Video: More Ways to Meander Around Manzanita - N. Oregon Coast Travel Tips Published 04/01/21 at 6:55 PM PDT By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff (Manzanita, Oregon) – Manzanita, on the north Oregon coast, and the small area around it are an intricate and multi-leveled stretch of beach and bay. You could quite literally spend days exploring its nooks and crannies and never get bored. The town itself in an intriguing mix of quirky and laidback with dashes of the upscale, all the while feeling totally rustic and out-of-the-way. There numerous instances of culinary fireworks here, all alongside a seemingly endless array of natural surprises. Hiking trails, mountain scenery, soaring cliffs of intricate and engaging shapes, thick forests and then there are those beaches: from the miles-long Nehalem Spit to the northern edges where tides encounter the rock base of Neahkahnie Mountain.