Directions to trails in Fort Canby, Leadbetter State Park, and Fort Columbia, along with people who have hiked them, are available in the motel office. We can give hikers a first hand view of the difficulty level and distance each trail. There are two beautiful lighthouses locally. The Cape Disappointment Lighthouse was built in 1856 and still signals ships today. The North Head Lighthouse, signaling ships coming from the north, just celebrated its Centennial in 1998.
Tours are available during the peak season.
The staircase from The Center to the Willapa Bay shore is one of the few public access spots on Willapa Bay. This well-done museum offers local history, including a working water table of the local area, a train layout of the entire peninsula showing The Clamshell Railroad, a Research Library, Art Gallery, Exploration Gallery. It is rich in Native history and offers seasonal displays, including an annual quilt show. The World Kite Museum and Hall of Fame offers kites and kite happenings of 50 years ago, a Chinese dragon kite display, nostalgia of past kite festivals and a Hall of Fame for inventors and makers of kites. We are not on any regular airline routes and the expansive beach offers a place free of telephone poles and trees.