Tillamook Bay Travel Information
World-famous for their butter and ice-cream, Tillamook has more than cheese-sampling and dairy farms to offer the guest. Just over an hour's drive from Portland, visitors are also drawn to the area by picturesque Tillamook county beaches. Like other cities on the Oregon Coast, Tillamook has its fair share of rain. This, however, keeps the country lush and green, the farm-land fertile and the estuaries well-watered and teeming with life. Explore Tillamook's estuaries, bays and coastal rainforest in a kayak or canoe. Keep a pair of binoculars handy for a glimpse of a bald eagle, great blue heron or any number of other coastal birds that make their home along these waterways. Sandy beaches around the bays beg some barefoot wandering. Beachcombers are always on the lookout for fossilized clamshells and agates but a few lucky ones find prized glass fishing floats washed up after a winter storm. In Tillamook Bay, beds of clams are there for the digging, though if you have wheels, head a little way south to Netarts Bay, one of the best places on the coast to go clamming or crabbing. Give your arms a rest and head for the hills around Tillamook to do some hiking. A short drive away is Cape Lookout State Park, a popular paraglider/hanglider haunt that also offers vistas, trails, a two-mile stretch of beach and campsites. Keep an eye out for whales year-round, though the best time to catch some spouting is from November to April. Tillamook is located 75 miles west of Portland on Highway 26 and 45 miles north of Lincoln City on the Highway 101. To learn more about the area, please select a topic of interest from the navigation bar on the left.
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