PhotosBySteve

There are excellent Photo Ops all the way from Astoria to the Redwoods near the California Border. If you're anything like me you might make it halfway within 5 days.

dougbev3 Loc: Pueblo, Colorado

This is on the coast..

jdmarks64

If you're coming from Portland to Cannon Beach, be sure to stop at Camp 18 on Rte 26 (I think it's 26 -- anyway it's the main road to the coast). It's a large (i.e. high-ceiling-ed dining room) restaurant with scads of old logging and rail equipment scattered around the grounds. Lots of photo ops. At Cannon Beach, you MUST visit Ecola SP-- one of my favorite places on earth. Very scenic and tranquil. Unfortunately, when I was last there in Nov '16, some of the trails were closed due to storm damage. Hopefully they've been restored, but the park is a must-see regardless. One last tidbit: Just south of Cannon Beach past Haystack Rock, there's glass-blowing shop ("Fire and Ice" I believe it's called) which is very photogenic. The owner is a very personable and interesting fellow. His work on display (and for sale) is gorgeous. Watching them work the glass is sheer poetry in motion.

dbarber71

You will see some of the most beautiful bridges for great pictures. The sand dunes near Florence is another great spot.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

I was fond of this one, just on the north edge of Tillamook:

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RolandDieter

One thing unique about the Oregon coast: it is all public property. You could walk the entire length without trespassing. Unlike other states, none of the Oregon coast is owned by hotels, other businesses or individuals. This means you can spend lots of time there, so plan ahead or you will not finish your itinerary before you have to leave.

RonM12 Loc: Washington State

This picture was taken just south oh Haystack Rock, there are many locations to choose from along the Oregon Coast depending on what you like to you like to shoot. Some areas especially during holidays or nicer weather, are covered with tourists.

C6Joe Loc: NorthWestern Nevada

Here is a clear day shot from Cape Lookout, looking North towards Netarts (At 1 o'clock) and Tillamook just over the hills at 2 o'clock. (Behind the tree!)

(The 'speck' on the beach, lower left center, is a person on the beach! Hard to tell the height perspective from the shooting location!)

The four rocks off to the left of the distant point, are all named, but I only remember 2 of them, Seal and Shag Rock.

Shot with an old, (New then!) Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD7camera! Not too shabby a digital camera for its day, not even a megpixel camera, only 750k, if memory serves!

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gmsatty Loc: Chicago IL

Here is my picture of the haystacks on the Oregon Coast. Sorry. Last post I tried to send a tiff, which did not work.

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David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

I like it, but I think you needed to be about 1 foot farther to the left.

gmsatty Loc: Chicago IL

I agree. However, I don't expect to go back anytime soon. I live in Chicago and went to visit my daughter who is a medical residetnt and son in law. They are moving to Atlanta
I don't know if anyone mentioned the site just over the border in Washington which was Lewis and Clark's farthest west destination.

hac.chief

1. Ghost forests (thousand-year-old trees sticking up out of the sand): many available via Google. Not mentioned on Google lists, recently exposed stump/root ball sheared off flush with beach sand surface by centuries of waves at Schoolhouse Creek; obscure side-road access on Wallace Street at about milepost 123 on Hwy 101 south of Salishan Resort. The roots appear to have supported a monster spruce tree perhaps 5' in diameter, all that's left is the underground part, exposed roots are 37' across in creekbed about 200' east of the breaking surf. To get a feel for what it looked like when sea level was lower, go a couple of miles S on Hwy 101 to Fogarty Creek State Park, south unit across the bridge on 101, drive around the inland parking area to a giant tree still growing but with the root system exposed about 40' across on edge of parking lot.

2. Beverly Beach State Park, about milepost 130 on Hwy 101, go into park & look for natural history displays describing Octopus Trees. Wandering around the park will get you all sorts of varieties of Octopus Trees in various stages and forms. (This is NOT the Octopus Tree that comes up on Google, a complexly branching single tree not growing on top of & around another tree.)