Cape Lookout State Park is located on the West coast of Oregon. It is about 1.5 hours West of Portland. The park itself surround the Netarts Bay and many people come here to enjoy a nice picnic on a sunny day. There are also many camping spots in the park. The day use fee of the park is $5 and unfortunately Northwest Pass is not valid for Cape Lookout State Park.
We got to Cape Lookout State Park around 11AM in the morning. The day use parking space was huge. It can probably fit over 200 cars. But when we got there, there were only like 10 cars there and many of them actually just arrived. We looked at the map and noticed that many trails were closed. It was really unfortunate. Thus instead of hiking to the Cape Lookout, we went for a walk on the beach.
As we headed down the beach, we saw a guy gliding down with its para glider. It was quite cool. He said he came down from the cape. We wished that we came earlier to see him jump off the cape.
We then walked towards North to Netarts Bay. As we go further, the tide was coming in fast and rising. The sea water was getting really close to us and we often had to step onto the rocks to avoid getting our feet in the ocean. It was a fun experience nonetheless. We also saw a few dogs running around enjoying the ocean.
As we walked further, the tide was getting really high. If we continued to proceed further, we were afraid that we may not be able to make it back if the tide rise higher. Thus we headed back early.
When we got back, there were more and more people arriving. Many had picnic chairs and tables ready to enjoy a nice lunch by the ocean.
Cape Lookout State Park is quite a nice place for family to enjoy. It offers many picnic spot for people and the sandy beach is a great place for family to have fun at.
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