Oregon Coast Trail Foundation

The Oregon Coast Trail North Trailhead is marked by the small OCT trail marker.

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Saddle Mountain can be seen on the horizon as the trail crosses the dunes to the beach.

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Descending dunes to the start of an approximately 15-mile beach walk in Fort Stevens State Park.

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A vibrant sunset over beach grass on the dunes of Fort Stevens State Park.

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Vehicles are permitted on this 15-mil section of beach through Fort Stevens State Park.

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A colorful sunset over the gentle surf at Fort Stevens State Park.

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The sun sets behind the iconic wreckage of the Peter Iredale.

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A sun star effect on a warm fall afternoon as a beach goer sits on their tailgate in Fort Stevens State Park.

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Approaching Tillamook Head in the distance beyond the town of Seaside.

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Beach grass on the dunes as the trail exits the beach in the town of Gearhart.

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Roadside viewpoint of the confluence of the Necanicum River and Neawanna Creek (crossed by road bridge).

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An optional route avoiding the beach is to take the Seaside Promenade.

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Beach goers on Seaside Beach with Tillamook Head in the distance.

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Statue marking the end of the Lewis and Clark Trail at the Broadway Street Roundabout in Seaside.

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The trail leaves the beach at Seltzer Park, south of Seaside.

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A substantial trailhead marker at the end of Sunset Boulevard.

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A trailside mileage sign at the start of the Tillamook Head Trail.

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Viewpoint at the top of Tillamook Head.

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Dense coastal forest surrounds the hiker camp on Tillamook Head.

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One of three rustic Adirondack shelters - each filled with four basic bunks in the Tillamook Head Hiker Camp.

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The Adirondack camp boasts a stocked woodshed for the fire ring in the Tillamook Head Hiker Camp.

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View down the impressive bluff from the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse viewpoint.

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The sun bursts through clouds over Tillamook Rock Lighthouse.

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A cloudy sunset over Tillamook Rock Lighthouse.

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Waves crash through the rocks of “Terrible Tilly.”

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An old World War II bunker near the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse viewpoint.

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Vibrant sunset from the rocky Indian Beach.

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Blue Hour at Bald Point looking toward Ecola Point.

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Sunset hues behind Tillamook Rock Lighthouse as seen from Indian Beach.

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The trail ascends above Indian Beach with Tillamook Head in the background.

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Panorama with Ecola Point on the left.

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Ecola Point.

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Tillamook Rock Lighthouse offshore from one of the many viewpoints in the day use area of Ecola State Park.

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The vast Pacific at sunset from Ecola State Park.

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Panorama from the iconic viewpoint in Ecola State Park overlooking Crescent Beach and the distant Cannon beaches.

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Viewpoint from the trail atop a bluff above Crescent Beach with Chapman Point above Haystack Rock in the background.

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The iconic Haystack Rock of Cannon Beach at blue hour.

Shore birds south of Silver Point (named for weathered gray spruce trees that once thrived here).

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Haystack Rock and the distant Tillamook Head as seen from Silver Point.

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Humbug Point at the north end of Arcadia Beach is only passable at low tide.

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View to the north on Arcadia Beach.

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Approaching Hug Point during high tide at the south end of Arcadia Beach. Hug Point is only passable at low tide.

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Sunrise from the beach in Hug Point State Park.

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Hug Point Falls.

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Bluff overlooking Hug Point Falls at high tide. The point to the north is only passable at low tide.

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Austin Point is only passable at low tide.

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Point Meriwether at the south end of Hug Point State Park, which is only passable at low tide.

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View to the north of Hug Point State Park Beach at high tide from Point Meriwether.

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A short stretch of beach between Point Meriwether and the distant Arch Cape.

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The point north of Arch Cape at high tide.

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Arch Cape Beach.

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Castle Rock as seen from Arch Cape Beach at blue hour. This rock hosts over 12,000 common murres.

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The south end of Arch Cape Beach at blue hour. This is where the trail leaves the beach and Section 2 begins.

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