Activities
Activities around Three Arch Inn
There's lots to do here, especially outdoors, including beachcombing, hiking, fishing, kayaking, golfing, clamming, crabbing and enjoying fresh, from-the-source food. Explore quaint villages and farming communities, from Manzanita to Neskowin. Home to the Tillamook Cheese Factory, Oregon's #3 most-visited attraction.
Tillamook Cheese Factory
The creamery’s newly renovated Visitors Center features such memorabilia as a 1927 butter churner and a stamp used to authenticate packaged blocks as pure Tillamook cheese. Most impressive is the view of the factory floor, where chunks of cheese as big a milk crates roll down a conveyer belt and “Cheddar Mater” vats process up to 15,000 pounds of cheese at a time.
Cape Meares Lighthouse
Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint is located 10 miles west of Tillamook, Oregon on the north end of the beautiful Three Capes Scenic Route.
Octopus Tree
Located at the Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint, the oddly shaped, and oddly named Octopus Tree of Oregon is a massive oddity, in the are is believed to be around 250 to 300 years old.
Tillamook Forest Center
Located in the heart of the Tillamook State Forest, the Tillamook Forest Center offers interpretive exhibits, family nature programs, K-12 field trips and facility rentals. It's fun, accessible and free! Discover lessons of the past, present and future of this dynamic forest with hands-on learning and a sense of exploration you'll find nowhere else.
Tillamook Air Museum
Tillamook Air Museum is a lovely aviation museum located just south of the city of Tillamook, housed within the former Hangar B United States Navy blimp hangar, the world's largest clear-span wooden structure. The museum was named as one of the nation's top collections of private World War II aircraft
Pioneer Museum
The history of Tillamook County serves as a reminder of the diverse people who have called it home. From the Tillamook Indians to Captain Gray’s 1788 voyage into Tillamook Bay, this stretch of the north Oregon coast is a living memorial to those who came before. Tillamook County’s rich history is preserved for all to enjoy at the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum.
Cape Lookout State Park
Cape Lookout, one of the most prominent landmarks on the Oregon Coast, is a long, narrow promontory of rugged basalt that stretches over a mile and a half into the Pacific Ocean, The Oregon Coast Trail passes through the park, extending north through coastal forest and south for almost two miles to a quiet beach, approximating the trail used by Natives and early non-Native settlers. Each year, roughly 150,000 people make day visits to Cape Lookout and some 126,000 people camp there.