Arch Cape
Arch Cape is an unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Named for the natural arch in the coastal rocks and the headland that extends into the Pacific Ocean, it is located along the Pacific coast, approximately four miles south of Cannon Beach, between Hug Point State Recreation Site to the north and Oswald West State Park to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Rock and Hug Point State Park.
Castle Rock
Islet
Castle Rock is a large monolith right off the coast of Arch Cape, Oregon. It is named Castle Rock because it resembles a castle turret. The rock is Basalt, formed millions of years ago from lava flows.
Hug Point State Park
Park
Photo: Curt Smith, CC BY 2.0.
Hug Point State Recreation Site is a state park on the northern Oregon Coast in the U.S. state of Oregon. Administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, the park is open to the public and is fee-free.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include False Tillamook and Tolovana Park.
False Tillamook
Locality
False Tillamook is an archaic placename for a headland in Tillamook County in the U.S. state of Oregon. False Tillamook is now known as Cape Falcon, Oregon.
Tolovana Park
Neighborhood
Photo: Kingofthedead, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cannon Beach is a city in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Its population was 1,690 at the 2010 census. It is a popular coastal Oregon tourist destination, famous for Haystack Rock, a 235 ft sea stack that juts out along the coast.
Arch Cape
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Clatsop, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
45.80232° or 45° 48′ 8″ northLongitude
-123.96807° or 123° 58′ 5″ westElevation
154 feet (47 metres)Open location code
84QRR22J+WQOpenStreetMap ID
node 5235164253OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
5711614
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In Other Languages
“Arch Cape” goes by many names.
- French: “Arch Cape”
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Localities in the Area
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