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The Haystack Rock Awareness Program is run by the City of Cannon Beach and conducts educational seminars at the rock during low tide between February and October. A variety of bird species, such as pigeon guillemots , common murres , black oystercatchers , and tufted puffins , roost and nest on the rock, raising their young usually between ...
Haystack Rock off Cannon Beach was added to the refuge in 1968, which became a wilderness area in 1978. [6] The first mainland addition to the refuge came in 1991 when Coquille Point near Bandon was added. [7] It is a sanctuary for nesting seabirds of thirteen species—some of the most important nesting seabird colonies in the U.S.
The Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1935 by the federal government. [4] Haystack Rock off Cannon Beach was added to the refuge in 1968, which became a wilderness area in 1978. [5]
Species that can be seen are brants, pelagic cormorants, common murres, tufted puffins, pigeon guillemots, western gulls, and black oystercatchers. [4] This state park has 3 miles (4.8 km) of hiking trails and a 1-mile (1.6 km) walking trail through the forest of sitka spruce and western hemlock .
Three Arch Rocks consists of 15 acres (6 ha) on three large and six small rocky islands located about a half mile (1 km) offshore from Oceanside.It is one of the smallest designated wilderness areas in the U.S., but features the largest colony of breeding tufted puffins and the largest common murre colony south of Alaska.
Cannon Beach is a city in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States.Its population was 1,690 at the 2010 census.It is a popular coastal Oregon tourist destination, famous for Haystack Rock, a 235 ft (72 m) sea stack that juts out along the coast. [6]
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A sea stack, named "Chief Kiwanda rock", is located 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km) southwest of the cape. It is one of three features along the Oregon Coast that are called "Haystack Rock", [2] though the one in Cannon Beach is more widely known. One of the attractions, called the Duckbill, in the park was destroyed by vandals in August 2016.