Tolovana Park · 3-Star · #8 in Cannon Beach
Inn at Cannon Beach
Forty single-storey bungalow rooms with private balconies or patios, set one short block from the beach in the quieter Tolovana Park end of the village.
Forty single-storey bungalow rooms with private balconies or patios, set one short block from the beach in the quieter Tolovana Park end of the village.
"The Inn at Cannon Beach is the village's only true bungalow-style property, single-storey buildings around a central garden courtyard, and the consensus value booking when an oceanfront price tag is the dealbreaker and a quiet courtyard with a fireplace and a private patio will do the job at half the cost."
The Inn at Cannon Beach occupies a deep one-acre site on South Hemlock Street in Tolovana Park, the quieter southern end of the village where the residential streets give way to dunes and the Haystack Rock view is a short walk west across the sand. The property is part of the locally owned Escape Lodging group, the Oregon Coast operator behind The Ocean Lodge and the Surfsand Resort, and it occupies a particular niche in the Escape Lodging portfolio: the value oceanfront alternative for guests who want a quiet, garden-courtyard arrangement and a price tag well below the village's premium oceanfront category.
The 40 rooms are housed in a cluster of single-storey timber bungalows arranged around a central landscaped courtyard. Every room comes with either a private balcony or a small patio facing the garden, a gas fireplace, a king or two-queen bed configuration, a flat-screen television with a DVD player, and a kitchenette with a mini-fridge, a microwave, and a coffee maker. The base category is a Standard King; from there the property moves into Garden Queen and Garden King rooms, then up into the larger Family Suites for parties of four to six. The aesthetic is restrained Pacific Northwest cottage: timber walls, neutral upholstery, simple lamp lighting, and the kind of furniture that resists the children-and-sand-and-bicycle routine the property hosts most weekends.
There is no on-site restaurant. The inn provides a complimentary morning continental spread in the lobby (pastries, fruit, coffee, juices) and a small lending library of beach toys, board games, and dog supplies (the inn is dog-friendly, a real differentiator at this price tier on the Oregon Coast). The Tolovana Park location puts the property within a five-minute walk of the Mo's seafood restaurant on the beachfront, the Driftwood Inn restaurant on Hemlock, and the small cluster of cafes and galleries that mark the southern village. The downtown core, with its larger restaurant scene around Sandpiper Square and the Cannon Beach Bookstore, is a fifteen-minute walk north or a two-minute drive.
What the Inn at Cannon Beach gets right, year after year, is the value proposition. The Tolovana Park position means the beach is a one-block walk from the courtyard rather than an oceanfront price tag; the dog-friendly policy and the kitchenette setup are why returning Pacific Northwest families book the same room every summer; the staff turnover is famously low for a coastal property; and the rates run roughly half of the premium oceanfront category in the village. It is not the booking for a milestone anniversary, but it is a sensible booking for a long weekend, a quiet shoulder-season escape, or a family week where the children will spend most of the day on the sand regardless of what the hotel looks like.
A family week at the Inn at Cannon Beach works because the property is built for it. The Family Suites accommodate four to six in two bedrooms and a living area; the kitchenettes handle the breakfast and snack routine without restaurant-budget anxiety; the dog-friendly policy means the family dog comes too; and the courtyard arrangement lets parents see their children on the lawn from a balcony. The Tolovana Park beach access is a one-block walk in shoes, not flip-flops.
An anniversary booking at the Inn at Cannon Beach is the right call for couples who want the village but not the oceanfront price tag, and who would rather spend the savings on a long Stephanie Inn dinner than on a more expensive room. The Garden King category, with the private balcony, the fireplace, and the quiet courtyard, is the romantic pick; bring a bottle of Willamette Valley pinot from the Cannon Beach Liquor Store.
For a solo Cannon Beach week, the inn is the quiet booking. The Tolovana Park end is residential, the courtyard is genuinely peaceful, and the rate gap with the oceanfront properties means a full week is realistic rather than a long weekend. Bring a writing project, a stack of books, and walking shoes; the dog-friendly policy makes this one of the more practical solo retreats on the coast.
3215 S Hemlock Street
Cannon Beach, OR 97110
United States
Tolovana Park; 90 minutes from Portland International Airport (PDX)
40 bungalow rooms and suites
From USD 199/night (shoulder season)
Summer weekends run ~30% higher
Family Suites accommodate up to 6
Check-in: 4:00 PM
Check-out: 11:00 AM
Dog-friendly (fee applies)
Family-friendly (no minimum age)
Gas fireplaces in every room
Private balcony or patio
Kitchenette (fridge, microwave, coffee)
Complimentary continental breakfast
Free Wi-Fi and parking
Dog-friendly
One block to beach
From USD 199/night. Tolovana Park is the quieter end of Cannon Beach and books up summer weekends roughly two months out; shoulder season (April, May, October) is wide open.
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