Jump Off Joe

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Jump Off Joe was a 100ft. geologic formation (sea stack) composed of middle Miocene concretionary sandstone at Nye Beach in Newport, Oregon. It was a well known tourist attraction before World War I. It formed sometime before the 1880s when it was connected to the mainland and was a major impediment walking the beach. Early travelers would have to jump off the side to get over it, hence the name. It was attributed with questionable Native American mythology. Natural forces separated it from the mainland in the 1890s. Its large arch collapsed in 1916 and nothing remains of the structure today.


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