Published 04/15/21 at 5:55 AM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Oregon Coast) – From the north Oregon coast down through the south coast, little can fill you with wonder like a big view from up on high. You’re not exactly touching the sky – but sometimes you’re far up enough that the clouds will touch you. On occasion you’re even above them.
(Above: atop Neahkahnie Mountain, courtesy Tiffany Boothe / Seaside Aquarium)
Aside from that gripping I’m-at-the-beach feeling, when are you at your highest on the Oregon coast?
At its peaks. Literally, there are truly soaring places next to the sands that jut up higher than you can imagine.
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Depoe Bay assumes the correct title of
the Whale Watching Capital of the Oregon Coast. A tall sea cliff bounds the entire city along the 101 next to the ocean. This elevated view allows easy spotting of the thousands of migrating whales along the coast in December and March. Depoe Bay even has its own resident pod of gray whales that hang out through the summer.
The ocean aesthetics of Depoe Bay cannot be overstated. Jaw-dropping views of big waves meeting volcanic rock shoreline entertain for hours on end. And public viewpoints and parks line the city from north to south. Plan to spend at least half the time of any visit simply staring from the city s edge out into the dynamic ocean expanse.
Three Weird to Wacky Facts About Depoe Bay, Central Oregon Coast
Published 02/22/21 at 6:36 PM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Depoe Bay, Oregon) – All that rugged beauty and dense recreational opportunities of the central Oregon coast s Depoe Bay can easily fire up the imagination, with those expansive views, tirelessly explosive waves, and the craggy rock features that are so distinctive.
Yet there s more beneath the surface. Sometimes quite literally, like hundreds of meters below. Here s three things you did not know about this beloved place.
Two Depoe Bay Parks Have the Same Name. If you re bouncing around the little Oregon coast town and spot a place called Depoe Bay Scenic View Area not just once but twice, you may think you re seeing double.