Haystack Rock

Walk the sand at low tide to a 235-foot basalt sea stack ringed with tide pools and nesting seabirds.

On the beach, about 1.5 miles south of downtown Cannon Beach · Cannon Beach, OR

About Haystack Rock

Haystack Rock is a 235-foot basalt sea stack rising from the shoreline at Cannon Beach, and you can walk to its base at low tide. The tide pools hold sea stars, anemones, crabs, chitons and limpets, and they are one of Oregon's protected Marine Gardens. Tufted puffins nest on the rock from April through July. Stay on sand and bare rock, since climbing above the barnacle line is prohibited to protect wildlife.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Haystack Rock, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

Sightseeing
Local Gem
Cannon Beach
No admission fee
Chamber of commerce and visitor center for the artist beach town of Cannon Beach, Oregon.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.7 mi awayMore like this
Sports & Outdoors
Tolovana Beach State Recreation Site
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A day-use oceanfront state site at the south end of Cannon Beach, with a playground and views toward Haystack Rock.
0.8 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor Adventure
Ecola State Park
Under $25
Hike forested headland trails to ocean bluffs, sea stacks and the tide pools and surf of Indian Beach.
2.4 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Sports & Outdoors
Arcadia Beach State Recreation Site
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A shaded day-use beach park on the Oregon coast, set just off the highway a short distance from the ocean sand.
2.6 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Sightseeing
Family Favorite
Seaside
No admission fee
Official visitor bureau for the Oregon Coast town of Seaside, home to the historic beachfront Promenade.
Transit: reachable by public transit
7.9 mi awayMore like this
Sightseeing
History Buff
Fort Clatsop
Under $25
Step inside a log replica of the fort where the Lewis and Clark Expedition spent the winter of 1805 to 1806.
18 mi awayMore like this