Grey whale navigating around the tip of the cape.

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View of Cape Kiwanda and Haystack rock, looking south from the trail

• Start point: Cape Lookout Trailhead
• End point: Cape Lookout
• Hike Type: Out and Back
• Distance: 5 MILES"MILES" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. round trip
• Elevation gain: IN FEET"IN FEET" is not a number.
• Difficulty: Moderate
• Seasons: All year
• Family Friendly: Yes, but the trail is near steep cliffs at the end of the hike
• Backpackable: No
• Crowded: No

Hike Description

Cape Lookout is the best spot for whale watching from the coast without getting in a boat. As the migrating grey whales parallel the shoreline in fall and spring, they need to detour around this 2 mile long peninsula that juts westward into the Pacific.

The Cape Lookout trail is the rpemier hike in Cape Lookout State Park. Start a the Cape Lookout trailhead and hike westard through a Old-growth forest. The massive trees here are Sitka spruce, whose limbs are laden with moss and primeval ferns. These NW maritime trees grow only in a narrow strip on the Pacific coast from Alaska to southern Oregon.

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Guidebooks that cover this hike

100 HIkes on the Oregon Coast by William L. Sullivan

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