Tolovana Beach State Recreation Site

Tolovana State Recreation Site is conveniently located on the ocean front of one of Oregon's most scenic beaches, Cannon Beach.

Less than a mile away to the north you won't miss Haystack Rock, the icon of Cannon Beach.

Haystack Rock is a towering 235 foot basalt sea stack that is home to tidepool creatures and nesting seabirds, such as the Tufted Puffin. Enjoy this protected area with care.

Cannon Beach is known for its miles of sandy shoreline and breathtaking scenery.

Don't miss the town's boutiques and local eateries, found in the nearby areas of Tolovana Park and Cannon Beach's midtown and downtown.

Situated at the south end of Cannon Beach, Tolovana offers a place to play, fly a kite, build a sand castle, picnic or take in a sunset.

Lands were obtained by purchase from private owners between 1967 and 1969. North of the wayside, at a location overlooking Haystack Rock, Governor Oswald West built his family's vacation retreat, a massive log bungalow. In action now widely recognized as a signal event in the state's conservation movement, Governor West encouraged the legislative designation of Oregon beaches as public highways in 1913, thus ensuring the public's right of access to them long into the future. The subdivision known as Tolovana Park was the historic setting of a rustic ocean side hostelry of the early days known as the Warren Hotel. The first guest to sign-in was Oswald West, a friend fo the Warrens'. Owner Mark Warren and his brother Will spent time in Alaska before settling and farming Tolovana Park. The Warren family mapped and surveyed all of Tolovana Park, labeling all the streets after Native American named rivers of Alaska. Tolovana means "river of sticks".