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| Events
and Things to Do
Rockaway
Beach Events
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| Contact
the Rockaway Beach Chamber of Commerce at this link for actual
dates and times. http://www.rockawaybeach.net/events.htm |
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| May |
Annual
kite festival |
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| May - August |
Ride the
Oregon Coast Explorer Train |
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| June |
Wine, Cheese
and All That Jazz |
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| July
4th |
Parade
Kids Fun Day on the Beach
Auction at the Wayside
Grand Fireworks – some consider it the best in Oregon. |
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| August |
Arts and
Crafts Fair |
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| September |
Annual
Autumn Festival |
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| December |
Annual
Christmas Sing-A-Long |
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| Things
to Do or See |
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| Rockaway
Beach |
7
miles of uninterrupted beach
Very friendly town with shopping, restaurants and family fun
for everyone
Steam train
Nearby Jetty Fishery for crabbing |
| To
The North: |
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| Wheeler |
Restaurants,
shops, and kayak rental on the Nehalem River |
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| Manzanita |
Escape
to a 7 mile stretch of pristine beach known to only a few just
off of Hwy 101 for a quieter and secluded beach vacation.
Beautiful 9 hole golf course
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| Cannon
Beach |
Resort
community off of Hwy 101
Haystack Rock and easy to access tide pools
Various and interesting shops, restaurants and pubs, and close
to 24 art galleries including a glass blowing art gallery |
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| Seaside |
The
end of the Lewis & Clark Trail
Ocean-side Promenade and downtown arcades, restaurants, and
galleries
Factory Outlet Mall
Movie Theater
Seaside Aquarium
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| Fort
Stevens |
Civil
War museum, and you can visit the only enclosed Civil War
earthworks site on the west coast, and explore the gun batteries
Peter
Ireale shipwreck is also near Fort Stevens |
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| Astoria,
OR |
Bridge
to the World spans the Columbia River linking Astoria, Or. and
Point Ellice, Wa.
Columbia River Maritime Museum
Astoria Column
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| To
The South: |
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| Garibaldi |
Deep
fishing
Fresh seafood on the docks
Garibaldi Museum
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| Tillamook |
Tillamook
Cheese Factory
Tillamook Naval Air Museum in a WWII blimp hanger and the largest
wooden structure in the world
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