Vintage Motels in the Pacific Northwest

Surf and Sand Inn

Pacific City, OR

A former Coast Guard lookout turned into rooms, with a record player and vinyl albums in every room and a lending library of more from the office. Two blocks from the dune.

Agate Beach Motel

Newport, OR

A cliffside perch where every room has a private ocean-view deck and a full kitchen or kitchenette. A private stairway leads down to the beach.

Cascade Motel

Oakridge, OR

Oakridge has some of the best mountain bike trails in the Northwest, and this veteran-run basecamp is built for the people who ride them, with secure bike storage, a wash station, and spotless rooms a few minutes from the trailheads. It is unpretentious and dialed in, the kind of place where you drop the bike, clean up, and are back on the trail by morning.

Ecola Creek Lodge

Cannon Beach, OR

A cluster of white Cape Cod cottages set among lawns, flower gardens, and a koi pond on the quiet north end of Cannon Beach. The sand is two blocks away and downtown a short stroll, so you can park once and spend the weekend on foot.

Mermaid Inn

Long Beach, WA

Ten mermaid-themed rooms with private furnished patios mark this 1953 Long Beach Peninsula property, where the landscaping is kept with care and the Pacific shore is steps from the front door. A committed coastal personality and more than seventy years on the same peninsula block.

Moonstone Beach Motel

Moclips, WA

A perch above a coastal beach where every room has an unobstructed ocean view and a private deck. The hospitality here is personal enough that guests come back for both.

Walla Walla Garden Motel

Walla Walla, WA

A 1948 family property on East Isaacs Avenue in Walla Walla, owned by the same family since 1973, with flower and vegetable gardens, a shared BBQ grill, and individually maintained rooms at rates that make multi-day wine country stays genuinely affordable. More than fifty years of direct ownership shows.

Yachats Inn

Yachats, OR

Family-run since the 1950s on more than four oceanfront acres in the heart of Yachats, with rooms angled so every one looks out at the Pacific. The indoor heated pool and hot tub share the same view, which on a rainy coast day may be the best seat in town.