Oswald West State Park
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Oswald West State Park is part of the state park system of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located about 10 miles (16 km) south of the city of Cannon Beach, on the Pacific Ocean. Oswald West has unique walk-in access, with wheelbarrows provided by the parks system for transporting gear from the parking area to the 30 primitive camping sites, which are one third of a mile from the ocean. The campsites are situated in stands of old growth Sitka Spruce. The park covers 2,448 acres (9.91 km²), with many miles of hiking trails both inside the park grounds and linking to other parks and landmarks beyond.
The state park also contains Neahkahnie Mountain, Short Sands Beach which is a popular site for surfers, Cape Falcon and Smuggler Cove. Urban legend claims pirate treasure is buried near Smuggler Cove but has never been found.
The park was named after Oswald West, the 14th Governor of Oregon and the man who led preserving Oregon's beaches for public use. A memorial marker for Matt Kramer, a journalist whose articles helped shift public opinion to preserve the beaches, sits at the trail divide between Short Sands beach and Cape Falcon.
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