Visitors can see the beach, walk the 1.5-mile concrete Promenade, visit the Seaside Aquarium, and shop tax-free at the Seaside Carousel Mall with shops selling clothes, imports, collectibles, gifts, jewelry and candy, surrounding an old-fashioned carousel. Seaside is also the location of “The Salt Works” historic site where the Corps of Discovery made salt for the winter and for their return journey back home. Go to: SeasideOR.com.
South of Seaside at Esola State Park visitors can follow in the footsteps of the Corps of Discovery along the 2.5-mile Clatsop Loop Trail that includes interpretive panels describing how 12 Corps members hiked over to see the remains of a beached whale. After scaling the north face of the Tillamook Head coastal cliff and looking upon the shoreline, Clark described the vista as “…the grandest and most pleasing prospects which my eyes ever surveyed.”