Whale Watching Center
Whale Watching Center is an attraction in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of -1 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,052 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is The Courage to Succeed, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Pacific Coast runs past it. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Oregon State Parks
How to reach it
- On the Pacific Coast, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Depoe Bay City Park: 0.3 mi
- Strome Park: 4.4 mi
- Gleneden Beach State Recreation Site: 4.7 mi
- Kids Park: 7.6 mi
- A.W. Jack Morgan Park Day Use Area: 7.7 mi
- Siletz Hill: 2.3 mi
- Rocky Top: 5.2 mi
- Cannery Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Iron Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Little Euchre Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Mermaid: 8.5 mi
- Joe the Sea Lion: 9.3 mi
- Freenotes Harmony Park: 11.3 mi
- Sparky the Wish Guardian: 11.8 mi
- Surfing Sasquatch: 12.0 mi
- The Courage to Succeed: 0.0 mi
- Roy Bower and Jack Chambers Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 11.1 mi
- The Morgan Family STage: 11.8 mi
- Sparky the Wish Guardian: 11.8 mi
- Spouting Horn: 0.2 mi
- The Boiler: 1.5 mi
- Nelscott Reef: 10.4 mi
- Lincoln City Cultural Center: 11.3 mi
- Ripley's Believe It or Not!: 12.4 mi
- Beverly Beach: 5.6 mi
- Moolack Beach: 7.6 mi
- Sand Point Beach: 12.8 mi
- South Beach: 16.7 mi
- Neskowin Beach: 20.5 mi
- Whale Research EcoExcursions: 0.1 mi
- North Lincoln County Historical Museum: 8.5 mi
- Pacific Maritime Heritage Center: 12.3 mi
- Education Wing: 13.0 mi
- Toledo Centennial History Center: 14.4 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 4.4 mi
- Cape Horn: 23.6 mi
- Oceanlake Community Garden: 12.0 mi
- Connie Hansen Garden Conservancy: 12.7 mi
- Yaquina Bay Light: 12.8 mi
- Drift Creek Falls: 13.4 mi
- Cascade Head Interpretive Wayside: 15.3 mi
- H. B. Van Duzer Forest Wayside: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Whale Watching Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,051.56 m | 19.9 mi |
| Saddle Bag Mountain | NE 48° | 1,032 m | 18.7 mi |
| Fanno Peak | ENE 79° | 1,015.898 m | 20.9 mi |
| Riley Peak | ENE 76° | 1,004 m | 22.9 mi |
| Condenser Peak | ENE 64° | 932 m | 24.5 mi |
| Big Tip | E 82° | 863 m | 16.2 mi |
| Green Mountain | E 99° | 860 m | 21.0 mi |
| Rocky Point | NE 49° | 853.4 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:50 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:21 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 15:50 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 53 | 56 | 58 | 59 | 57 | 55 | 50 | 47 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport 3N, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/655100208
Take the scenic way to Whale Watching Center.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.