Cape Meares - Oregon Coast Visitors Association

Cape Meares is a sleepy village by the ocean, tucked between a lake and the large bluff of Cape Meares. Surrounded by forest and sea, the area around the town is steeped in tales from the past.

Outside of town in Cape Meares State Park, the compact lighthouse sits on a soaring promontory over the ocean with amazing views for watching both whales and seabirds. Street names pay homage to the now-vanished town of Bayocean, once located on the nearby hiking spot at Bayocean Spit, which became a ghost town and washed into the sea. The surrounding Sitka Spruce forest contains towering trees, as well as the bizarre “Octopus tree.” As day fades, walk the beach, build a campfire, and tell your own stories.

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