• Goonies House - The day begins where a generation’s idea of treasure hunting first took shape. This white Victorian perched on a bluff above the Columbia River is the Walsh house from the 1985 film The Goonies. As a private residence, it is viewed and photographed from the public street, with voices kept low and the driveway left untouched. The current owners, devoted fans, restored the exterior to its 1985 appearance. The guide will highlight the porch, the attic window, and the driveway the kids pedal down at the start of the chase.

• Hanthorn Cannery Museum - Step into Astoria’s waterfront history at Pier 39, where travelers can explore the Hanthorn Cannery Museum, home to preserved cannery equipment, vintage labels, and photographs that tell the story of the workers who built the town. Stroll along the boardwalk, enjoy river views, visit Rogue Ales’ public house, spot a working tugboat, and listen for the resident sea lions barking beneath the pier.

• Astoria - Pigeon Steps is a charming historic staircase overlooking Astoria, Oregon. Climbing the steps rewards visitors with a beautiful panoramic view of the city, the Columbia River, and the surrounding mountains. It is a peaceful spot for photos and a memorable stop while exploring Astoria.

• Fort Stevens State Park - Concrete, moss, and empty gun emplacements rest within a spruce forest. Fort Stevens guarded the mouth of the Columbia from the Civil War until 1947, and Battery Russell is the section visitors can walk straight into: stairwells, magazines, observation posts, and gun wells, all open and all quiet. On the night of June 21, 1942, the Japanese submarine I-25 surfaced offshore and fired seventeen shells at this battery, making Fort Stevens the only mainland United States military installation shelled by an enemy during the Second World War. The shells fell into sand and scrub; the confirmed casualties were a power line and a baseball backstop. A phone light is recommended for the darker passages.

• Peter Iredale Shipwreck - The most photographed shipwreck on the West Coast, and the easiest to reach: the ribs of the Peter Iredale sit right out on the open beach, where visitors can walk up and place a hand on them. She was a four-masted steel barque, 285 feet long, built in Maryport, England in 1890, and driven ashore here on October 25, 1906, by a sudden southeasterly gale on a high tide. Every crew member survived. What remains is a rust-red skeleton that the tide fills and empties twice a day. At low water, visitors can walk the full circle around her with the wreck doubled in the wet sand.

• Indian Beach - For anyone who has read the books, this is the one. Indian Beach, inside Ecola State Park, stood in for First Beach at La Push in the 2008 Twilight film: the driftwood shore where Bella walks with Jacob and first hears the Quileute legend that turns the whole story. The production had planned to shoot at the real La Push in Washington and moved here because it was closer to the rest of the Oregon schedule. It earns the stop anyway: a small cove of dark sand held between two headlands, surf breaking over black basalt, and Sitka spruce running down to the tideline. Point Break was also shot here. A jacket is recommended, as it is colder and windier than Cannon Beach.

• Ecola State Park - Take in one of Oregon’s most iconic coastal views at Ecola Point, where travelers can admire dramatic cliffs, sea stacks, Cannon Beach, and Haystack Rock from a scenic overlook high above the ocean. Look offshore to spot the historic Tillamook Rock Lighthouse (“Terrible Tilly”) and explore the park’s famous filming locations featured in The Goonies, Kindergarten Cop, and Free Willy.

• Haystack Rock - The last stop is the beach itself, four miles of it, flat and wide, with Haystack Rock standing 235 feet out of the sand. The rock is an Oregon Marine Garden and part of the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge: at low tide, the pools around its base fill with sea stars, anemones, chitons, and crabs, and from April to early July, tufted puffins nest on the upper slopes, one of the most accessible puffin colonies in North America. The tide table is read on the morning of the tour and this stop is timed to it, because low water and high water are two completely different places. The Goonies ends on this beach.

• Bottled water
• Shared small-group transportation
• Entrance fees
• In-vehicle air conditioning

• Gratuities
• Lunch

Discover the Oregon Coast on a private-feeling 8.5-hour small-group tour from Portland, limited to just six guests. Highlights include Astoria’s famous Goonies House, scenic hillside overlooks, the Astoria-Megler Bridge, and Pier 39’s historic cannery museum. The journey continues to Fort Stevens State Park to explore Battery Russell and the Peter Iredale shipwreck, followed by the coastal beauty of Indian Beach, Ecola Point, Cannon Beach, and the iconic Haystack Rock.

Guests enjoy convenient door-to-door transportation and an English-speaking driver-guide, with Mandarin Chinese available upon request. This shared tour may include other travelers and is family-friendly, with infants ages 0-2 riding free when included in the booking and complimentary child safety seats available. Please note the tour is not wheelchair accessible, and some stops involve sand, gravel, stairs, and short walks, requiring guests to enter and exit the vehicle independently.

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.