SEAVIEW
BEACH, DUNES AND COMFORTABLE RECREATION
S
eaview was founded in
1881 by Jonathon L. Stout
and his wife, Anne
Elizabeth
Gearhart,
daughter
of
Phillip
Gearhart, for whom the
town in northwest Oregon
is named. The two villages
share parallel traditions of
history and charm.
Seaview is located between Ilwaco and Long
Beach but has a character very distinct from its two
neighbors. It is, most would agree, one of the
Peninsula’s most “classy” villages.
Seaview is home to some wonderful B&Bs and
restaurants, including the comfortable Shelburne Inn
— a National Historical Landmark — and the
fantastic Depot Restaurant. Also check out the
eclectic Sou’wester Lodge & Cabins.
Seaview’s waterfront is a popular launching spot
for walks south and north on the Northwest’s longest
beach.
It is somewhat less busy in the summer than the
Long Beach seashore access routes to the north, and
thus makes for a more peaceful setting.
It is in Seaview where growth (also called
accretion) of the beach is most noticeable, with 2,000
feet or more of dunes separating the village’s original
shoreline from the ocean today. This means several
shipwreck sites lie under what is now dry land,
including those of the Vandalia which wrecked in
1853 with a loss of nine lives, and the Marie, which
wrecked in 1852, also with a loss of nine.
This is a classic Northwest beach, the original
seashore resort for the Portland elite, and deservedly
so. There are miles of clean sand, many shorebirds,
friendly people and pretty views of the distant cliffs
and bobbing crab boats.
The Discovery Trail threads its way through the
Seaview dunes, providing a walking/biking path all
the way from northern Long Beach to Ilwaco.
Clam diggers, surf fishermen and surfers enjoy the Peninsula’s southern beach from Seaview to Fishing Rocks in Cape Disappointment State Park.
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