Qualla: Cape Lookout https://qualla.com/cape-lookout-oregon en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:11 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/c/0/p/c/cape-lookout-oregon-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Cape Lookout https://qualla.com/cape-lookout-oregon Cape Lookout: Introduction https://qualla.com/cape-lookout-oregon/ Photo credit Bonjour35, CC BY-SA 4.0. On July 6, 1788, British fur trader John Meares was sailing south from Nootka Island, Canada, scanning the Oregon coast for opportunities in the trade that was making and breaking fortunes across the Pacific Northwest. He saw a sharp rocky promontory jutting perpendicular to the coastline - not curving with it like most headlands, but stabbing straight out into the ocean like a pier built by geology. He named it Cape Lookout, and the name was apt. From its tip, you can see far enough north and south to understand why this stretch of coast has drawn both wonder and wreckage for centuries.

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]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/c/0/p/c/cape-lookout-oregon-wp/c0pc-cape-lookout-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Cape Lookout: A Blade in the Pacific https://qualla.com/cape-lookout-oregon/ Photo credit S. Rae from Scotland, UK, CC BY 2.0. Cape Lookout extends 1.5 miles straight out from the coast, perpendicular to the shoreline, tapering from a half-mile-wide base to a narrow rocky point. This geometry is unusual. Most Oregon headlands follow the general curve of the coast, but Lookout juts westward with a directn...

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]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/c/0/p/c/cape-lookout-oregon-wp/c0pc-cape-lookout-a-blade-in-the-pacific.mp3 0:06 2 full Cape Lookout: The Trail to the Edge https://qualla.com/cape-lookout-oregon/ Photo credit Axcordion at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. Hiking the Cape Lookout Trail is an exercise in anticipation. For most of its 2.5 miles, the path winds through dense Sitka spruce forest, the canopy blocking views, the trail narrow and rooty underfoot. Ferns crowd the margins. Moss thickens on every trunk. The forest is so encl...

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]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/c/0/p/c/cape-lookout-oregon-wp/c0pc-cape-lookout-the-trail-to-the-edge.mp3 0:06 3 full Cape Lookout: The Bomber in the Fog https://qualla.com/cape-lookout-oregon/ Photo credit M.O. Stevens, CC BY-SA 3.0. During World War II, a B-17 Flying Fortress crashed into Cape Lookout. The four-engine bomber - the same type that was devastating German industry in Europe - struck the forested headland in 1943, killing all aboard except one man: the bombardier, Wilbur L. Perez. How Perez survi...

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]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/c/0/p/c/cape-lookout-oregon-wp/c0pc-cape-lookout-the-bomber-in-the-fog.mp3 0:06 4 full Cape Lookout: Three Capes, One Drive https://qualla.com/cape-lookout-oregon/ Photo credit Axcordion at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. Cape Lookout anchors the middle of Tillamook County's Three Capes Scenic Route, a winding road that connects three of the Oregon Coast's most dramatic headlands. Cape Meares to the north holds its lighthouse and the famous Octopus Tree, a Sitka spruce with candelabra branches. Ca...

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