With 4 miles of sandy beach sprawled between rocky Chapman Point in the north and Silver Point in the south and with the magnificent 235-foot Haystack Rock just off the shore, Cannon Beach is incredibly beautiful. In spite of its popularity, this lovely beach near the town of Cannon Beach, Oregon, is surprisingly uncrowded and you can let the kids run along the beach and through the shallow surf in total safety. Something that they will find far more interesting is located around massive Haystack Rock during low tide, where a whole world of sea life gets left in the small and tidepools, including colorful sea stars, delicate anemones, crabs, and limpets.
Also on Haystack Rock they can watch a large colony of tufted puffins, funny and colorful birds that look a bit like parrots, with bright yellow beaks.
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