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Manzanita, Nehalem, and Wheeler are strung together along Highway 101 surrounding Nehalem Bay, with only two miles between each town.
Manzanita, the largest of the three, has the Beach.
Nehalem, the oldest of the three, has the River. Wheeler, "the little town with the million dollar views", has the Bay.
Manzanita, Nehalem, and Wheeler offer a laid-back, undiscovered coastal destination where you can find a bit of everything that the Oregon Coast Has to offer.
For Manzanita, Nehalem, and Wheeler events, festivals, live entertainment and happenings go to our Oregon Coast Calendar...
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Manzanita - Nehalem - Wheeler
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 Manzanita, which sits at the north end of the Nehalem Bay, is shrouded in mists and mystery, with Neahkahnie Mountain looming overhead and legends of a galleon and its buried treasures. Some versions of that tale contain atrocities including the tale of burying their African slaves alive with the treasure to keep the natives away. Mysteries of an Oregon Beach
On its beaches, there are mysterious piles of rocks that have appeared over the years, apparently overnight. Sometimes they appear as single piles or stacks. No one has ever figured out who is responsible, creating speculation of an otherworldly artist.
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Manzanita - Nehalem - Wheeler
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By Knute Berger for Crosscut.com
 On the Oregon coast, science, legend, and wild theories are intertwined at Nehalem, where archaeologists, historians, treasure hunters, and crackpots attempt to dig out the past.
The Oregon coast is lined with cozy clapboard getaways, but the tranquil image of surf and sun is undermined by a small brochure in our motel room: "Tsunami Evacuation Map" reads the loud type against a bright yellow background. "If you feel an earthquake ... DUCK, COVER AND HOLD," it warns, like Cold War instructions for a nuclear attack.
The brochure includes a map of "assembly areas" to run for after you get out of your defensive crouch. Run like hell up hill: "A tsunami may be coming in a few minutes." Have a nice weekend.
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Take a Nehalem River paddle trip on Oregon's growing network of water trails |
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Manzanita - Nehalem - Wheeler
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By Terry Richard, The Oregonian
As rain pelted Portland, I wistfully checked e-mails one last time to see whether perhaps Kayak Tillamook had canceled the paddle trip I was planning with them that afternoon on the new Nehalem River Water Trail.
Darn! No e-mail.
All I could do was drive to Tillamook County, windshield washers blasting on high, hoping the storm passed by the time I arrived.
It did.
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Spooky Tales in an Oregon Coast Town |
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Manzanita - Nehalem - Wheeler
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For fans of the ABC show 'LOST,' one tiny town on the Oregon coast is gaining popularity for a strange legend that says it has many of the qualities of that mysterious, paranormal island in the show. That, combined with a handful of other weird tales of hauntings, is making it sort of a paranormal tourism hotspot.
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Free Kayaking on the Oregon Coast |
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Manzanita - Nehalem - Wheeler
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The Oregon Coast offers some of the most accessible kayaking of any area in the country and Wheeler on the Bay offers the perfect launch point or destination for your kayaking adventure.
Wheeler on the Bay offers the perfect launch point and home base for a weekend or multi-day kayaking trip. Listen to bird songs, the splash of a fish, watch great bald eagles & turkey vultures soar overhead. Catch sight of the Coast Deer and Roosevelt Elk as they feed. |
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