Hug Point State Recreation Site is a 43-acre public park on the northern Oregon Coast south of Cannon Beach, where beach access, picnic areas, fishing, and coastal scenery share space with traces of earlier travel. The site is named for the rocky point that stagecoach drivers had to hug to pass along the beach in the late 19th century. Its most notable historic feature is a primitive roadbed cut into the headland around the turn of the 20th century to avoid driving through the surf on the way to Arch Cape. Sea caves, a seasonal waterfall, the Oregon Coast Trail, and a rare 2024 Blue rock thrush sighting add to its significance.