Starting in Astoria and traveling south to Brookings, the Pacific Coast Scenic Byway provides views of amazing coastal scenery. The road winds by estuarine marshes, clings to seaside cliffs, passes through agricultural valleys, and brushes against wind-sculpted dunes. Charming small towns, museums, state parks, overlooks, historic bridges, and lighthouses ensure a delightful journey.
- Length
- 363 mi / 584.2 km
- Time to allow
- Take twelve hours to enjoy the byway.
- Fees
- There are no fees to drive this byway.
Who looks after this road
- Oregon Coast Visitors Association · 888-628-2101, 541-574-2679
- Oregon Tourism Commission dba Travel Oregon · 800-547-7842
We publish 12 places that sit on this road, listed in the order you meet them. This is not a route and not a drive time — it is the names, so you can put them into whatever navigation you already use.
Of those, 1 is a roadside oddity — the sort of thing you would drive past without knowing it was there.
“Off” is a straight line from the place to the road, rounded. It is not a driving distance, and the road itself is a simplified centre line, so treat a mile or two as noise.
Fort Stevens State ParkOR5 miles off
No guide of our own yet — the name is here so you can find it.
SeasideOR1 mile off
No guide of our own yet — the name is here so you can find it.
Seaside AquariumOR1 mile offAnimals
- Hours
- daily from 9 (closing varies by season); closed Thanksgiving, Dec 24–25
- Season
- year-round
Ecola State ParkOR3 miles off
No guide of our own yet — the name is here so you can find it.
Cannon BeachOR1 mile off
In our guide: 1 animal attraction
Oswald West State ParkORon the road
No guide of our own yet — the name is here so you can find it.
Tillamook Cheese FactoryOR1 mile off
No guide of our own yet — the name is here so you can find it.
Lincoln CityORon the road
Also here: the coast
No guide of our own yet — the name is here so you can find it.
Oregon Coast AquariumORon the roadAnimals
- Hours
- 10–5 (day shown)
- Adult
- 24.95
- Child
- 2 and under free
- Season
- year-round
- Parking
- free
West Coast Game Park SafariORon the roadAnimals
Prehistoric GardensORon the roadRoadside oddity
Life-size painted dinosaurs in a rainforest
AstoriaOR1 mile off