Where To Stay in Cannon Beach
Choose downtown for shops and dining, midtown for Haystack Rock, or Tolovana for a quieter south-end beach stay.
Hemlock Street or Haystack Rock
Downtown and midtown: two different beach stays
A downtown stay puts galleries, shops, and restaurant walks into the same day as the beach. Midtown shifts the focus toward Haystack Rock and the Marine Garden, with a shorter return from the sand. Choose between them by the walk you want to make most often, not simply by an oceanfront address.
Lands End at Cannon Beach is the downtown option here, near Hemlock Street; Surfsand Resort sits on the central beach near Haystack Rock. Downtown brings more pedestrian and vehicle activity on busy weekends, while its shops and galleries lie farther north from Surfsand.
Surfsand Resort
An oceanfront resort on the central beach near Haystack Rock. It shortens the walk to the Marine Garden and keeps midtown dining nearby, while downtown galleries and shops sit farther north along Hemlock Street.
Lands End at Cannon Beach
A downtown oceanfront property near Hemlock Street shops, galleries, and restaurants. It is the most central choice in this group for a short car-light stay, with beach access and town errands on the same walk.
Tolovana and the south end
More of the day on the south-end beach
Inn at Cannon Beach and Tolovana Inn make south-end beach time the reason to stay here. Downtown galleries and restaurants are a longer walk or short drive away. That trade can suit a longer visit, especially when room to spread out matters more than a central Hemlock Street address.
Inn at Cannon Beach
A Tolovana-area inn near south-end beach access. Its quieter location and room choices fit families and longer stays, but downtown galleries and restaurants require a longer walk or short drive.
Tolovana Inn
A south-end property beside Tolovana Beach with hotel rooms and larger suites. The extra room and distance from downtown suit families and longer stays; choose it for south-end beach access rather than a walk-to-everything Hemlock Street location.
Oceanfront splurges
Make the shoreline the main attraction
Stephanie Inn and The Ocean Lodge offer a smaller-scale oceanfront stay south of downtown. Their distinction in this selection is the combination of shoreline setting and inn or lodge scale, rather than a location among Hemlock Street's shops. Consider them when time at the ocean matters more than being in the middle of town.
An oceanfront property does not make every room an ocean-view room. Compare the booked room's orientation and layout, and check any dining inclusions against the specific package.
Stephanie Inn
An oceanfront boutique inn south of downtown for a quieter, higher-end stay. The shoreline setting and smaller scale distinguish it from central resorts; room orientation and any dining package depend on the category booked.
The Ocean Lodge
A south-end oceanfront lodge near Tolovana with a quieter setting than central Hemlock Street. It favors direct beach time and a smaller-scale stay; select the room category carefully because layouts and ocean views differ.