Rockaway Beach Oregon Map

About Rockaway Beach, Oregon

Rockaway Beach is a locality in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,441. The population density is 347.7 people per km². Rockaway Beach is located at 45.6134°N, 123.9429°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Rockaway Beach is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 97136.

Rockaway Beach stretches across a narrow strip of land where the persistent currents of the Pacific Ocean carve a salt-sprayed edge against the Oregon shoreline. It lies 40.1 miles south of Astoria, OR (from Astoria, OR: bearing 188°T), and is situated 11.9 miles north-northwest of Tillamook. Spring Creek winds through the terrain, its modest flow meeting the tide near the sands where the Rockaway Beach State Recreation Site offers a quiet vantage point for watching the gray, shifting horizon. To the west, the silhouette of Painted Rock rises from the surf like a jagged tooth, catching the low light of evening as it filters through the damp maritime air. Seaview Lake sits nearby, a still and dark mirror reflecting the dense green of the surrounding timber, while the distant, snow-dusted peaks of the Coast Range loom far inland, barely visible as a faint blue serration against the sky.

Railroad tracks once dictated the rhythm of Rockaway Beach, serving as the primary artery for timber and early tourists who arrived to escape the inland heat for the cool, damp embrace of the dunes. Today, the economy leans into the quiet cadence of seasonal visitors and small-scale enterprise, moving at the pace of a slow tide rather than the frantic pulse of the city. The legacy of the lumber industry remains etched in the modest architecture and the weathered wood of older structures that stand against the relentless salt air. Life here is defined by the necessity of resilience, where the daily ritual involves monitoring the winds and the heavy, moisture-laden clouds that roll in from the Pacific Ocean, anchoring the people to a landscape that demands both respect and a certain stoic endurance.

About This Rockaway Beach Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rockaway Beach, Oregon. Coordinates: 45.613438, -123.942911. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Rockaway Beach includes the ZIP code (97136), telephone area code (503, 971), county seat of Tillamook County (Tillamook), and school district assignment (Neah-Kah-Nie School District 56).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.