Tillamook Head
Tillamook Head is a high promontory on the Pacific coast of northwest Oregon in the United States. It is located in west-central Clatsop County, approximately 5 mi southwest of Seaside.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cape
- Description: High promontory on Oregon coast, U.S.
- Also known as: “Clarks Point of View”, “Killamook Head”, and “Nah-se-u-su”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tillamook Rock Light.
Tillamook Rock Light
Lighthouse
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Tillamook Rock Light is a deactivated lighthouse on the northern Oregon Coast of the United States. It is located approximately 1.2 miles offshore from Tillamook Head, and 20 miles south of the mouth of the Columbia River near Astoria, situated on less than an acre of basalt rock in the Pacific Ocean.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cannon Beach and Seaside.
Cannon Beach
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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.
Seaside
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Seaside is a city on the Northern Oregon Coast. Seaside is one of the most popular beach resorts on the Oregon Coast, helped largely by easy access from Portland.
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.
Tillamook Head
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Clatsop, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.94653° or 45° 56′ 48″ northLongitude
-123.99339° or 123° 59′ 36″ westElevation
112 feet (34 metres)Open location code
84QRW2W4+JJOpenStreetMap ID
node 4227639004OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 285.9 and Tillamook Rock Lighthouse Viewpoint.
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