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Tucked away in Cannon Beach, a quiet hike meanders through old-growth forest By Jamie Hale, oregonlive.com
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5 Photos The 1,040-acre Ecola Creek Forest Reserve contains a small segment of old-growth coastal rainforest, Photo Gallery
If you made a list of the best natural attractions in and around Cannon Beach, you’d have to get pretty far down before mentioning the Ecola Creek Forest Reserve.
That’s no knock against the 1,040-acre reserve, a place of quiet beauty in the forests east of town, it’s just that when it comes to natural attractions on this stretch of the north Oregon coast, there happens to be a lot of competition.
Tucked away in Cannon Beach, a quiet hike meanders through old-growth forest
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
Posted Feb 02, 2021
Towering trees, massive ferns and rough-skinned newts populate the Ecola Creek Forest Reserve, a 1,040-acre community forest that protects part of the watershed in Cannon Beach on the Oregon coast.Jamie Hale/The Oregonian
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If you made a list of the best natural attractions in and around Cannon Beach, you’d have to get pretty far down before mentioning the Ecola Creek Forest Reserve.
That’s no knock against the 1,040-acre reserve, a place of quiet beauty in the forests east of town, it’s just that when it comes to natural attractions on this stretch of the north Oregon coast, there happens to be a lot of competition.
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The main attraction is simply watching the waves from this parking lot, situated where Seaside s beach curves around abruptly and the contours of the shore take the lead from Tillamook Head. Yet there s a lot more going on here than just the waves: a handful of secret attractions and factoids lurk here.
Favorite sights get unruly here quite easily. Seaside s Cove compresses the energy of the waves and keeps them coming onto shore sizably higher than most areas of the Oregon coast. Then, when even the smaller, calmer waves lap at the rocky shoreline, these smooth, rounded stones make cool rattling noises.
Spectacular Yet Scary Images, Video from Oregon / Washington Coast King Tides
Published 01/16/21 at 3:06 AM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Seaside, Oregon) – This past week, with numerous flood and high surf events, made for some spectacular but scary images along the Oregon and Washington coast. Documented in stills and video are some excessively stupid behavior but mostly jaw-dropping nature. You see the Pacific Ocean at its most angry at times.
Here is a compilation:
Today we opted to capture the coastline as Westport, WA braced against the first big storm of 2021. We wanted to document the toll these storms are taking on our beaches and precious dunes. Also, to show you why