The section of town just south of downtown is known as "Midtown," and features a bundle of lodgings, charming neighborhoods with impressive homes and hidden beach accesses. It's also littered with a fair amount of fine restaurants, galleries and shops.

Above: Tillamook Rock Lighthouse is seen in the distance with a dramatic spring, brewing a combination of storm and cloud openings.

Below, Haystack Rock is viewed from the north, at a spot immediately south of downtown. Below that, one of the main beach accesses to Haystack Rock, which now also features a tiny bridge across the stream.

 

There is something else going on here in the stormier photos. Notice the ghostly veil-like structures coming from the clouds? It's a phenomenon of weather called virga. Basically, this is rain that evaporates before it hits the ground.

See more Not Tornadoes Nor Complete Squalls, the Oregon Coast Weather You May Have Noticed - Virga is common here but it's a striking curiosity