# Cape Meares

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{{Short description|Headland in Tillamook County, Oregon, US}}
{{About|headland in Oregon|the community in Oregon|Cape Meares, Oregon|the lighthouse|Cape Meares Light|the National Wildlife Refuge|Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
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{{more citations needed|date=May 2007}}
{{Original research|date=January 2009}}
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{{Infobox landform
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| type            = [Cape](/source/Cape_(geography))
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| map_caption     = Location of the cape in Oregon
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| location        = [Tillamook County](/source/Tillamook_County%2C_Oregon), [Oregon](/source/Oregon), [United States](/source/United_States)
| part_of         = Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint
| water_bodies    = [Tillamook Bay](/source/Tillamook_Bay)
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| etymology       = [John Meares](/source/John_Meares) (c. 1756–1809)
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| operator        = [Oregon Parks and Recreation Department](/source/Oregon_Parks_and_Recreation_Department)
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'''Cape Meares''' is a small headland on the [Pacific](/source/Pacific_Ocean) coast in [Tillamook County](/source/Tillamook_County%2C_Oregon), [Oregon](/source/Oregon), [United States](/source/United_States). The cape forms a high steep bluff on the south end of [Tillamook Bay](/source/Tillamook_Bay), approximately five miles (8&nbsp;km) northwest of the city of [Tillamook](/source/Tillamook%2C_Oregon). Much of the cape is part of the [Oregon Parks and Recreation Department](/source/Oregon_Parks_and_Recreation_Department)-administered '''Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint''' with three miles of hiking trails, which includes [Cape Meares Light](/source/Cape_Meares_Light) and the [Octopus Tree](/source/Octopus_Tree_(Oregon)).  The cape is named after [John Meares](/source/John_Meares), a British explorer.

==Geography==
Immediately north of the cape is the community of [Cape Meares](/source/Cape_Meares%2C_Oregon), next to Cape Meares Lake.  Cape Meares beach extends north of the community of Cape Meares, along a sand spit, or peninsula, that encloses Tillamook Bay.  The peninsula is alternatively known as [Bayocean](/source/Bayocean%2C_Oregon), after a popular upscale resort town that occupied the beach in the early 20th century, until [beach erosion](/source/coastal_erosion) began to destroy the town beginning in the 1930s. Today, no significant remnant of the resort town remains on the beach.

Immediately south of Cape Meares is [Short Beach](/source/Short_Beach_(Oregon)).

==Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint==
The scenic viewpoint is the location of the "[Octopus Tree](/source/Octopus_Tree_(Oregon))", a large, multi-trunked [Sitka Spruce](/source/Sitka_Spruce)<ref name="Inc.2005">{{cite book|author=Let's Go Inc.|title=Roadtripping USA: The Complete Coast-to-Coast Guide to America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oeJ6yNM09FwC&pg=PA969|access-date=5 February 2013|date=2005-04-01|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=9780312335694|pages=969–}}</ref> with a trunk circumference of about 50 feet. It is accessible via a short hike from the main parking lot.

<gallery>
File:CMaerial.jpg|Cape Meares from an airplane
File:Beautiful cape meares.jpg|Cape Meares seen from Bayocean beach
File:Capemeares.jpg|Cape Meares from the north
File:Meareslighthouse.jpg|Cape Meares Lighthouse
File:Aerial View of Cape Meares Lake.JPG|Aerial View of Cape Meares Lake
File:Octopus Tree, Cape Meares, Oregon.png|[Octopus Tree](/source/Octopus_Tree_(Oregon)), Cape Meares, Oregon
File:Cape Meares Lighthouse wide shot.jpg|Cape Meares Lighthouse wide shot
File:Cape Meares Oregon wide-angle coastline Oct 2024.jpg|An overlook at The Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint
File:Cape Meares Oregon overlook deck Oct 2024.jpg|An overlook at The Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|Oregon}}
*[List of Oregon state parks](/source/List_of_Oregon_state_parks)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_181.php "Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint"]. [Oregon Parks and Recreation Department](/source/Oregon_Parks_and_Recreation_Department).
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171129025513/http://www.capemeareslighthouse.org/html/history.html "History of the Cape Meares Lighthouse"]. Friends of Cape Meares Lighthouse.

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Meares
Category:Landforms of Tillamook County, Oregon
Category:Oregon Coast
Category:Parks in Tillamook County, Oregon
Category:State parks of Oregon

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