What to do on the People’s Coast
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Blue Heron French Cheese Co
800-275-06392001 Blue Heron RdTillamook, Oregon 97141There 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.
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Bob Straub State Park
Pacific City, Oregon 97135800.551.6949Bob Straub State Park is a nice place to go to walk on the beach and explore the Nestucca sand spit. This park is located in Pacific City and provides beach access, parking, and restrooms. The Nestucca River is legendary for 50 pound chinook salmon. This park offers beach access, and opportunities for picnicking, fishing, wildlife watching, marine mammal watching, and bird watching.
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Boiler Bay State Scenic Viewpoint
Depoe Bay, Oregon 97301800-551-6949A 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.
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Cape Foulweather
Depoe Bay, Oregon 97341877-485-8348Cape Foulweather was discoverd and named in 1778 by the famous British navigator Captain James Cook. It was at this Point that Captain Cook first sighted the mainland of North America on the Pacific Coast, and one of the sudden storms which greeted his arrival almost put an end to his historical expedition. The fierceness of the storm is reflected by the name he gave this rugged landmark - Cape Foulweather.
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Cape Meares Lighthouse
Tillamook, Oregon 97141Just 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.
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