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 |
Photo: Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Oregon
- Also known as: “Arch Cape, OR” and “Arch Cape, Oregon”
- Postal code: 97102
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.
Arch Cape
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Clatsop, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
45.8123° or 45° 48′ 44″ northLongitude
-123.9636° or 123° 57′ 49″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
84QRR26P+WHOpenStreetMap ID
node 150939923OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to South Azerbaijani—“Arch Cape” goes by many names.
- French: “Arch Cape”
- Hungarian: “Arch Cape”
- Irish: “Arch Cape”
- Persian: “آرچ کیپ، اورگن”
- Persian: “آرچ کیپ”
- South Azerbaijani: “آرچ کیپ، اورقن”
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