Cape Meares
The sleepy village of Cape Meares is tucked along the northern side of the Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge and Cape Meares State Park. This small, but impressive park is home to both the shortest lighthouse and the largest Sitka Spruce in Oregon. Its viewpoints overlooking the Pacific Ocean are known as a prime whale-watching spots during migration seasons. This area is also a favorite nesting ground for sea birds, including the Common Murre, Bald Eagle, and Peregrine Falcon. It is home to the “Octopus tree,” once featured in Ripley’s Believe It or Not, and was a Native American meeting place.
This village has spectacular and secluded beaches, spanning many miles, and is a perfect location for beach combing, kite flying, camp fires and storm watching. The beach borders the Bay Ocean Spit, separating Tillamook Bay from the ocean, and offers mile and miles of hiking trails among forested sand dunes.
A ten minute drive to the nearby cities of Oceanside and Tillamook offer all the dining and shopping options of a larger coastal town. Some great, rainy-day activities are nearby, such as wine tasting at the Blue Heron French Cheese Factory, cheese tasting and tours at the famous Tillamook Cheese Factory, and airplane buffs should not miss visiting the Tillamook Air Museum.
Featured activities
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Kayak Tillamook County
Welcome to the most extensive kayaking guide service on the Oregon Coast! Kayak Tillamook County offers privately-scheduled Paddle Board and Kayak Tours for groups year-round. Choose from dozens of locations from Cannon Beach to Lincoln City. Our seven estuary systems offers flat-water paddling on six coastal bays, dozens of rivers, scores of intimate sloughs, backwater channels and fresh water lakes. We can satisfy practically any flat-water experience desired. Encounter river otters, harbor seals, mink, elk, raptors and seabirds while paddling your own kayak or sharing a tandem. We are professionally trained and certified staff, and registered with the Oregon State Marine Board. Beginners and novices welcome! From November to March individual thermoses of Hot Apple Cider are served, each with a fresh cinnamon stick inside.
Featured Events
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Gold Beach Rocks
A whole new experience with #goldbeachROCKS! You can create your own memory or leave a treasure for someone else to find. Gold Beach Rocks Art kits are available at local merchants. Don’t forget to #goldbeachROCKS!
- Arts and Crafts
- Hide and Find
- #goldbeachROCKS!
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Brookings Harbor Farmers Market
Open every Saturday, year-round. Farmer’s Market featuring fresh locally-grown produce and other food items as well as crafts and other wares.
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2nd Saturday Gallery Tour
A self-guided tour of Florence galleries featuring receptions and local artists on the second Saturday of each month year-round, rain or shine.
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Featured Deals
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Romantic Getaway Package – Driftwood Shores
Cuddle up on your ocean view balcony or patio with your favorite sweetheart at the Driftwood Shores Resort. Enjoy a spectacular ocean view and oh, those unbelievable sunsets while you sip your bottle of champagne or sparkling cider. Your romantic getaway continues with breakfast for two at the award winning Surfside Restaurant and Lounge. Relax your cares away with this romantic ocean vacation. Package starts…
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Free nights
7TH NIGHT FREE It's often bittersweet when a vacation comes to an end. Do you find yourself wishing you could stay just one more night? We would like to grant you that wish! Make a reservation for ANY DATES in 2016 for six nights and receive your seventh night FREE. Applies to new reservations only, based on availability.
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3 for 2 Special at Bella and Olivia Beach!
Stay 3 Nights for the Price of 2 at one of our coastal cottages! Not accepted for all homes, restrictions apply, excluding holidays. New reservations only, cannot be combined with other specials.
