# Hug Point State Recreation Site > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hug_Point_State_Recreation_Site > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hug_Point_State_Recreation_Site.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hug_Point_State_Recreation_Site > Source revision: 1355128813 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|State park in Oregon, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox park | name = Hug Point State Recreation Site | image = Hug Point from above.jpg | image_size = 300 | image_caption = View from near the parking area | map = Oregon#USA | map_size = 220 | type = Public, state | location = [Clatsop County](/source/Clatsop_County%2C_Oregon), [Oregon](/source/Oregon) | nearest_city = [Cannon Beach](/source/Cannon_Beach%2C_Oregon) | coordinates = {{coord|45.8253|N|123.9611|W|region:US-OR_source:gnis-1132362|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coords_ref = | area = {{convert|43|acre}} | created = | operator = [Oregon Parks and Recreation Department](/source/Oregon_Parks_and_Recreation_Department) | visitation_num = | parking = One parking area | status = Day use, year-round }} thumb|A wagon and team cross Hug Point around the turn of the 20th century. The road, which is still there, was chipped into the rocky headland so wagons, stagecoaches and cars would not have to drive out into the surf to get around the point. '''Hug Point State Recreation Site''' is a [state park](/source/state_park) on the northern [Oregon Coast](/source/Oregon_Coast) in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Oregon](/source/Oregon).{{cite gnis |id=1132362 |name=Hug Point State Park |access-date=October 26, 2009}} Administered by the [Oregon Parks and Recreation Department](/source/Oregon_Parks_and_Recreation_Department), the park is open to the public and is fee-free. Amenities at the park, which is {{convert|5|mi|km}} south of [Cannon Beach](/source/Cannon_Beach%2C_Oregon) along [U.S. Route 101](/source/U.S._Route_101_in_Oregon), include picnicking, fishing, and a Pacific Ocean beach.{{cite web |title=Hug Point State Recreation Site |publisher=Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation Department |url=http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_191.php |access-date=October 26, 2009}} ==History== Late 19th century [stagecoach](/source/stagecoach)es that used the beach as a highway "had to 'hug' this particular point even at low tide to get around it", hence the name, Hug Point.{{cite book |last=Bannan |first=Jan |title=Oregon State Parks: A Complete Recreation Guide |edition=2nd |publisher=Mountaineers Books |year=2002 |place=Seattle |pages=107–108 |isbn=0-89886-794-0}} '''Hug Point''', the [cape](/source/Cape_(geography)) for which it is named, lies in the park. The recreation site, in 2024, was the location of the first sighting in the United States of a [Blue rock thrush](/source/Blue_rock_thrush), a bird indigenous to Asia and Europe.{{cite news |last1=Ferrera |first1=John Ross |title='Mega-rare' bird spotted in Oregon, first reported sighting in US history |url=https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/4627470-mega-rare-bird-spotted-in-oregon-first-reported-sighting-in-us-history/ |access-date=May 1, 2024 |work=[The Hill](/source/The_Hill_(newspaper)) |publisher=[KOIN](/source/KOIN) |date=April 29, 2024}} ==Roadbed around the head== The primitive roadbed was chipped into the head by unknown persons around the turn of the 20th century to facilitate access to [Arch Cape](/source/Arch_Cape), which at the time was accessible only by driving a horse-drawn or motorized vehicle on the beach. This sometimes necessitated driving directly into the surf—an inconvenience in a stagecoach or wagon, but a real hazard in motorcars, which were far easier to get stuck and were disabled and immobilized by relatively small waves.{{cite web |url=http://www.offbeatoregon.com/H1011e-tiny-scary-hug-point-road-likely-saved-oregon-public-beaches.html |title=Did this tiny, soggy, scary road save Oregon's public beaches? |first=Finn J.D. |last=John |publisher=Offbeat History project |access-date=2011-09-08}} A persistent rumor claims that the roadbed was made by a man whose brand-new Maxwell car got stuck and was submerged by the incoming tide in the 1920s; however, photographic evidence shows the road was there well before 1920, and Oregon popular historian [Ralph Friedman](/source/Ralph_Friedman) interviewed a stage driver who remembered using it before World War I.{{cite book |last=Friedman |first=Ralph |title=In Search of Western Oregon |location=Caldwell, Idaho |publisher=Caxton |year=1978}} ==Site description== The {{convert|43|acre|ha|adj=on}} park has a large parking area, public [restroom](/source/washroom)s, and a sloping walkway to the beach. Erosion has formed caves in sandstone cliffs along the headland's south side, which is also the site of a seasonal waterfall. The [Oregon Coast Trail](/source/Oregon_Coast_Trail) passes through the park along the beach. ==See also== * [List of Oregon state parks](/source/List_of_Oregon_state_parks) ==References== {{reflist}} {{Protected Areas of Oregon}} {{authority control}} Category:State parks of Oregon Category:Parks in Clatsop County, Oregon Category:Oregon Coast Category:Headlands of Oregon Category:Landforms of Clatsop County, Oregon --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hug Point State Recreation Site](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hug_Point_State_Recreation_Site) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hug_Point_State_Recreation_Site?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.