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also known locally as Agate Beach or Hundred Step Beach
Short Beach is a 1,000-meter stretch of beach on the northern Oregon Coast in the United States. Locals guess that both the beach and the creek that runs onto it—Short Creek, several miles in length—were named after an early resident of the area. Just south of Cape Meares State Park, and a bit north of Oceanside, the beach is hidden from the land except for a brief stretch of road which crosses the dam across Short Creek.
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Bayocean was once a planned luxury resort town that fell into the sea in the 1920s due to erosion when the Tillamook Bay Jetty was completed. What remains is a pristine 5-mile beachfront along the spit that encloses Tillamook Bay. Directly adjacent to the village of Cape Meares (although the shortcut to Oceanside over the Cape itself has been closed due to storm damage).
The Tillamook Creamery Visitor's Center is the center of the prime dairy area of Oregon. Interactive exhibits describe the cheesemaking process, and visitors can see the process unfold through the glass windows. Samples of their various products are available, including cheddar cheese curds. And of course, there's ice cream... forty flavors of them.
Cape Lookout offers 5 miles of beach access along Netarts Spit, as well as a campground and hiking along Cape Lookout itself which juts 1.6 miles out into the ocean providing sweeping views of the coastline on a clear day.