Interesting Hay Stack Rock Factoids
• Haystack Rock is a 235-foot tall Sea Stack (Monolith)
• Three smaller, adjacent rock formations to the south of Haystack Rock are collectively called "The Needles".
i.e. Needle in a haystack !
• Called by Captain Clark in 1805 “The grandest view these eyes have ever seen”
• 1.5 Miles South of Cannon Beach on U.S. 101
• Haystack Rock was formed by lava flows emanating from the Grand Ronde Mountains 10 to 17 million years
ago.
• The Third Largest Intertidal Monolith in the world
• Home to a migrating Tufted Puffin Colony
• Has enjoyed Official Marine Garden status since 1990
• Haystack Rock is one of the most identifiable geological formations of Oregon.
• In the Movies: Sometimes a Great Notion , The Goonies, 1941, Kindergarten Cop
• Area activities include picnicking, kite-flying, and bird-watching, and is the subject of countless Artists and
photographers - the most photographed site on the Coast.
• Weighs over a Millions pounds
• Adjacent to Cannon Beach which is named after a cannon found there from Navy Schooner “Shark”
shipwrecked crossing the Columbia Bar in 1846.
• Haystack rock is accompanied by two smaller rocks. The tall, elegant one being named Sven, and the
shorter, clumsy one being named Lori.
• "Inspiration Point" was an early name for Haystack Rock.
• Home to terns, puffins and surrounding tide pools inhabited by star fish, crabs, sea slug, limpets, sea
anemone.
Sponsored by: Duebers at Cannon Beach - Celebrating 50 Years as Cannon Beach's Premier Gift Shop
• Haystack Rock is a 235-foot tall Sea Stack (Monolith)
• Three smaller, adjacent rock formations to the south of Haystack Rock are collectively called "The Needles".
i.e. Needle in a haystack !
• Called by Captain Clark in 1805 “The grandest view these eyes have ever seen”
• 1.5 Miles South of Cannon Beach on U.S. 101
• Haystack Rock was formed by lava flows emanating from the Grand Ronde Mountains 10 to 17 million years
ago.
• The Third Largest Intertidal Monolith in the world
• Home to a migrating Tufted Puffin Colony
• Has enjoyed Official Marine Garden status since 1990
• Haystack Rock is one of the most identifiable geological formations of Oregon.
• In the Movies: Sometimes a Great Notion , The Goonies, 1941, Kindergarten Cop
• Area activities include picnicking, kite-flying, and bird-watching, and is the subject of countless Artists and
photographers - the most photographed site on the Coast.
• Weighs over a Millions pounds
• Adjacent to Cannon Beach which is named after a cannon found there from Navy Schooner “Shark”
shipwrecked crossing the Columbia Bar in 1846.
• Haystack rock is accompanied by two smaller rocks. The tall, elegant one being named Sven, and the
shorter, clumsy one being named Lori.
• "Inspiration Point" was an early name for Haystack Rock.
• Home to terns, puffins and surrounding tide pools inhabited by star fish, crabs, sea slug, limpets, sea
anemone.
Sponsored by: Duebers at Cannon Beach - Celebrating 50 Years as Cannon Beach's Premier Gift Shop
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