Haystack Rock (Cannon Beach)
A 235-ft sea stack with tide pools & puffins
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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