Oregon is one of the most beautiful and diverse places on the planet. Everywhere you look you there is jaw dropping beauty. There are also reminders of our sometimes destructive past and clues to what may lie in-store for residents of the Pacific Northwest. Take the Ghost Forest located near Neskowin.
This isn’t your typical Oregon coast forest because it’s actually in the water. Two thousand years ago a powerful earthquake shifted part of an ancient sitka spruce forest in Neskowin Oregon into the tidal zone, creating a graveyard of trees. To this day, the remains of these trees are visible, when conditions are right, in the sand and surf near Neskowin, Oregon. Local residents call it the “Ghost Forest.”
Some stumps are as young as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.