Intricate, Intense Stretch of Oregon Coast With Odd Hollywood Connections

Printed 08/06/22 at 5:45 PM PST
By Oregon Coast Seashore Connection workers

(Florence, Oregon) – For those who’re seeking to journey the evening (and day) implausible, one chunk of Oregon shoreline offers a multivaried expertise that is chock stuffed with scenic eyebrow-raisers and on the identical loads of means to get away from crowds. 20 miles of unbelievable spots dot the edges of Freeway 101 between Yachats and Florence, the place the constructions generally smack of a Sure album cowl of their alien magnificence and surrealism, and there is some curious bits of Hollywood historical past lurking within the curves and coves. (Above: the scene used fairly a bit within the Bates Motel sequence is filmed proper right here, simply north of Florence. All pictures Oregon Coast Seashore Connection)

Northern Lane County, beginning straight south of Prepare dinner’s Chasm, is a placing place that has its tales.

One among them is Bates Motel – no, not fairly the Hitchcock one. A number of years in the past, simply after A&E’s beautiful success with Breaking Dangerous, the cable community ran Bates Motel, a darkish and twisted prequel to the Hitchcock universe. This was a recent tackle it, set now in trendy occasions. It sees a younger Norman Bates earlier than Hitchcock’s occasions, exhibiting the long run killer coping with psychological sickness, the whims of his loopy mother and navigating the prison undercurrents of a north California coastal city.

Glimpses of this, in direction of Florence, are generally seen in Bates Motel

Oregon followers of the present flipped over the actual fact scenes of the coastal freeway of the city have been filmed simply south of Yachats. These have been normally captured from simply above Yachats, simply above Florence or among the winding stretches in between (comparable to the highest shot).

Actual life exploration right here can really pounce on the TV connections, nevertheless.

Nothing smacks of lovely actuality greater than winds atop an 800-foot vantage level like this little bit of wilderness, on prime of Cape Perpetua. Thus begins the cool experience It is probably the most unimaginable views alongside your entire shoreline. Slightly below it’s Prepare dinner’s Chasm – a geyser-like function the place sea water whooshes up in spectacular blasts.

Amble down the highway a tad and the subsequent couple of miles will probably be surrounded by Neptune State Scenic Wayside and its many aspects – and it contains greater than a few seaside accesses too. One space is a pleasant stretch of sentimental sands whereas the opposite a few charming coves and basalt labyrinth constructions.

Strawberry Hill is one other wild surprise alongside the way in which, that includes a bigger cove-like space and insane quantities of tide pool wonders. Simply south of there sits Bob Creek Wayside which once more options extra starfish than people. There’s additionally an intriguing cave at Bob Creek, which sits straight under a shocking pullout alongside the freeway the place extra memorable ocean vistas might be seen.

Ten Mile Creek and considerably enigmatic Stonefield Seashore seem subsequent, with the creek dividing the world between easy granules and a stretch the place critically prehistoric-looking rock constructions dot the panorama.

South of right here, the highway rises and falls dramatically, generally not permitting you any seaside accesses. Simply across the nook sits Roosevelt Seashore, a curious knobby knoll for a mini-headland and the numerous delights of Ocean Seashore Picnic Space.

All of a sudden, the panorama modifications to all smooth sands across the Muriel Ponsler Wayside, Washburne State Park and the cloistered, mystical Hobbit Path. It is all seaside, on a regular basis. Then, simply as abruptly, on the Heceta Head space (which incorporates the lighthouse), hovering cliffs and dramatic views take over, ultimately main you to extra chunks of nearly-aerial freeway the place Florence might be seen under (scenes usually featured in Bates Motel).

Nonetheless, this space in direction of Florence accommodates one other kooky celluloid connection: Cry for the Strangers. It is a laughably dangerous horror flick from the early ’80s starring Patrick Duffy (earlier than he turned a Ewing) with filming places round Heceta Head, the tunnel close to the lighthouse, Florence itself and different areas. See Tokatee Klootchman State Wayside on Central Oregon Coast: Unobtainable Magnificence

Extra particulars and extra on these seashores, together with instructions and 100’s of pictures, on the Higher Lane County Digital Tour, Map.

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