FUN, FUN, FUN!
That is why families come to Seaside. Ride the carousel, visit an arcade, play miniature golf, swim, skateboard, or take a helicopter ride. Shop at an outlet mall, antique store, or the many unique shops downtown. Feed the seals at the aquarium. The 12th Avenue Bridge is a popular spot for fishing and crabbing. The cove is the place to picnic and watch the surfers. Watch the Fourth of July fireworks on the beach.
Although Seaside is a resort town, it is a small city of 5,900 people at heart. Shop owners, waitresses, and grocery clerks will soon remember and greet you. The Sunset Empire Parks and Recreation District provides activities for all age groups. There are neighborhoods of small cottages, apartments and condos, and houses large enough to serve as bed and breakfasts.
If you've fallen in love with Seaside, with its beach, mountain views, events, shopping, surfing, and golf, you can find a home and neighborhood to suit your wishes.
Visitors came early to the Oregon coast. First were Spanish explorers and shipwrecked crews, then the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery in the winter of 1805-06. After the first settlement in Astoria, people began to travel the Columbia River to the beach for vacations.
By 1850 the first accommodation for guests was opened in Seaside. In the 1870's two more hotels were built, one, the Seaside House, by Ben Holladay, a developer who owned most of the stage coach routes until he sold them to Wells Fargo, included beautifully landscaped grounds and a racetrack with horse stables on the site of the current golf course. Holladay advertised extensively, attracting a wealthy client?le, and what was to become the city of Seaside took off as a holiday resort.
With the advent of trains from Portland to Astoria to Seaside, beginning in 1888, the number of vacationers grew rapidly. In 1920 a concrete promenade and turnaround replaced the boardwalk along the beach. In the late 1920's the coast highway was completed from Astoria to the California border, and in 1938 the Sunset Highway from Portland to the coast was completed. Seaside became the Northwests most popular beach.
HEALTH CARE
There are several clinics, and the hospital is affiliated with the Providence Health System in Portland. Its clinic draws specialists from the Portland area for regular days in Seaside.
CONVENTION CENTER & EVENTS
The Seaside Convention Center, fronting on the Necanicum River and Quatat Marine Park, can accommodate groups from 15-1200. It is most notable for being the site of the Miss Oregon Scholarship Pageant, in addition to many conferences, programs, and community events.
REGULAR EVENTS
Barbershop quartets Hood-to-Coast Relay
Dixieland Jubilee Muscle Beach Cruz for
The Dorchester Conference American muscle cars built
Miss Clatsop County Pageant from 1960-1978
Bikefest at Seaside Wheels and Waves for modified
(with a vendor and custom bike
show at the Convention Center) vehicles built before 1963
SCHOOLS
The Seaside School District includes an elementary, middle, and high school, as well as the elementary schools in Cannon Beach and Gearhart.
The Sunset Parks and Recreation District
provides a swimming pool, skateboard park, community gathering center, classes, concerts, and other services.
