Tillamook Creamery
Oregon's best-known cheese factory. You can watch the production line through windows, sample cheddar for free, and try the ice cream that everyone talks about.
Tillamook Creamery is run by a cooperative of local dairy farmers. From the second floor of the visitor center you can look down on the production lines where cheddar is cut and packaged, and free samples are offered. The ice cream counter on the ground floor often has long queues. It offers many flavors and generous portions, and there is also a restaurant serving cheeseburgers and baked macaroni and cheese. Admission is free. The creamery is about 65 km south of Cannon Beach, roughly a 1-hour drive, and can be linked with Manzanita and Nehalem Bay for a southern day trip.
Opening hours
About 10:00–18:00 (extended in summer)
Nearby sights
- Manzanita
- Neahkahnie Mountain
- Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area
- Oswald West State Park
- Hug Point State Recreation Site
- Arcadia Beach State Recreation Site
- Tolovana Beach State Recreation Site
- Haystack Rock