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Haystack Rock

Haystack Rock is a 235 ft-tall sea stack in , . The monolithic rock is adjacent to the beach and accessible by foot at low tide. The Haystack Rock tide pools are home to many intertidal animals, including starfish, sea anemone, crabs, chitons, limpets, and sea slugs.
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Photo: Jkl sem, GFDL.
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: sea stack in Oregon, United States
  • Also known as: “Inspiration Point”
  • Address: OR

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cannon Beach and Tolovana Park.

Photo: Ronincmc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in , , 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.

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Photo: Kingofthedead, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cannon Beach is a city in , , 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.

Photo: Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an unincorporated community in , 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 , between to the north and to the south.

Haystack Rock

Latitude
45.88446° or 45° 53′ 4″ north
Longitude
-123.96839° or 123° 58′ 6″ west
Elevation
144 feet (44 metres)
Open location code
84QRV2MJ+QJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 38428767
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
5730712
Wiki­data ID
Q1592015
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Venetian—“Haystack Rock” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Haystack Rock”
  • Chinese: “乾草堆巖”
  • Chinese: “干草堆岩”
  • Dutch: “Haystack Rock”
  • French: “Haystack Rock”
  • German: “Haystack Rock”
  • Hausa: “Haystack Rock”
  • Italian: “Haystack Rock”
  • Japanese: “ヘイスタック・ロック”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Haystack Rock”
  • Ladin: “Haystack Rock”
  • Polish: “Haystack Rock”
  • Venetian: “Haystack Rock”

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Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Haystack Rock”. Photo: Jkl sem, GFDL.