06 September 2021

Sur La Mer (our 31st Anniversary) Part 7: The View From Neahkahnie Mountain

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At the northwest corner of Tillamook County, there's a headland called Neahkahnie Mountain. US 101 cruises along it.

Neah kah nie, according to MacArthur (Oregon Geographic Names) might be translated as the place of the god Acarna in the language of the Tillamook, the indigenous people of the area (if you see the name 'Necarney' elsehwere in the area, the derivation may be similar). 

In terms of a scenic viewpoint, it's close to incomparable.

 

The viewpoint, about 400 feet up as the GPS metadata from this photo indicates, is looking approximately southeast, and takes in a number of notable locations.

I've pointed them out in this annotated version, herewith:

We take in quite a bit of territory, yes? All gorgeous.

The beach at our feet is interesting because, unlike most of the beaches one gets do in this section of the coast, it seems quite rocky rather than sandy.


It's a testament to the super-zoom powers of the point-n-shoot, the Canon PowerShot SX 230 HS, that I can get this short of Wheeler, on the shore of Nehalem Bay, more than 5 miles away.



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