{{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Cannon Beach, Oregon | settlement_type = City | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = Haystack Rock, Oregon (drone photograph).jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = An aerial view of Cannon Beach with Haystack Rock in the background | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_map = Clatsop_County_Oregon_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Cannon_Beach_Highlighted.svg | mapsize = | map_caption = Location in Oregon | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Oregon | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Clatsop | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Barb Knop<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ci.cannon-beach.or.us/citycouncil/directory-listing/barb-knop|title=Barb Knop | Cannon Beach Oregon|website=www.ci.cannon-beach.or.us}}</ref> | established_title = Incorporated | established_date = 1956 | area_magnitude = | area_total_sq_mi = 1.57 | area_footnotes = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='41'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 12, 2022}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 4.07 | area_land_sq_mi = 1.57 | area_land_km2 = 4.07 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 | area_water_km2 = 0.00 | population_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/> | population_as_of = 2020 | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | population_note = | population_total = 1489 | population_metro = | population_urban = | population_density_km2 = 366.04 | population_density_sq_mi = 947.80 | timezone = Pacific | utc_offset = -8 | timezone_DST = Pacific | utc_offset_DST = -7 | coordinates = {{coord|45|52|55|N|123|57|34|W|type:city_region:US-OR|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> | elevation_ft = 46 | website = [http://www.ci.cannon-beach.or.us/ ci.cannon-beach.or.us] | postal_code_type = ZIP code | postal_code = 97110 | area_code = 503 | blank_name = FIPS code | blank_info = 41-10850<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> | blank1_name = GNIS feature ID | blank1_info = 2409975<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2409975}}</ref> | footnotes = | unit_pref = Imperial }} '''Cannon Beach'''{{IPAc-en||audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Masohpotato-Cannon Beach.wav}} is a city in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cannon Beach had a population of 1,489.<ref name="Census2020PLLede">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N&for=place%3A10850&in=state%3A41|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=February 2, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref> It is a popular coastal Oregon tourist destination, famous for Haystack Rock, a {{cvt|235|ft}} sea stack that juts out along the coast.<ref name=ocva>{{cite web |title=Cannon Beach |url=https://visittheoregoncoast.com/cities/cannon-beach/ |website=Oregon Coast Visitors Association |access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref> In 2013, ''National Geographic'' listed it as "one of the world's 100 most beautiful places."<ref name=ocva/> ==History== Cannon Beach and its surrounding coast was previously settled by the Tillamook people.
William Clark, one of the leaders of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, journeyed to Cannon Beach in early 1805. The expedition was wintering at Fort Clatsop, roughly {{convert|20|mi|km}} to the north near the mouth of the Columbia River. In December 1805, two members of the expedition returned to camp with blubber from a whale that had beached several miles south, near the mouth of Ecola Creek. Clark later explored the region himself.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oregonstateparks.org/images/pdf/ecola-clatsop-map.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2006-08-27 |archive-date=2006-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617184521/http://oregonstateparks.org/images/pdf/ecola-clatsop-map.pdf }}</ref> From a spot near the western cliffs of the headland he saw "...the grandest and most pleasing prospects which my eyes ever surveyed, in front of a boundless Ocean..." That viewpoint, later dubbed "Clark's Point of View," can be accessed by a hiking trail from Indian Beach in Ecola State Park.
Clark and several of his companions, including Sacagawea, completed a three-day journey on January 10, 1806, to the site of the beached whale. They encountered a group of Tillamook who were boiling blubber for storage. Clark and his party met with them and successfully bartered for {{convert|300.|lb|kg}} of blubber and some whale oil before returning to Fort Clatsop.<ref name=NPS>{{cite web |title=History & Culture: Stories: A Monstrous Fish|url=https://www.nps.gov/lewi/learn/historyculture/histcult-stories-monstfish.htm|publisher= National Park Service |year= 2015 |access-date= March 16, 2015}}</ref> There is a whale sculpture commemorating the encounter between Clark's group and the Tillamooks in a small park at the northern end of Hemlock Street.<ref>{{cite web | title=Cannon Beach | url=http://ouroregoncoast.com/cannon-beach-oregon.html?start=11 | access-date=March 15, 2012 | url-status=usurped | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072408/http://ouroregoncoast.com/cannon-beach-oregon.html?start=11 | archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref>
Clark applied the name ''Ekoli'' to what is now Ecola Creek.<ref name=Sov>{{cite web |url=http://www2.wi.net/~census/lesson36.html |title= Historic Oregon Coast Photo Album |last= Guardino |first=M. Constance III |author2= Rev. Marilyn A. Riedel |work=Sovereigns of Themselves: A Liberating History of Oregon and Its Coast Volume III |access-date= December 11, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080724233412/http://www2.wi.net/~census/lesson36.html |archive-date=July 24, 2008 }}</ref> ''Ehkoli'' is a Chinook word for "whale".<ref name=Sov/> Early settlers later renamed the creek "Elk Creek", and a community with the same name formed nearby.<ref name=WHS>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/winter-2001-02.pdf |title=A Lasting Legacy: The Lewis and Clark Place Names of the Pacific Northwest—Part IV |last=Wesselius |first=Allen "Doc" |publisher=Washington State History Museum |work=Columbia, the Magazine of Northwest History |date=Winter 2001 |volume=15 |number=4 |access-date=September 5, 2023 }}</ref>
thumb|left|Looking northwest up the beach
In 1846, a carronade, a short naval cannon, from the US Navy schooner ''Shark'', which had sunk earlier that year, washed ashore just north of Arch Cape, a few miles south of the community.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oregontic.com/oregon-historical-markers/cannon-beach/#:~:text=Cannon%20Beach%20was%20named%20after,River%20on%20September%2010%2C%201846. |title=Cannons on the Beach |work=Oregon Travel Information Council |date=September 19, 2011 |access-date=September 5, 2023 |archive-date=September 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905062718/https://oregontic.com/oregon-historical-markers/cannon-beach/#:~:text=Cannon%20Beach%20was%20named%20after,River%20on%20September%2010%2C%201846. |url-status=dead }}</ref> The schooner hit land while attempting to cross the Columbia Bar, also known as the "Graveyard of the Pacific." The cannon, rediscovered in 1898, eventually inspired a name change for the growing community. In 1922, Elk Creek was renamed Cannon Beach (reflecting the {{convert|8|mi|km|0|adj=on}} beach that extends south of Ecola Creek to Arch Cape) at the insistence of the Post Office Department because the name was frequently confused with Eola. Elk Creek itself was renamed Ecola Creek to honor William Clark's original name.<ref name=WHS/>
The cannon is now housed in the city's museum and a replica of it can be seen alongside U.S. Route 101.<ref name=OHS>{{cite web|title=Cannon Beach Cannon |url=http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/historical_records/dspDocument.cfm?doc_ID=0855CAE9-EE3C-24D8-FD318217CC41C235 |publisher= Oregon Historical Society |access-date= December 11, 2008}}</ref> Two more cannons, also believed to have been from the ''Shark'', were discovered on Arch Cape over the weekend of February 16, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Girl, father find two ancient cannons on the Oregon coast |url=http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_021808_news_ancient_cannons_beach_uss_shark.70c94c4.html |access-date=2008-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225151007/http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_021808_news_ancient_cannons_beach_uss_shark.70c94c4.html |archive-date=2008-02-25 }}</ref>
U.S. Highway 101 formerly ran through Cannon Beach. In 1964, a tsunami generated by the Good Friday earthquake came ashore along the coast of the Pacific Northwest. The subsequent flooding inundated parts of Cannon Beach and washed away the highway bridge located on the north side of city. The city, now isolated from the highway, decided to attract visitors by holding a sand castle contest, an event that still continues annually every June.<ref>{{cite web|last=Higgins|first=Vickie|title=Cannon Beach - The little town Oregon's North Coast has a front-row seat|url=http://www.northwestmagazines.com/oregon_coast_cannon_beach.php|access-date=2007-11-03}}</ref>
==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|1.54|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2012-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-07-02 }}</ref> The Tolovana Park neighborhood is south of the downtown core, adjacent to Tolovana Beach State Recreation Site.
===Climate=== This region experiences mild, dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above {{convert|71.6|F|C}}. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Cannon Beach has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=146753&cityname=Cannon+Beach,+Oregon,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Cannon Beach, Oregon Köppen Climate Classification |website=Weatherbase}}</ref>
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==Demographics== {{US Census population |1930= 125 |1940= 125 |1950= 125 |1960= 495 |1970= 779 |1980= 1187 |1990= 1221 |2000= 1588 |2010= 1690 |2020= 1489 |footnote=source:<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=Cannon Beach, Oregon|work=United States Census Bureau|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|url=https://www.census.gov|access-date=June 14, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Moffatt|first=Riley Moore|title=Population History of Western U.S. Cities and Towns, 1850–1990|location=Lanham, Maryland|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=1996|page=150|isbn=978-0-8108-3033-2}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N%2CNAME&for=place%3A%2A&in=state%3A41|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref> | align = right | align-fn = center }}
===2020 census===
As of the 2020 census, Cannon Beach had a population of 1,489. The median age was 53.2 years. 12.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 32.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 83.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 85.0 males age 18 and over.<ref name="Census2020DP">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dp?get=NAME%2CDP1_0021P%2CDP1_0024P%2CDP1_0025C%2CDP1_0049C%2CDP1_0045C%2CDP1_0069C%2CDP1_0073C%2CDP1_0125P%2CDP1_0126P%2CDP1_0129P%2CDP1_0133P%2CDP1_0137P%2CDP1_0138P%2CDP1_0139P%2CDP1_0141P%2CDP1_0142P%2CDP1_0143P%2CDP1_0145P%2CDP1_0146P%2CDP1_0147C%2CDP1_0148C%2CDP1_0149C%2CDP1_0156C%2CDP1_0157C%2CDP1_0158C%2CDP1_0159P%2CDP1_0160P&for=place%3A10850&in=state%3A41|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=January 28, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>
0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.<ref name="Census2020DHC">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dhc?get=NAME%2CP2_002N%2CP2_003N&for=place%3A10850&in=state%3A41|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2023|access-date=January 28, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>
There were 705 households in Cannon Beach, of which 17.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 43.7% were married-couple households, 17.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 32.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 35.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>
There were 1,888 housing units, of which 62.7% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 58.2% were owner-occupied and 41.8% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.8% and the rental vacancy rate was 7.1%.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>
{| class="wikitable" |+ Racial composition as of the 2020 census<ref name="Census2020PL">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N%2CP1_003N%2CP1_004N%2CP1_005N%2CP1_006N%2CP1_007N%2CP1_008N%2CP1_009N%2CP2_001N%2CP2_002N%2CH1_001N%2CH1_002N&for=place%3A10850&in=state%3A41|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=January 28, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref> ! Race !! Number !! Percent |- | White || 1,224 || 82.2% |- | Black or African American || 3 || 0.2% |- | American Indian and Alaska Native || 16 || 1.1% |- | Asian || 16 || 1.1% |- | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 2 || 0.1% |- | Some other race || 81 || 5.4% |- | Two or more races || 147 || 9.9% |- | ''Hispanic or Latino (of any race)'' || 185 || 12.4% |}
===2010 census=== As of the census<ref name="wwwcensusgov" /> of 2010, there were 1,690 people, 759 households, and 415 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1097.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,812 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1176.6|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 88.4% White, 0.1% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 9.1% from other races, and 1.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.7% of the population.
There were 759 households, of which 19.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.1% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 45.3% were non-families. 38.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.07 and the average family size was 2.70.
The median age in the city was 46.4 years. 16.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 12.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20% were from 25 to 44; 31.6% were from 45 to 64; and 19.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.0% male and 54.0% female.
===2000 census=== As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,588 people, 710 households, and 418 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,066.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,641 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,102.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.57% White, 0.19% African American, 0.88% Native American, 0.31% Asian, 3.27% from other races, and 2.77% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.52% of the population. 17.2% were of German, 12.6% English, 11.4% Irish and 5.7% American ancestry according to Census 2000.
There were 710 households, out of which 20.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.0% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.0% were non-families. 33.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.70.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 17.4% under the age of 18, 12.3% from 18 to 24, 21.5% from 25 to 44, 32.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $39,271, and the median income for a family was $45,329. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $21,641 for females. The per capita income for the city was $24,465. About 8.2% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.3% of those under age 18 and 2.1% of those age 65 or over. ==Economy== Cannon Beach is a tourist resort destination,<ref>{{cite web|title=About Cannon Beach, Oregon|url=http://www.wildbirdshop.com/Cannon_Beach/cb.html|access-date=2007-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106061725/http://www.wildbirdshop.com/Cannon_Beach/cb.html|archive-date=2016-11-06}}</ref> particularly popular as a weekend getaway with residents from Portland, Oregon.<ref name=travel>{{cite web|title=Cannon Beach: Portland Travel Guide|url=http://www.portlandlogue.com/cannon-beach/|access-date=2007-11-03|archive-date=July 18, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718174726/http://www.portlandlogue.com/cannon-beach/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Chain stores such as Safeway and McDonald's have been discouraged from building in Cannon Beach in order to preserve the local economy and small-town feel.<ref name=travel/>
Artisan shops and local restaurants line the streets of the town.
==Arts and culture== thumb|In June, Cannon Beach hosts an annual sand castle–building contest
===Annual cultural events=== In June, the city hosts an annual sand castle-building contest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cannonbeach.org/pdfs/sandcastlereg2008.pdf |title=Sand Castle Day |publisher=Cannon Beach Chamber & Information Center |access-date=December 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010032226/http://www.cannonbeach.org/pdfs/sandcastlereg2008.pdf |archive-date=October 10, 2008 }}</ref>
The city also hosts an annual Fourth of July parade. Parades in recent years have featured a military flyover and a "Lawn Chair Brigade".<ref>{{cite web|title=Cannon Beach photos and info from previous Fourth of July parades |url=http://www.cannon-beach.net/4th/cb4th.html |access-date=2007-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218214815/http://www.cannon-beach.net/4th/cb4th.html |archive-date=2007-12-18 }}</ref>
"Spring Unveiling" is an annual arts festival, held on the first Sunday in May, hosted by the city's galleries.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spring Unveiling|url=http://www.cannon-beach.net/springunveiling|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302210138/http://www.cannon-beach.net/springunveiling/|archive-date=2013-03-02}}</ref>
There is an annual late-fall festival called the Stormy Weather Arts Festival, held in November, where artists from across the Pacific Northwest showcase their artwork in the local galleries. Artwork is available for purchase in an auction held at the end of the event.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.cannonbeach.org/businesses/Stormy-Weather-Arts-Festival |title= Stormy Weather Arts Festival |publisher= Cannon Beach Chamber |access-date=September 2, 2014}}</ref>
Several galleries in town feature the works of local and Northwest artists.
==Parks and recreation== [[File:Haystack Rock northwest face.jpg|thumb|Haystack Rock during low tide]]
Cannon Beach is recognized by the well-known landmark Haystack Rock, located southwest of downtown Cannon Beach. This sea stack has an elevation of {{convert|235|ft|m}} and is often accessible at low tide, especially in the summertime. There is a small cave system that penetrates its igneous rock that can be seen from the coastline. The rock is also protected as part of Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge and events are not allowed within {{convert|100|ft|m}} of either side of the rock. Near Haystack Rock are the Needles, two tall rocks rising straight out of the water.
Four parks can be found within city limits: Haystack Hill State Park, Les Shirley Park, John Yeon State Natural Site (closed to visitors), and Tolovana Beach State Recreation Site.
==Education== It is in the Seaside School District 10.<ref>{{cite map|author=Geography Division|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st41_or/schooldistrict_maps/c41007_clatsop/DC20SD_C41007.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Clatsop County, OR|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|date=December 18, 2020|access-date=2025-04-03}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st41_or/schooldistrict_maps/c41007_clatsop/DC20SD_C41007_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> The comprehensive high school of that district is Seaside High School.
Clatsop County is in the boundary of Clatsop Community College.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clatsopcc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/02-2-OR-CC-color-map.pdf|title=Oregon Community Colleges and Community College Districts|publisher=Oregon Department of Community Colleges & Workforce Development|accessdate=2025-04-03}}</ref>
==Media and film== [[File:Cannon Beach Goonies Shot.jpg|thumb|alt=View of Cannon Beach from Ecola State Park that was also featured in The Goonies.|View of Cannon Beach from Ecola State Park that was also featured in ''The Goonies'']] ''The Cannon Beach Gazette,'' a monthly newspaper that covers area politics, news, sports and community events. The paper is owned and operated by Country Media Inc.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cannonbeachgazette.com/site/about/|title=Site|first=Cannon Beach|last=Gazette|website=Cannon Beach Gazette}}</ref>
Cannon Beach and Ecola State Park have appeared in several films, including ''The Goonies'' (1985), ''Free Willy'' (1993), ''Twilight'' (2008), ''Hysterical'' (1983), and ''Point Break'' (1991).<ref>{{cite web|title=IMDB: Cannon Beach, Oregon | website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/search/title?locations=Cannon%20Beach,%20Oregon,%20USA}}</ref>
===Filmography=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Scene |- |1985 |''The Goonies'' |The Fratellis sneak into a race on the beach to evade the authorities during a police chase in the opening credits. Ecola State Park was also the location for the Lighthouse Lounge. |- | 1990 | ''Kindergarten Cop'' |Several characters attend a carnival in a scene that was filmed in Ecola State Park. |- |1991 |''Point Break'' |Indian Beach was the stand-in for Bells Beach, Victoria, when Johnny confronts Bodhi, who attempts to go surfing during a storm in the film's time-jumping final act. |- |2021 |''Far from the Tree'' |Although not named, Cannon Beach was the model for the beach in this animated short. Haystack Rock is visible in the background. |}
==Transportation== The main road through Cannon Beach is Hemlock Street, which runs from the north end of the city to the south, through Tolovana Park. Both ends of the street connect to U.S. Highway 101.
Sunset Empire Transportation District operates Route 20 and the Pacific Connector, both of which provide hourly bus service to Cannon Beach, connecting it with other surrounding communities<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sunset Empire Transportation District NW Connector |url=https://nwconnector.org/agencies/sunset-empire-transportation-district/ |access-date=2025-06-29 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Tillamook County Transportation District provides hourly service between Cannon Beach and Tillamook
The NorthWest POINT runs between Cannon Beach and Union Station in Portland; tickets can be booked through Amtrak.
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Cannon Beach, Oregon}} * [https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/a-d/cannon-beach.aspx Entry for Cannon Beach] in the ''Oregon Blue Book'' * [https://www.ci.cannon-beach.or.us/ City of Cannon Beach official website] * [http://www.cannonbeach.org/ Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce]
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