Klootchy Creek County Park

Located at Klootchy Creek County Park, off U.S. Highway 26 about 2-1/2 miles southeast of the U.S. 101 junction, five miles from Seaside and Cannon Beach. The 25-acre park is owned by Clatsop County.The centerpiece of the park is the Klootchy Creek Giant Sitka Spruce, which once held the distinction of being the largest tree in Oregon and one of the oldest living things in the state, and was the first honoree in the Oregon Heritage Tree program.In December 2006, a windstorm caused a large amount of rotted wood to break free from the tree at the site of an old lightning scar. One year later, the tree fell victim to a second windstorm that broke off the trunk about 80 feet from the ground.