Cape Perpetua is a large wooded promontory that projects into the Pacific Ocean on the central Oregon coast in Lincoln County, Oregon. The land is managed by the US Forest Service as part of the Siuslaw National Forest.
Cape Perpetua is located about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Yachats, Oregon, along US Route 101. It is a typical northwestern Pacific promontory that forms a steep promontory above the ocean. At its highest point, Cape Perpetua rises over 800 feet (240 m) above sea level. From its top, an observer can see 70 miles (110 km) of the Oregon coast and up to 37 miles (60 km) at sea on a clear day.
For at least 6,000 years, Native Americans hunted mussels, crabs, sea urchins and clams along the coast near Cape Perpetua. Cape Perpetua was part of the southern territory of the Alsatian people. In their language the Cape was called Halqaik, which could mean something like "exposed place". Evidence of their lives can still be found in the huge stacks of discarded mussel shells that lie along the shore near the Cape Perpetua visitor center.
info: The forest service created the scenic area of ​​Cape Perpetua and built the Cape Perpetua visitor center in the 1960s to highlight the unique beauty of the central Oregon coast. The scenic area includes 2,700 acres (11 km 2) of old growth spruce, Douglas-fir and western hemlock.
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