The Lewis and Clark Trail on the Oregon Coast

When Lewis and Clark reached the Pacific Ocean, they didn't stop exploring. They didn't go all that far, up a few miles on the Washington side, but they did get around Tillamook Head, which is a pretty impressive thousand-foot monolith rising to the south of what is now Seaside. Lewis and Clark heard that the Indians had a beached whale that they were processing, and the expedition wanted some of it. So they clambered around Tillamook Head to get to Cannon Beach, as it is now known. About eight miles of the Oregon Coast Trail now follow the route that the Corps of Discovery followed. There are some pretty amazing vistas to be seen today, as there were two hundred years ago.