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South Aerial Guide Overview - Tour Three
The Cape Perpetua Scenic Area
The Headland of Cape Perpetua rises prominently above the ocean at 803 feet above sea level. On top of Cape Perpetua is the Cape Perpetua Overlook, a viewpoint area accessible from a hiking trail leading up to the overlook from the Cape Perpetua Visitor Center, or via a drive up to the overlook parking lot. On clear conditions, the Cape Perpetua Overlook offers visitors stunning views of the ocean out to sea plus scenic vistas of the coastline in both directions. A short trail leads west from the overlook to the historic West Shelter Lookout built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The West Shelter Lookout was used in World War Two as a Coastal Watch Station and today is a great spot for whale watching activities from high above the ocean. Another park attraction is the Devils Churn Viewpoint. The Devils Churn is a long and narrow crack worn away in the basalt rocks known for its amazing water displays created during heavy surf conditions.
Photo of the fabulous coastline setting found at the north end of the Cape Perpetua Scenic Area offering a variety of visitor attractions including the Headland of Cape Perpetua, the Devils Churn Viewpoint, the beach area around Cape Cove, the Cape Perpetua Visitor Center, the Cape Perpetua Overlook and West Shelter Lookout, and several hiking trails built along the oceanfront known as the Cape Cove Trail and the Trail of Restless Waters.
Photo of Devils Churn, the remnants of a collapsed sea cave now forming a long and narrow crack in the basalt rocks and the center of amazing water displays occurring during heavy surf conditions and winter storms where the ocean waves are propelled violently against the rocky edges of the churn eventually smashing into the surrounding coastline and hurling large amounts of salt water in the air in a thunderous roar.
Photo of the West Shelter Lookout built on top of the Cape Perpetua Headland by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the 1930s offering amazing views of the ocean out to sea and also along the coastline in both directions framing a distant panorama from Yaquina Head to the north and Heceta Head to the south.
Photo of the fascinating rock structure of the West Shelter Lookout constructed by the workers of the Civilian Conservation Corps who lived in a work camp on the grounds of the Cape Perpetua Area during the 1930s, later the shelter was used a World War Two Coastal Watch Station, and now an interesting spot for whale watching from high above the ocean on top of the Cape Perpetua Headland rising 803 feet above sea level.


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