Cape Meares

Immediately north of the cape is the community of Cape Meares, next to Cape Meares Lake. Cape Meares beach extends north of the community of Cape Meares, along a sand spit, or peninsula, that encloses Tillamook Bay. The peninsula is alternatively known as Bayocean, after a popular upscale resort town that occupied the beach in the early 20th century, until beach erosion began to destroy the town beginning in the 1930s. Today, no significant remnant of the resort town remains on the beach. Immediately south of Cape Meares is Short Beach. ==Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint==

The scenic viewpoint is the location of the "Octopus Tree", a large, multi-trunked Sitka Spruce with a trunk circumference of about 50 feet. It is accessible via a short hike from the main parking lot. File:CMaerial.jpg|Cape Meares from an airplane File:Beautiful cape meares.jpg|Cape Meares seen from Bayocean beach File:Capemeares.jpg|Cape Meares from the north File:Meareslighthouse.jpg|Cape Meares Lighthouse File:Aerial View of Cape Meares Lake.JPG|Aerial View of Cape Meares Lake File:Octopus Tree, Cape Meares, Oregon.png|Octopus Tree, Cape Meares, Oregon File:Cape Meares Lighthouse wide shot.jpg|Cape Meares Lighthouse wide shot File:Cape Meares Oregon wide-angle coastline Oct 2024.jpg|An overlook at The Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint File:Cape Meares Oregon overlook deck Oct 2024.jpg|An overlook at The Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint ==See also==