Our first venture up the coast from Pacific City found us in search of Cape Meares Lighthouse, the farthest north we could go on the Three Capes Scenic Loop. The lighthouse is the shortest of all of Oregon’s and was built in the 1890’s. We did a couple hikes in the area, including to the Octopus Tree and the largest Sitka Spruce in Oregon, and then backtracked to Short Beach in search of agates. The tide was already coming in so we didn’t get as much time there as we would have liked but we found some amazing agates and the tide-pools were filled with sea stars. Ended the beautiful day with a nice fire and ciders on the beach at sunset.
Cape Meares Interesting History
