The Oregon Coast
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We’ve compiled the best of the best in The Oregon Coast - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
For the best view of the city, the Coast Range, volcanic Mt. Helens, and the Pacific Ocean, scamper up the 164 spiral stairs to the top of the...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesSee where the 30-member Lewis and Clark Expedition endured a rain-soaked winter in 1805–06, hunting, gathering food, making salt, and trading...Read More
The tallest lighthouse on the Oregon Coast has been blinking its beacon since its head keeper first walked up its 114 steps to light the wicks...Read More
In the old city hall building, this museum depicts the area's early history, including Native American artifacts, logging, fishing, cranberry...Read More
On the northern tip of the Three Capes Loop is Cape Meares State Park. The restored Cape Meares Lighthouse, built in 1890 and open to the...Read More
In a 100-year-old Colonial Revival building originally used as the city hall, this museum has two floors of exhibits detailing the history of...Read More
The Queen Anne–style mansion helps visitors imagine what life was like for the wealthy in late-19th-century Astoria. It rests on parklike grounds...Read More
This earthen fort at Oregon's northwestern tip was built during the Civil War to guard the Columbia River against attack. None came until World...Read More
Drive or walk over the rickety-seeming (but actually completely sturdy) bridge onto historic Pier 39, which juts out into the Columbia River...Read More
The Lincoln County Historical Society, which runs two museums—the Pacific Maritime & Heritage Center and the 1895 Burrows House—has a collection...Read More
Housed in the old Clatsop County Jail, this small but engaging museum celebrates Oregon's long history of filmmaking and contains artifacts...Read More
In the world's largest wooden structure, a former blimp hangar south of town displays a fine collection of vintage aircraft from World War II...Read More
The state's oldest wooden lighthouse was only in commission for three years (1871–74), because it was determined that it was built in the wrong...Read More
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