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Is Cannon Beach’s Haystack Rock Biggest Anything? No: Oregon Coast Geology

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July 4, 2023

Is Cannon Beach’s Haystack Rock Biggest Anything? No: Oregon Coast Geology

Published 07/04/23 at 4:31 a.m.
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff

(Cannon Beach, Oregon) – A sea stack or a monolith is a lovely rock by any other name. Or something like that. (Photos Oregon Coast Beach Connection)

Whatever’s going on with Cannon Beach’s Haystack Rock, it’s a lovely chunk of basalt. There’s no denial of that. Yet it’s not the tallest or the biggest, or whatever other record-breaker gets attached to it. Yet it happened again. In the national media, one publication just lobbed heaps of praise on the north Oregon coast town, but in the midst of it all made the nebulous claim that Haystack Rock is the third “tallest sea stack” in the world.

Oops, they did it again. It’s not.

A similar claim was made for decades by local tourism officials that Haystack Rock was the third largest monolith in the world. Looking into that, you quickly discover there is no official list of monoliths by height. When Oregon Coast Beach Connection started asking questions about that over a decade ago, those claims disappeared.

Now, some other travel publication has changed that to “third largest sea stack” in the world. Not even close. In fact, several sea-bound landmarks just off the Oregon coast are higher than Haystack’s 235 feet, including Haystack Rock in Pacific City. That one has been measured at 340.6 feet by state geologists, making it about 100 feet higher than the more well-known Haystack.

To boot, there’s a third Haystack Rock on the Oregon coast: one at Bandon.

If you look at Rockaway Beach’s Twin Rocks or the arch rock at Mack Reef on the south coast, they appear to be at least the size of the Cannon Beach fave.

No, in fact the honor for tallest sea stack in the world goes to Ball’s Pyramid near Lord Howe Island (Australia) at 1,884 feet high. Britain has several sea stacks way taller than those here, including the 449-foot Old Man of Hoy. In the Galapagos Islands there’s 500-foot Kicker Rock, (or the Sleeping Lion).

All that’s confirmed from a variety of authorities in the travel world or geology world.

At one point, Cannon Beach modified their claim to “intertidal monolith,” but that’s not a thing. In fact, when talking to north coast geologist Tom Horning, you discover that “monoliths” is such a broad term it’s incredibly nebulous.

On the flip side, there is no official listing for tallest monoliths at the tideline that you can walk to, so if you claim it there’s no way to prove or disprove that.

Horning told Oregon Coast Beach Connection years ago this gets into quite the rabbit hole.

“If I got picky, I can think of several very large rocky knobs in Alaska that have been sculpted by ice (monadnocks) but that are surrounded by water (stacks or islands), but which are 20 times the size of either of our Haystack Rocks,” Horning said. “And they have many smaller but immense cousins. Our features do not rate as among the world’s largest. Perhaps among Oregon’s largest, but not the world’s largest. It is just a bit of tourist promotion that has gotten a life of its own.”

However, Cannon Beach’s Haystack Rock is one of the few breeding homes along the West Coast to the endangered tufted puffins, and that makes it special on its own.

It has a weird origin story, geologically. See how Haystack Rock Was Created.

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No. 5 Oregon softball rallies past Oregon State to secure season series

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April 17, 2025

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No. 5 Oregon softball rallies past Oregon State to secure season series

They may be worlds apart as softball programs in 2025, but it went to the final at-bat for No. 5 Oregon to separate itself from Oregon State in the season series.

Emma Cox’s two-run seventh-inning single put the Ducks ahead and Rylee McCoy added a sacrifice fly in a 5-3 UO win Wednesday night at Kelly Field.

The road team won all three games between the rivals with Oregon (39-4) taking the series for the fifth straight year. UO has won 13 of the last 17 meetings.

Oregon State (17-17) struck early, with RBI singles from Lici Campbell and Jaeya Butler making it 2-0 in the first.

Oregon got on the board in the fourth via a fielder’s choice ground out and Oregon State got the run back in the bottom of the inning on a single by Morgan Howey.

Cox hit an RBI single in the fifth to make it 3-2.

The Ducks rallied in the seventh as Kai Luschar singled, Paige Sinicki was hit by a pitch and Kedre Luschar walked to load the bases for Cox. She singled to right to give Oregon the lead and McCoy followed with a fly ball to center to make it a two-run cushion.

Oregon State’s Ellie Garcia allowed five runs on five hits, four walks and one hit batter with two strikeouts over seven innings in the loss.

The Beavers got the tying run aboard with two outs, but Lyndsey Grein struck out Ella Dardis to end it.

Grein allowed one hit, walked one and struck out five in two innings of winning relief.

Oregon hosts No. 6 UCLA for a three-game series beginning at 7 p.m. Friday.

Oregon State heads to San Diego for a three-game series beginning with a doubleheader at 3 p.m. Friday.

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Oregon Lottery Mega Millions, Pick 4 results for April 15

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April 16, 2025

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The Oregon Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at April 15, 2025, results for each game:

Winning Mega Millions numbers from April 15 drawing

06-10-13-24-63, Mega Ball: 02

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Winning Pick 4 numbers from April 15 drawing

1PM: 4-6-6-7

4PM: 1-0-0-7

7PM: 6-7-1-6

10PM: 6-1-2-0

Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.

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When are the Oregon Lottery drawings held?

Powerball: 7:59 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
Mega Millions: 7:59 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday.
Pick 4: 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. daily.
Win for Life: 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
Megabucks: 7:29 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.

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Redshirt-freshman cornerback Ify Obidegwu has been a ‘freak’ this spring for Oregon

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April 14, 2025

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Redshirt-freshman cornerback Ify Obidegwu has been a ‘freak’ this spring for Oregon

EUGENE — All but two of Oregon’s true freshmen redshirted last season and one of those players is standing out this spring.

Cornerback Ify Obidegwu, a former four-star recruit and top-60 prospect, is making big strides after not playing last season due to injury.

“Ify’s a really competitive player,” defensive backs coach Chris Hampton said. “Tough, loves the game. Doesn’t say a whole bunch, just kind of laid-back demeanor and does his job consistently and that’s the thing that you love about him.”

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