There Are 4 Tour Alternative Options (All Below). If you're most interested in learning/seeing Oregon coast nature with a backdrop in history, choose the Seaside/Cannon Beach option. If you're most interested in learning/seeing Oregon coast history with a backdrop in nature, choose the Astoria option.
If your're not sure where to go, more than likely we will take you to Seaside/Cannon beach. Tours 1-3 have an 8/10 hour out-n-back option and a 10 hour loop option (combining adjacent tour areas). Tour#4 is our "In a Nutshell--Long Version" option, which combines aspects of tours 1, 2 & 3.
Oregon coast audio podcasts are available for this trip.
If your're not sure where to go, more than likely we will take you to Seaside/Cannon beach. Tours 1-3 have an 8/10 hour out-n-back option and a 10 hour loop option (combining adjacent tour areas). Tour#4 is our "In a Nutshell--Long Version" option, which combines aspects of tours 1, 2 & 3.
Oregon coast audio podcasts are available for this trip.
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Tour #1: 1st option is HISTORIC SEASIDE/ CANNON BEACH - (8/12 hours out-n-back or 10-hour loop. 90 mins from DT) - If you're most interested in learning/seeing Oregon coast nature with a backdrop in history, choose the Seaside/Cannon Beach option. Each tour is a custom itinerary, but may go something like described below.
We'll see many, most or all of these sights, as time permits. On this tour you may loop to Seaside/Cannon Beach, Astoria or Tillamook! *our whale watching opportunities are seasonal. |
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Tour #2: 2nd option is TILLAMOOK - (100 mins from DT) - If your're interested in adding additional spectacular scenery to the Seaside/Cannon Beach option, choose this option.
A 'Few' hours of the quiet side of the Oregon Coast. Take the scenic 3 capes route while viewing one of the most spectacular views in the world with a lighthouse at Cape Meares* and a hike through old-growth forest to Oregon's largest Spruce. As well as sea salt, oysters, salmon, sea life. view a forest fire and have refreshments. Learn more about Cape Meares On this tour you may loop to Seaside or a sub-marine sea stack & Pelican Brewing in Pacific City! |
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Tour #3: 3rd option is HISTORIC ASTORIA - (8/12 hours out-n-back or 10 hour loop. 110 mins from DT) - If you're most interested in learning/seeing Oregon coast HISTORY with a backdrop in nature, choose the Astoria option.
Relive the Frontier Feel. Once being the salmon canning capitol of the world and the 'graveyard of the Pacific', Astoria and its surrounding areas has many historic things to see and stop at. Having just celebrated its bicentennial, there's been a lot of hoopla and attention. The attention is well deserved. Astoria is the oldest American settlement west of the Rockies and has more historic markers than anywhere in Oregon. Also, it's a forward-thinking and surprisingly hip little city. Many Portland expats have settled here, bringing high standards and a sense of cool that, coupled with the incredible natural beauty of the area, makes this city a charming, atmospheric getaway with many wonderful surprises. A 'few' hours of food, cannery docks, beer, historic forts, a shipwreck, the oldest lighthouse in the Pacific NW still active to this day, a riverfront trolley & spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean, Columbia River and Astoria at the Astor Column.
On this tour you may loop to Seaside/Cannon Beach! On the way to Astoria (100 min ride) we'll play you some interesting audio about Astoria. Astoria Astoria Videos On this tour you may loop to Seaside/Cannon Beach/Tillamook |
The seaport town of Astoria in the 1890s appears much as it does today.
The 'Graveyard of the Pacific' @Astoria
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Tour #4: 4th option is "Oregon's N. Coast in a Nutshell - Long Version" (#1 + #2 + #3 combined--as time permits; 12-14 hours or multi-day) - Select stops in Astoria, Seaside/Cannon Beach & Tillamook, AS TIME PERMITS - Our 1st stop approaching Astoria will be searching for Bald Eagles in the marsh at the Twilight Eagle Sanctuary - 100 acres of wetlands and forest at the approximate site of the Lewis and Clark campsite on November 26, 1805. Then Astoria; the oldest city West of the Rockies. It's a place you don't get to by accident, you have to want to go there. We'll experience spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean, Columbia River, Astoria & the 'Graveyard of the Pacific' at the Astor Column . At the "Salmon Canning Capitol of the World", enjoy the Columbia River Maritime Museum, lunch at Bowpicker Fish n Chips (best fish 'n chips) or famous chowder at a local restaurant...and/or the reconstructed for of Lewis & Clark...see all the Astoria options.
Then bumper cars , taffy, beaches and a Lewis & Clark sight in cheesy Seaside & shopping, luxe life, a 'terrible' lighthouse and a volcanic sea-stack in Cannon Beach. Then 500 year old beeswax & buried treasure and a rugged coastline--a secret old-growth forest* & ocean views on Neahkahnie Mtn... Then onto Tillamook and Oregon's largest Spruce & Cape Meares. View one of the most spectacular views in the world with a lighthouse, as well as a sub-marine volcano in Pacific City (if we make it that far), Madre mía! We'll see many, most or all of these sights, as time permits. See in its own page |
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Single or Multi-DayCENTRAL OREGON COAST - You may go or continue south for a spectacular tour to Lincoln City, Newport/ Depoe Bay and Florence areas on a single or multi-day option.
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Hikers? Click HERE for hiking ideas. Note: All hikes not on the normal itinerary are DIY and a Trailhead Release Agreement is required.
Hikers? Click HERE for hiking ideas. Note: All hikes not on the normal itinerary are DIY and a Trailhead Release Agreement is required.
