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TOUR OF CANNON BEACH
Cannon Beach - Arch Cape
Between Cannon Beach and the Nehalem Bay area, you'll find the Arch Cape Tunnel and tiny, unincorporated community of Arch Cape. It seems like all these beaches here are hidden ones, with hardly any souls wandering most of them.
Just south of the tunnel, you'll find the very clandestine Falcon Cove, nicknamed "Magic Rocks Beach" by some locals because this landscape of mostly ocean-polished cobblestones makes a funny, rattling noise as the tide disturbs them. This area is only acceptable to wander during calmer conditions and highly dangerous during storms. However, the cliff above it makes a good, safe vantage point to watch the show.
Arch Cape itself is an oft-deserted wonder, with a pair of sea stacks hugging a slightly hidden cove, accessible only at low tides.
The tunnel appears simultaneously as Arch Cape pops into view (if you’re coming from the north). This stately structure was shut down for a while for major repairs in the late 90’s, choking off the North Coast economically.
The area is still prone to landslides during winter, and sometimes you may occasionally find the road on either side of the tunnel shut down for a few days during stormier months.
On its southern side lay some spectacular viewpoints looking south.
