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A walk in the park with the Goonies
Retired
park ranger
recollects film
shoot at Ecola
State Park
By Erick Bengel
Cannon Beach Gazette
If Goonies buffs who
visited Ecola State Park
in Cannon Beach during
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out of the south end of As-
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in Ecola State Park,” said
Patrick Lines, a retired park
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But, of course, one
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watching “The Goonies,”
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house is just a few pedal
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groups of Goonies lovers
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know it as the place where
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Lighthouse Lounge) while
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resident, shared behind-
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More subtle than the
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deceptive use of Ecola State
Park Road.
In an overhead shot at
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the Goonies are seen biking
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rocks!”
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seekers are biking toward
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speaking, Lines said.
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have a view of an Ecola
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standing there are present in
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as piles of driftwood and
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inous-looking restaurant,
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the shoot.
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drive on; the crew dis-
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untended look.
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take into account was the
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At Ecola State Park, Patrick Lines, a retired ranger with Oregon State Parks, points toward where the Fratellis’ hideout
(aka, the Lighthouse Lounge) stood in “The Goonies.” In reality, the structure was almost completely empty and only
“dressed up” on the sides that faced the camera, Lines said.
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the crew needed tow trucks
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dated and weather-beaten
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Lines said — except for
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the audience sees the full
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when the Goonies, their
parents and Sloth cheer as
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ship sails off into the sun-
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to be shot at Indian Beach,
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Ecola State Park.
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perience at Ecola — where
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cause of the hellacious
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packed up and took their
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Rock State Beach in Sono-
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haunted the terrain. Though
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Brothers Blain Stone,
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Truffle Shuffle run attracts Goonies cosplayers
But non-Goonies
fan takes the gold
By Erick Bengel
Cannon Beach Gazette
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in Cannon Beach had never
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had never even heard of
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area. Schwerd, a Goonies
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Goonies fans from Indianapolis, Ind., Eddy Harney, left,
Jennifer Harney, right, and their daughter Lily Harney, 9,
center, listen to Patrick Lines tell stories of the film’s pro-
duction at Ecola State Park.
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