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Astoria’s biggest spruce hides on a 3-mile loop, and the trail ends at a free tower

A Sitka spruce over 200 feet tall stands on the hillside above Astoria, and an easy loop connects it to a free tower with ...
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Climb this Oregon tower for free, then pay a dollar to throw a wooden plane off the top

Climbing the Astoria Column costs nothing, and always has. What almost every visitor pays for anyway is a dollar wooden airplane from the gift shop at the bottom, hauled up 164 spiral steps, then ...