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Oregon coast boondocking6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Thor's Well or "Gate to Hell" at Cook's Chasm is a 20-foot deep hole in basalt rocks. Trail of the Restless Waters, the 0.5-mile loop of a moderate hike to Devils Churn. Thor's Well attracts thousands of tourists every year. The channel is filled with each coming ocean wave, sometimes creating water explosions. Tides and power waves created a deep fissure in the basalt shoreline. While hiking along the 0.75-mile round-trip Cook’s Cook Trail, you can find fascinating tide pools, mountains of mussel shells left by generations of Alsea Native Americans who harvested them hundreds of years ago, remains of the 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps camp, and the spectacular Spouting Horn.Ī narrow shoreline channel in the ancient volcanic rocks, Devil's Churn is located south of Yachats. Spouting Horn is similar to a whale exhaling or ”spout”. Incoming waves funnel seawater and air into the cave, building pressure until the water explodes in a geyser-like fountain. Spouting Horn is a playful coastal anomaly, an “ocean geyser”, driven by the ocean power through a deep hole. At low tide, the area exhibits acres of tide pools full of anemones, starfishes, urchins, and saltwater algae.įor a closer look, hike down the Cook’s Chasm Trail. When the top of the cave collapsed, Cook's Chasm was formed, setting the stage for the spouting horns.Īt high tide, you can see the ocean in the action with crashing waves, saltwater explosions, foaming cisterns, and the magic sinkhole Thor's Well that swallows seawater. ![]() During millions of years, pounding waves steadily crashed on rocks, forming and then widening fractures, and, finally, creating a cave. ![]()
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