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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]
View of Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge and Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge. Many coastal peninsulas of Oregon are ... is the Oregon maps of the ...
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.
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 .
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.
150 acres, adjacent to 5,170-acre Forest Park, includes classrooms, exhibits, wildlife care center Cape Perpetua Interpretive Center: Yachats: Lincoln: Oregon Coast: Located in Siuslaw National Forest, daily nature programs, activities, exhibits Cascades Raptor Center: Eugene: Lane: Oregon Coast: Nature center and wildlife hospital for raptors
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.
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]