Cape Lookout
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- Hikes to this location:
- Cape Lookout Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG)
- Weather forecast: NWS/NOAA
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- Latitude, Longitude: 45.337, -124.003
- Elevation: 800 feet
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Description
According to Ellen Morris Bishop in Hiking Oregon's Geology, Cape Lookout is "the elongate cast of a coastal valley and channel system that was filled by a Columbia River basalt flow about 15.5 million years ago". The harder basalt has persisted while the Pacific Ocean has slowly eroded the surrounding coastline resulting in a dramatic 2+ mile long peninsula jutting westward out to sea." There are three hikes available here: the Cape Lookout Hike, the Cape Lookout South Beach Hike, and the Cape Lookout North Trail Hike.
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Guidebooks that cover this destination
- Hiking Oregon's Geology, by Ellen Morris Bishop
- 100 Hikes on the Oregon Coast, by William L. Sullivan
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- CFM (creator)