What to do on the People’s Coast

• Animal Medical Care of Newport

  162 NE 10Th St

  Newport, Oregon 97365

  541-265-6671
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  Blue Heron French Cheese Co

  2001 Blue Heron Rd

  Tillamook, Oregon 97141

  800-275-0639

  There is something here for the entire family. Sample famous Blue Heron Brie, try gourmet foods, taste the Northwest's finest wines, or wander through the unique gift store. The Blue Heron also offers a wonderful petting farm for the kids to visit. If you're looking for a fantastic place to eat lunch, try the Blue Heron Deli with fresh baked bread and homemade soups and salads.

  http://www.blueheronoregon.com

• Boiler Bay State Scenic Viewpoint

  Depoe Bay, Oregon 97301

  800-551-6949

  A miraculous and rugged, basalt-rimmed bay, Boiler Bay is a great place to watch wild surf action on the rocky spurs. This splendid panoramic viewpoint presents a good opportunity to see migrating and resident gray whales. Take your binoculars -- this is one of the best sites in Oregon to see oceangoing birds (like shearwaters, jaegers, albatrosses, grebes, pelicans, loons, oystercatchers and murrelets). In 1910, an explosion sank the J. Marhoffer, and you can see the ship's boiler at low-tide.

  http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_213.php

• Cape Meares Lighthouse

  Tillamook, Oregon 97141

  Just 10 miles west of Tillamook and U.S. Hwy 101 this lighthouse stands 217 feet above the ocean and at 38-foot it is the shortest on the Oregon coast. Located near Three Capes Scenic Loop, Cape Meares was constructed in 1888. Visitors can take various trails to reach the lighthouse, as well as viewing areas with Stellar Sea Lions and various seabirds.

  http://www.capemeareslighthouse.org/

• Carl G. Washburne Memorial State Park

  US 101, 14 miles N of Florence, Oregon 97439

  541-997-3641

  Washburne is located on the east side of Highway 101 with a buffer of native plants between you and the highway. The campsites are spacious. There are several trails of varying difficulty leading from the campsites to the beach, wildlife viewing areas and second-growth forests. A walking trail leads you under the highway to a five mile sandy beach and a day-use area, where you\'ll find space to watch whales, hunt agates, beachcombing and picnic.

  http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_123.php

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