Popular Culture
- Haystack Rock can be seen prominently in the 1971 film of Oregonian Ken Kesey's novel, Sometimes a Great Notion during the scene where the Stampers brawl with the union workers.
- Haystack Rock can be seen in the opening scene of The Goonies, when the Fratellis are fleeing from the police and then enter a race on the beach. It can be seen in the background. Later in the film you can see the Haystack Rock again when Mikey is pointing out some rocks in the distance.
- Haystack Rock can also be seen in the 1979 movie 1941, directed by Steven Spielberg. The rock is particularly out of place, as the setting is supposed to be the California coast.
- Haystack Rock can be seen in the movie Kindergarten Cop, during the carnival scene later in the movie.
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