Pack it in, pack it out. Please don’t litter. Play it safe on the beach! Stay off logs, know the tide schedule, and Park Information: 63400-8088 (2/13) don’t turn your back on the ocean. 1-800-551-6949 Ecola www.oregonstateparks.org Year-Round Picnicking Links with History Wrapping around Tillamook Head between Seaside and Cannon Beach, Ecola State Park is a hiking and sightseeing Picnic areas with tables are located near viewpoints at the Ecola State Park is a part of the Lewis and Clark National mecca with a storied past. Ecola Point and Indian Beach parking areas. A covered picnic and State Historical Park, which includes federal and state shelter at Ecola Point is reservable for group use through parks associated with the history of the Corps of Discovery STATE PARK Trails for Explorers Reservations Northwest (1-800-452-5687). Ecola Point is 1½ expedition in both Oregon and Washington. Ecola’s trails are situated above nine miles of Pacific Ocean miles above the park’s vehicle entrance near Cannon Beach. shoreline. They offer cliffside viewpoints that look out on Beach Discoveries Pacific Ocean To Astoria picture-postcard seascapes, cozy coves, densely forested Saddle Mt. Two spacious, sandy beaches–Crescent Beach and Indian Ecola State Natural Area promontories, and even a long-abandoned offshore lighthouse. Parking The trail network includes an 8-mile segment of the Oregon Beach–provide opportunities to explore the wonders of Ecola Trailhead 1 Seaside N Coast Trail (OCT)—the park’s backbone—and a 2 /2-mile State Park. Both are especially notable for their tide pools. historical interpretive route called the Clatsop Loop Trail. Play it Safe Tillamook Necanicum R. The OCT route over Tillamook Head is also Enjoy the beaches, but for your own safety, read and comply Head designated as part of the Lewis and Clark with the safety rules posted at all state park beach access Canyon Cr. 101 National Historic Trail. Hiking options vary points. Be alert to the dangers posed by unexpected waves, Ecola 26 from extended roundtrip adventures to shorter and be aware of the tide when exploring caves, offshore rocks, State Park hikes originating from Ecola Point, Indian Beach, and the and cliffsides. Cannon Beach small parking wayside on the north side of the Head in Tolovana Ecola Cr. 1 Please stay on the trail. Do not take shortcuts. Cutting across Beach Seaside. From Ecola Point, visitors can follow the OCT 1 /2 State Rec. Site miles to Indian Beach or descend a steeper, more difficult switchbacks is not only unsafe, but also causes erosion and 1 53 1 /4-mile trail to Crescent Beach. damages plant life. Exercise caution on the trail, and take care not to overexert yourself. This is a remote area. Arcadia On the Clatsop Loop Trail, you can trace a route used by Beach a Corps of Discovery contingent led by Captain William Cliff edges may be unstable. Please stay behind fences and State Rec. Site Clark. The party, which included Sacajawea, was looking for railings to avoid getting too close to the edge. Keep children Fall Cr. safely at your side and pets leashed (with a maximum Hug a beached whale that they had learned of from area Indians. Point The explorers found the whale near a Native American village 6-foot lead). State Rec. Site Asbury Cr. after descending to “a beautiful sand shore” and crossing Driving and Parking at Ecola a stream, which Clark later named Ecola Creek, using the Arch Cape Cr. Chinook Indian word for whale (ekoli). Please be aware that parking is limited during the busy summer season (June-Sept.), and long lines can form at the park. The Clatsop Loop Trail follows what is now a road ascending The road is narrow and there are no places to turn around. from the Indian Creek trailhead to a hikers’ camp. It then The curves and dips in the road also make it unsuitable for leads back to its starting point along a segment of the OCT. RVs and trailers, and these vehicles are not recommended. Ecola State Park Maps are available at the Indian Beach trailhead. Oswald Day-use parking permits are required year-round in Ecola West State Park N. Fork Nehalem R. West of US 101, 2 miles N of Cannon Beach Camping for Hikers State Park. You’ll need to display either a daily permit, a 84318 Ecola Park Rd, Cannon Beach, OR 97110 The Hikers’ Camp provides an overnight stop for those 12- or 24-month permit, an Oregon Coast Passport, or a Manzanita who are hiking the Oregon Coast Trail. The camping area is state park camping receipt. Your camping receipt is equal to a Nehalem R. 503-368-5154 (Nehalem Bay State Park) primitive in nature, but it does have three small, Adirondack- daily permit for each of the days that you are registered at any Nehalem Bay style shelters. Each of these rustic structures sleeps four on state park campground. You can purchase a daily permit at State Park bunk bed-style wooden platforms. They encircle a large fire the day-use fee station near the entrance to the park. 12- and 101 Latitude: 45.923055 N ring and a central picnic shelter. A vault toilet is nearby, but 24-month permits can be purchased at the day-use fee station Longitude: -123.96777 W the camp has no water. Please remember that there is no or at the camp host site when the fee station is closed. Permits overnight parking within Ecola State Park. can also be purchased at all major state park offices. To Tillamook To Seaside Pacific Ocean 8 Tillamook Head Viewpoint 7 N 6 e v r Play it safe on the beach! Stay off logs, se know the tide schedule, and don’t turn e r your back on the ocean. P st re 5 Fo er Hiker’s camp im he en ld Fe er m 4 El Tillamook Rock Lighthouse Viewpoint Canyon Creek Tillamook Head 3 Indian Beach parking area Indian Point Indian Beach 2 Key Mileage from Hiking trail 2 Ecola Point parking lot Camping Picnic area Adirondack shelter Shelter Ecola Point parking area Modern restroom Trails (tsunami assembly area) Vault toilet Roads Viewpoint Parking Ecola Point Crescent Beach Tsunami evacuation route Day-use fee station Park entrance To Cannon Beach (2 miles) All rates & information subject to change without notice. This publication is available in alternative formats upon request. Write to OPRD, 725 Summer St. NE, Suite C, Salem, OR 97301. You may also call 1-800-551-6949 or 1-800-735-2900 (Oregon Relay for the hearing impaired)..