells stories of the past.

Duration: 30 minutes