Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area is a state park in
Pacific City, Oregon
Pacific City is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,076 at the 2019 census. Pacific City's main attraction is the Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area.
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, United States. Cape Kiwanda is on the Three Capes Scenic Route, which includes
Cape Meares
Cape Meares is a small headland on the Pacific coast in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. The cape forms a high steep bluff on the south end of Tillamook Bay, approximately five miles (8 km) northwest of the city of Tillamook. Mu ...
and
Cape Lookout. Hiking to the top of Cape Kiwanda allows views of
Nestucca Bay
Nestucca Bay is a bay formed by the confluence of the Nestucca River and the Pacific Ocean in northwest Oregon in the United States. It is near the town of Pacific City, which is in southwestern Tillamook County, about south of Cape Lookout. ...
to the south and Cape Lookout to the north.
A
sea stack
A stack or sea stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast, formed by wave erosion. Stacks are formed over time by wind and water, processes of coastal geomorphology. ...
, named "Chief Kiwanda rock", is located southwest of the cape. It is one of three features along the
Oregon Coast
The Oregon Coast is a coastal region of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to its west and the Oregon Coast Range to the east, and stretches approximately from the California state border in the south to the Columbia ...
that are called "
Haystack Rock
Haystack Rock is a sea stack in Cannon Beach, Oregon. It is the third-tallest such intertidal structure in the world. A popular tourist destination on the Oregon Coast, the monolithic rock is adjacent to the beach and accessible by foot at low ...
",
though the one in
Cannon Beach
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 sea stack that juts out along the coast. In 2013, ''Nati ...
is more widely known.
One of the attractions, called the
Duckbill, in the park was destroyed by vandals in August 2016.
File: PACIFICCITY-Nov2004-MathewDodson.JPG, The cape from the beach in Pacific City, November 2004
File:CapeKiwanda-Nov2004-MathewDodson.jpg, View from the trail on Cape Kiwanda
File:Kiwanda Haystack.JPG, Haystack Rock near Cape Kiwanda
File:Aerial View of Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area.jpg, Aerial View of Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area
See also
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List of Oregon state parks
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Haystack Rock
Haystack Rock is a sea stack in Cannon Beach, Oregon. It is the third-tallest such intertidal structure in the world. A popular tourist destination on the Oregon Coast, the monolithic rock is adjacent to the beach and accessible by foot at low ...
in
Cannon Beach
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 sea stack that juts out along the coast. In 2013, ''Nati ...
,
Clatsop County
Clatsop County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 41,072. The county seat is Astoria. The county is named for the Clatsop tribe of Native Americans, who lived along the coast of ...
References
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State parks of Oregon
Parks in Tillamook County, Oregon
Kiwanda, Cape
Oregon Coast
Surfing locations in the United States
Landforms of Tillamook County, Oregon
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