Pacific Coast Scenic Byway - Proposal Rock - Neskowin, OR - National Scenic Byways on Waymarking.com

The island is named for a local legend of a sea captain taking his beloved there to propose to her. The proposal was from Charley Gage to Della Page sometime around 1900. Della's mother, Sarah, then dubbed it Proposal Rock to mark the occasion.

Proposal Rock is one of several Sea Stacks along the Pacific Coast which make this route so picturesque. A stack or sea stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast, formed by wave erosion. Stacks are formed over time by wind and water, processes of coastal geomorphology.

Proposal rock ranks as the second best Sea Stack in Oregon according to the Oregonian. (visit link)

To view this Sea Stack you can park at the Neskowin Beach State Recreation parking lot. Then walk along Kiwanda creek to the beach.

Program: America's Byways Website: [Web Link] Official Name: Pacific Coast Scenic Byway

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