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The Cape Meares Light, which marked the cape at night from 1890 until 1963, is now open to the public. Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge and Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge are easily seen from the cape. It is the only point in the United States from which three refuges can be seen at the same time. [5]
Unless otherwise specified the source of the list is the Oregon maps of the Smithsonian's 1899 Indian Land Cessions of the United States. [1] Ordered north to south: Point Adams (see Point Adams Light) Tillamook Head (see Tillamook Rock Lighthouse) Cape Falcon (formerly known as False Tillamook, see Oswald West State Park and Cape Falcon Marine ...
Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge protects one of the last remaining coastal old growth forests. [10] This Oregon refuge set on Cape Meares has provided protection since 1938 for Sitka spruce and western hemlock, some more than 200 feet (60 m) tall and hundreds of years old.
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. Much of the cape is part of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department-administered Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint with three miles of hiking trails, which includes Cape Meares Light and the Octopus Tree.
Cape Meares is to the north and Netarts Bay and Cape Lookout are to the south. About 0.5 miles (0.8 km) offshore is Three Arch Rocks, part of the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge. It supports breeding colonies of tufted puffins and common murres as well as pigeon guillemots, storm-petrels, cormorants, and other birds.
Map of Tillamook County Beach at Oceanside and Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,333 square miles (3,450 km 2), of which 1,103 square miles (2,860 km 2) is land and 230 square miles (600 km 2) (17%) is water. [5]
Cape Kiwanda is on the Three Capes Scenic Route, which includes Cape Meares and Cape Lookout. Hiking to the top of Cape Kiwanda allows views of Nestucca Bay to the south and Cape Lookout to the north. A sea stack, named "Chief Kiwanda rock", is located 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km) southwest of the cape.
The Coast Range ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, and California.It stretches along the Pacific Coast from the tip of the Olympic Peninsula in the north to the San Francisco Bay in the south, including Grays Harbor, Willapa Bay, and the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington, the entire length of the ...