Seattle Gay News
Issue 12, Volume 46, March 23, 2018
SPRING ARTS & TRAVEL Haystack Rock Cannon Beach, Oregon
Haystack Rock – Photo courtesy of Wikimedia
by Shaun Knittel SGN Contributing Writer I’m a city Gay. I just am. And I don’t mean that I am afraid to use a bush to go to the bathroom when I am camping or have a particular fear of animals or anything like that, I just like urban life better than the wilderness, buildings better than trees and so on. I know, I’m an odd duck for the Pacific Northwest all right. But every now and then I do catch a glimpse of something that Mother Nature built and there is no denying that regardless of what man sets out to build, we just simply will never compare. That is how I felt when I recently visited Haystack Rock in Clatsop County, Oregon. And I highly recommend that if you have not been to the rock or the beach it sits on (Cannon Beach) then you should seriously take a look over the next few days at how you can get away a few hours drive south and take a look. You’ll be glad you did. Haystack Rock is a 235-foot (72-meter) sea stack in Cannon Beach, Oregon. It is claimed (locally) to be the third-tallest such intertidal (meaning it can be reached by land) structure in the world. It is accessible by foot at low tide.
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A view of Cannon Beach with Haystack Rock in the distance – Photo courtesy of Experience Cannon Beach