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Just_Lee
Explorer
Aug 07, 2015

Tillamook Or. Hiway 6 towards Portland

What is highway 6 like going east bound from Tillamook Or towards Portland.....

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  • rhagfo's avatar
    rhagfo
    Explorer III
    donkeydew wrote:
    good road but do not drive it east on a Sunday afternoon, its crowded with impatient drivers


    I believe that goes for Highways 26, 6, and 18 to and from the coast!:S

    Friday travel to is crowded Westbound, and Sunday travel Eastbound.
  • good road but do not drive it east on a sunday afternoon, its crowded with impatient drivers
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    rhagfo
    Explorer III
    Oregun wrote:
    It is a little twisty on 6, Highway 26 is better if you can take it but it is a little farther to drive to cannon beach first to pick up 26.


    I have driven both routes many times pulling our 5er, Hy6 is easier and better by far!
    The drive from Tillamook to Canon Beach on 101 itself has some steep, but short grades, and Hy26 starts with a climb to the Coast Ranges 1,600' summit in short order.
    I find HY6 by far the better road.
  • It is a little twisty on 6, Highway 26 is better if you can take it but it is a little farther to drive to cannon beach first to pick up 26.
  • As others have said it is an easy drive. After you crest the mountain there is some uneven pavement so take it easy.

    Paul
  • We just did it two weeks ago. Beautiful drive through the mountains. Nothing steep. We were towing our 5th wheel.