Pacific Coast Scenic Byway - Oregon
Pacific Coast Scenic Byway - Oregon is an All-American Road in Oregon. Within Oregon it covers roughly 350 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Pacific Coast Scenic Byway - Oregon with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
US-101 runs the full length of the Oregon coast, a designated All-American Road past headlands, sea stacks, lighthouses, and long beaches open to the public end to end. Highlights include the monolith of Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach, the dunes of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, and dramatic capes like Cape Perpetua. Much of the shoreline is preserved as state parks, one after another.
- Haystack Rock / Cannon Beach
- Oregon Dunes
- Cape Perpetua
- lighthouses & sea stacks
- US-101
Designated for its scenic and natural qualities
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Places to stop along Pacific Coast Scenic Byway - Oregon
Columbia River Maritime Museum
Astoria's museum of the treacherous Columbia River Bar, with rescue boats, a lightship to board, and big windows over passing ships.
WebsiteFort Clatsop
A replica of the Lewis and Clark Expedition's 1805-06 winter fort, with costumed rangers in summer.
WebsiteFort Stevens State Park
An old coastal fort at the Columbia's mouth with gun batteries, beach camping, and the rusting hull of the Peter Iredale shipwreck.
Haystack Rock
Cannon Beach's 235-foot sea stack, ringed by tide pools at low water and home to nesting tufted puffins in spring and summer.
Ecola State Park
Forested headlands and coves north of Cannon Beach with classic views south along the coast and trails over Tillamook Head.
Tillamook Creamery
The cooperative's visitor center, with a self-guided look at cheesemaking and a long line for ice cream.
WebsiteYaquina Bay Lighthouse
Oregon's only surviving wooden lighthouse with keeper's living quarters attached, built in 1871 on a bluff above Newport's harbor.
Oregon Coast Aquarium
Newport's aquarium, with walk-through shark tunnels, sea otters, and a seabird aviary.
Cape Perpetua Scenic Area
Basalt shoreline south of Yachats where Thor's Well and the Spouting Horn churn at high tide, below an 800-foot headland with old-growth trails.
Heceta Head Lighthouse
Oregon's brightest light, perched on a headland above a cove; the keeper's house is now a bed-and-breakfast.
Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Some 40 miles of sand dunes, some among the tallest coastal dunes in North America, with hiking areas and separate zones for dune buggies.
Gold Beach
Where the Wild and Scenic Rogue River meets the Pacific, and jet boats roar upriver into the canyon.
Where to Stay along Pacific Coast Scenic Byway - Oregon
45 campgrounds and RV parks sit within about 5 miles of Pacific Coast Scenic Byway - Oregon.
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What is an All-American Road?
All-American Roads are the top tier of America's National Scenic Byways. To earn the title a road has to be a destination in its own right — offering features so exceptional, across several intrinsic qualities (scenic, natural, historic, cultural, archaeological or recreational), that they can't be found anywhere else.