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CoastWatch Mile 188 County Lane Description Neptune SP, Strawberry Hill Picnic Area Boundaries N 44° 15.636', W 124° 6.685' to N 44° 14.977', W 124° 6.869' Google Maps Nearby Roads, Directions to/from, Google photos, Satellite image, Terrain overlay OPRD Map Cape Perpetua to Bob Creek, to Rocky Knoll (1) Vehicles • Motor vehicle travel is prohibited from the Lincoln County-Lane County line (44° 16.5774', Mile 190), southerly to the Siuslaw River (44° 00.9720', Mile 170). Weather Current Weather Conditions at nearby stations (may take a minute or two on a dialup connection) Tides The NOAA Tide Predictions site may be found here. Click on the station nearest to your location to see predicted tides in graphical and tabular formats. Photo Amanitas overlooking Strawberry Hill   11/8/12 Strawberry Hill looking north. Beautiful fall day, amanitas on sandy bluff. claretucker

29 REPORTS FOR MILE 188: claretucker Nov 8, 2012 12:30 PM   Gorgeous fall day and no one there. New and strange to me jelly fish washed up - smaller than my hand, clear with a hard knobby "head" ??? and amanitas watching over the coastline.   MORE    Amanitas overlooking Strawberry Hill    Description: Strawberry Hill looking north. Beautiful fall day, amanitas on sandy bluff. What is this?    Description: clear, whitish jellyfish washed up. Hard knob at one end. Hand size or smaller Location: Strawberry Hill north and south claretucker Aug 31, 2012 7:00 AM   Minus tide with the moon setting - gorgeous morning, surprised not to see anyone else around. Lots of sand around my favorite north rock, about 5 ft. in places. Usual tidepool suspects with lots of tiny sea stars, two lined chitons, and three sunflower stars. Three herons bid me farewell.   MORE    erosion north trail    Description: Strawberry Wayside north trail to beach Location: Strawberry Wayside, north trail to beach Bluff carving graffiti    Description: Carved bluff at Strawberry Hill wayside Sunflower Star    Description: Minus tide pool creature. Strawberry Hill August 31. claretucker Aug 3, 2012 7:00 PM   Nice evening at Strawberry. More beach sand is in on north side, so walking is easier. Trail down to beach is getting really eroded. And graffiti is getting worse and worse on cliff. Beach was very clean of trash.   MORE  claretucker Jul 6, 2012 9:00 AM   Great tidepooling today. Saw 6 sunflower stars. Back beach was amazing clean; thought I'd find lots of chunks of styrofoam and water bottles.   MORE  claretucker May 2, 2012 10:00 AM   Found a large wooden spool believe to be tsunami debris. Picked up many plastic bottles, small floats, and styrofoam chuncks. Saw a small boat at Rock Creek. If you come to the beach, bring bags for collecting the debris.   MORE    Tsunami Debria    Description: Wooden Spool found at Strawberry Hill. Location: south of parking at Wayside Tsunami Debris    Description: small boat south of Rock Creek claretucker Dec 16, 2011 10:00 AM   The sand is out on north side of wayside - looks like winter is here. 3 crab boats out!   MORE  claretucker Aug 20, 2011 2:00 PM   Busy, busy beach. Lots of sand deposited in last month.   MORE  beachconnection Jul 8, 2011 12:00 AM   A whole bunch of sea gooseberries were found around the main access to Nepture on that week. A lot more than I've usually seen. I have reports from Seaside Aquarium that staff spotted them around Tillamook Bay area the week before. And then I spotted more in Lincoln City and around Cape Kiwanda on July 9 - though not nearly as heavy a concentration at Neptune on this day.   MORE    Sea Gooseberry at Nepture in early July    Description: Found bunches of them here on this day, more at other places over the next day or two. Copyright: BeachConnection.net claretucker May 19, 2011 8:00 AM   Beautiful day for a minus tide at Strawberry. Lots of usual anemones, chitons, stars, and mussels available.   MORE  claretucker Apr 20, 2011 7:30 AM   The sand is "in" on the north side of Strawberry allowing easy beach walking. And Strawberry was "pink" at the minus tide: lots of pink algae, pink crystalline algae, and a beautiful dark red sea weed. Found 5 baby nudibranchs hiding on the rocks, a few baby sea lemons, and a couple of Dorris sea slugs.   MORE    Nudibranch at Strawberry Hill    Location: off of rocks just north of access Doris    Description: One of many sea slugs found on Oregon coast Location: off northern rocks at Strawberry Hill Sea Lemon    Description: One of many sea slugs found on Oregon Coast Location: rocks off Strawberry Hill Friend of Strawberry Oct 24, 2010 12:00 PM   First powerful storm of the season. Strawberry Hill with a +8.9 tide and winds 25-30 with gusts to 50 from the South. Waves 25 to 30 feet. How do those critters in our tidepool survive? No Harbor Seals resting on the rocks today. Gulls fighting the force of the wind. Oh, the power of nature is incredible.    MORE    Fiew from top of steps    Location: Strawberry Hill from view point. Crashing Waves    Hold on and face the wind    Looking south at the pounding surf.    JVelinty Aug 31, 2010 6:15 PM   Bob Creek, sand, cobbles clean, big stumps and logs on cobbles. Strawberry Hill, Tide pools under water, Seals/Sealions 7/8 in water channels. Bray's Point no visitors, foggy. birds, gulls about 70 plus Rooks.    MORE  claretucker Jun 14, 2010 7:30 AM   Lots of action in the tide pools for the minus 2 tide. Sea lemons laying their circular egg cases were good to see. Lots of plastic to collect on the beaches between Yachats and Florence. Bring a bag when you visit.   MORE  claretucker Jan 7, 2010 1:00 PM   Lots of sand still on the beach north and south. Front of bluff on path to the north beach has fallen into path. Counted 55 seals. The graffiti being carved into our sandstone cliffs is a real problem for me. I have shared my concerns with people who are actively carving away. But haven't convinced anyone that nature is the better artist.   MORE  claretucker Sep 3, 2009 3:00 PM   So much sand on the north side. Makes for a great walk even when the tide is coming in. I counted over 36 washed up jellyfish on most northern beach! Never seen that many.   MORE  claretucker May 10, 2009 7:30 AM   Good tide pooling, lots of anemones, stars, several different kind of egg cases - chitons are out!   MORE  claretucker Dec 4, 2008 11:00 AM   Gorgeous winter day, no wind, sun. Lots of gulls, crows, several cormorants drying out, and three oyster catchers working the low tide. Hardly any plastic debris - yea!   MORE  Friend of Strawberry Oct 23, 2008 2:00 PM   We only had time for a short stop and I had the chance to tell a new friend (and new Coast Watcher) about the Harbor Seals on the rocks below. We sat on the upper steps for a little protection from the cool north wind and ate our lunch. When out of that big blue ocean, just a short distance from the seal covered rocks was a Gray Whale..... back, blow, fluk and even the slick area on the surface. We watched it for at least 30 min. and it preformed like welcoming a new person to it's home. I took many photos in hopes that I might get just one or two to share with another nature lover that is very ill and not able to make it to this place anymore. The whale continued to do what whales do, so I could share this day with a new friend and one that will not be with us much longer. Thanks for the memories at Strawberry Hill Gray Whale.   MORE    Gray Whale Blow at Strawberry    Date: Oct 23, 2008 12:00 AM Gray Whale Back at Strawberry Hill    Gray Whale Fluke at Strawberry Hill    claretucker Aug 19, 2008 8:00 AM   Purple urchins in good shape. Lots of tube worms, too.   MORE  Friend of Strawberry May 5, 2008 12:00 AM   Arrived when low tide was starting to come back up. Harbor Seals are the only seals that rest and enjoy the safety of these off shore rocks (when the tide lets them). Counted at least 2 baby Harbor Seals. Rocks with barnacles in the heavy traffic area where they get trampled each summer, were covered again with new barnacles. Research markers have been placed on the popular visitor rocks in the last 2 years. Walked about half way north till water and rocks stopped us. Juvenile Mole Crabs in sand as well as a Sandworm.   MORE    Harbor Seal Pups #1    Location: Strawberry Hill Copyright: (c)2008 Mary Nulty Harbor Seal Pups #2    Harbor Seal at water edge    Harbor Seals on rocks    Mole Crab in sand    Location: Strawbery Hill north beach Mole Crab upside down    Mole Crab digging    Research Tag    Description: For years Strawberry Hill has been a research area not only for Oregon universities but also scientist from other states. It has been a classroom and a place where the ocean and tidepool critters are monitored and studied. Sandworm    claretucker Apr 24, 2008 1:00 PM   North side - some large trash items at end of beach. Pair of oyster catchers on "island" rock.   MORE  claretucker Mar 13, 2008 1:00 PM   Pair of oyster catchers south of entry. Not as much trash as expected. Lots of gulls.   MORE  claretucker Feb 13, 2008 11:00 AM   The rocks are back. Very few birds about. Lots of sand disappeared since January. Surf line is littered with bits of plastic. No new landslides. Spring beach cleanup will be busy.   MORE  claretucker Dec 6, 2007 3:00 PM   South beach seemed to be untouched by recent big storm. Most of sand is still there.   MORE  claretucker Sep 14, 2007 8:15 AM   North side and south side like two different beaches. North Side still has lots of sand, clean drift line, lots of sea life showing on rocks. South side has little sand, lots of seaweed, palm, grass, kelp in drift line, not much sealife showing on rocks.   MORE  claretucker Jul 4, 2007 10:00 AM   Minus tide revealed 9 nudibranchs.   MORE  claretucker Jun 15, 2007 7:00 AM   Little more sand in the north. Strange worm like animal with many legs in surf line. Oyster catcher on rock.   MORE  claretucker Mar 22, 2007 9:00 AM   No changes from last visit.   MORE  claretucker Dec 21, 2006 11:30 AM   Quiet day at Strawberry, surf seems high. Some sand moving out. Heard Oystercatcher on outer rocks.   MORE