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Cannon Beach,
Oregon is located on Oregon’s North Coast on US Highway-101.
Cannon beach is
best known for its unique landmark, Haystack Rock which juts up out of the
ocean like a haystack in the middle of a field. Cannon Beach
lies on the coastal plain of the Coastal Mountain Range at the edge of the Pacific Ocean.
It is very peaceful here with the beach at your feet and the
forested mountains at your back. You
can explore for days at a time here and still not touch the surface of the
possibilities.
Cannon Beach
is about 70 miles from Portland
via US Highway 26, it is 23 miles south of Astoria on Highway 101, and 7 miles south
of Seaside, OR.
Cannon Beach
has a year round population of around 1,600. Most of the City is located on a 3 mile
long stretch of beach front area along US Highway 101. The area between the beach and the highway
is less than one half mile wide. The
nature of the land along this stretch of beach gives Cannon Beach
a unique atmosphere. Along this
stretch of ocean there are approximately 9 miles of flat ocean beach from Ecola State Park north of town to Falcon
Cove south of the city.
The downtown area
located in the north end of the town just south of Ecola State Park and
only a block or two from the beach.
It has a quaint, casual, and comfortable atmosphere with its main
goal of providing tourists with a pleasant experience wandering through its
many galleries, restaurants, and shops,
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