Lincoln City's Oceanview Walk Park May be Tiniest on Oregon Coast

Published 05/02/25 at 7:05 a.m.
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff

(Lincoln City, Oregon) – Blink and you'll miss it. (Photo Oregon Coast Beach Connection)

Driving along Lincoln City's NW Harbor Ave. you'll run into NW 15th St. access and its bit of a driveway – and you'll also bump into the Coho Oceanfront Lodge. This is your cue. This is the hint in a little treasure hunt of sorts: where you'll find a sweet oceanview park that many miss.

In fact, it's called Oceanview Walk Park. It may well be the smallest park on the entire Oregon coast (although one of two places called Depoe Bay Scenic View Area may have that record beat).

From here, you can see more of Lincoln City from above than usual – unless, of course, you're staying at one of the oceanfront hotels in town. To the north and the south are mostly unobstructed views of surf and sand, and even more important is that Oceanview Walk Park sits about 60 feet up on high.

This is – in essence – a killer place to watch for whales, be they gray or orca.

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Oceanview Walk Park is an extremely simple layout. There's about 40 feet of slightly meandering walkway and then a circle maybe 40 feet in circumference. Two benches, a bit of fencing and the view. That's it. It is one tiny piece of real estate.

Aside from the view, the story behind the park is really among its most interesting aspects. Back around 2010, the Lee family that owns the Coho Oceanfront Lodge basically donated the property to the people.

Courtesy Coho Oceanfront Lodge

Rob Lee, one of the sons of the original couple that owned the place, took over the biz along with others in his family and they created VIP Hospitality. He told Oregon Coast Beach Connection the story back then. The company, in turn, became a major hotel force in the Pacific Northwest, owning numerous properties. Just before that major expansion, the Lees actually built and funded this little sliver of park and it became part of Lincoln City's official park system.

For awhile there, until recent years, it was the newest park in Lincoln City.

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Like the park itself, there's not much to the story, either. It's just a bit of a pleasant surprise.

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Yet Oceanview Walk Park is ultimately more than a pleasant view: it's downright striking. To the north, you can see well down the entire beach to Roads End and the point. All that sand.

View during snow, courtesy Coho Oceanfront Lodge

Just below and to the south, there's the 15th St. access and the tidepools of Lincoln City – or at least what there is of tidepools here. It may not be a lot – like at Yachats – but it's enough to go gazing at the colors, and the city hosts tidepool “exploriences” here quite a bit.

It's a quick walk to that access as well. You're about a block or less away, which in Oregon coast beach terms is practically akin to mere inches. NW 15th St. is also where you can drive your car on certain times of the year, but that's not advised.

The other interesting aspect of teeny, tiny Oceanview Walk Park is hanging out at night and watching the nocturnal surf below. It's mesmerizing, and even more so if you're lucky enough to be out here on a cloudless night. More at Lincoln City Maps and Virtual Tours

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Andre' GW Hagestedt is editor, owner and primary photographer / videographer of Oregon Coast Beach Connection, an online publication that sees over 1 million pageviews per month. He is also author of several books about the coast.

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