There’s a new list ranking the best state parks in the country and an Oregon coast destination snagged the No. 8 spot.
Time Out, an international travel website, compiled the list and Ecola State Park is the only park in the Pacific Northwest that made the cut.
Between Cannon Beach and Seaside, Ecola encompasses nine miles of coastline with plenty of striking ocean views along with hiking, tidepooling, surfing and wildlife-viewing options.
The park is no stranger to accolades. Last year, Outside magazine picked it as one of the best state parks in the U.S. and in 2018, Oregonian readers picked it as their No. 5 favorite state park.
Time Out is a fan of Ecola after seeing it in movies like “Twilight,” “The Goonies” and “Kindergarten Cop.” The website also likes the park’s views, Indian Beach, the Sitka spruce forest and hiking opportunities like the Clatsop Loop Trail.
Other entries from the western part of the country on Time Out’s list are No. 3 Goblin Valley State Park in Utah, No. 5 Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park in California and No. 6 Chugach State Park in Alaska.