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Ocean Park was once a station on the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company, a narrow gauge railroad that ran along the Long Beach Peninsula from 1889 to 1930. [5] One of the oldest buildings in Pacific County is the Taylor Hotel building, built in 1887, currently in use as Adelaide's Cafe and Bookstore named after Adelaide Taylor, [6] the wife of the original hotel owner.
The Wreckage is a log house in Ocean Park, Washington, constructed of unhewn logs in 1912.The house was built by author Guy S. Allison on the Long Beach Peninsula as a beach house, using salvaged materials.
The U.S. state of Washington has over 140 state parks that are managed by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. These include 19 marine parks and 11 Historical Parks. The park system was established in 1913 by the creation of the Washington State Board of Park Commissioners. [ 2 ]
Ocean Shores is a city in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 6,715 at the 2020 census , [ 4 ] and according to 2023 census estimates, the city is estimated to have a population of 7,549.
The Long Beach Peninsula is known for its continuous sand beach 28 miles (45 km) in extent on the Pacific Ocean side, claimed to be the longest beach in the United States. It is a popular vacation destination for people from Seattle, Washington (165 miles (266 km) distant) and Portland, Oregon (115 miles (185 km) distant).
Ocean City State Park is a state-operated, public recreation area on the Pacific Ocean in Grays Harbor County, Washington, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of downtown Ocean Shores. The park offers 170 acres (69 ha) of beach, dunes, and lodgepole pine and activities that include picnicking, camping, fishing, scuba diving, swimming, clam digging ...
Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Washington is home to approximately 1,500, [3] and 19 of those are found in Pacific County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 7, 2025.
United States Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment, situated near Cape Disappointment, Washington, at the mouth of the Columbia River, is the largest United States Coast Guard search and rescue station on the Northwest Coast, with 50 crewmembers assigned. Cape Disappointment Station is also the site of the oldest search and rescue station ...