Coast & Sea · Oregon

Haystack Rock (Cannon Beach)

A 235-ft sea stack with tide pools & puffins

TypeCoast & Sea
StateOregon
Best seasonSpring (puffins) & summer; low tide for the pools
How to visitFree; beach walk at low tide (tide-pool zone is protected)

A monolith rising straight off the sand at Cannon Beach, ringed by tide pools and home to nesting tufted puffins each spring. Walk out at low tide to the foot of it — and back well before the water returns.

The shot

The stack at sunset with the tide mirroring it.

Nearby & worth pairing

  • Cannon Beach
  • Ecola State Park
  • Oregon Coast Highway 101
  • Tillamook

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