Ecola State Park and Indian Beach, near Cannon Beach, Oregon

Cannon Beach, Oregon
Ecola State Park

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I revisited Cannon Beach and Ecola State Park in 2006. You can view that trip, complete with updated and better pictures here.

After observing Ecola's Indian Beach from above, drive down to the lower parking area, kick off your shoes, and go wading in the surf. Indian Beach is almost as impressive as Washington's Ruby Beach, to the north (although it's likely this beach will be a lot more crowded).

Tall rocks rise from the ocean along the beach, and they take a serious beating from the pounding waves.

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Waves crashing against the sea stacks can at times make a booming, cannon-like noise. At first, I assumed this is how the town derived its name. But no, the town is actually named for an iron cannon that washed ashore in the 1840's, after a shipwreck.

There's also some driftwood lining the shore, but not nearly as much as you'll find at beaches further north.

After saying goodbye to the ocean, head back up US 101 to US 26, and drive toward Portland.

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