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CoastWatch Mile 335 County Clatsop Description Columbia Beach, Coffenbury Lake, Fort Stevens SP Boundaries N 46° 10.488', W 123° 58.691' to N 46° 9.609', W 123° 58.21' Google Maps Nearby Roads, Directions to/from, Google photos, Satellite image, Terrain overlay OPRD Map Columbia River to Necanicum River (1) Vehicles • Motor vehicle travel is allowed at any time between the Peter Iredale Road (46° 10.6950', Mile 336), southerly to the beach ramp at Gearhart (46° 01.8570', Mile 326). 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 [No photos have been uploaded with reports for this Mile]

17 REPORTS FOR MILE 335: mandfwhite Apr 16, 2013 12:00 PM   Sunny day with mild wind from the west. There were 9 cars at the access point (Peter Iredale). We saw 3 people walking on our mile, plus 2 people trying to get a parasail into the air, for a total of 5 people. Nine cars drove by, plus one low ATV pulling a parasail. We didn't see any notable wildlife, dead or alive. There was less debris on the beach than usual, and hardly any styrofoam, probably because of recent beach cleanups. There were quite a few pieces of weathered milled lumber though, more than we're used to seeing.   MORE  mandfwhite Oct 17, 2012 11:30 AM   Pleasant sunny day at the beach, with almost no wind. We didn't see any people or vehicles on our mile. There was, however, a small pickup truck stuck in the sand and abandoned, with high tides starting to surround it. We reported the vehicle to Fort Stevens personnel. The beach looked very clean, with little debris to be found. There was no sign of changes to the shoreline, either natural or human-caused. As far as wildlife, there were small groups of sanderlings foraging near the wave line, and we saw two dead gulls.   MORE  mandfwhite Apr 11, 2012 10:00 AM   Pleasant morning at the beach. Minus tide, with 13 people clamming, plus 1 person walking (total of 14 people on the mile). There were 7 cars parked at the access area, and 20 cars driving or parked in allowable areas on the beach. There was a heavy deposit of shells, sand dollars, and crab bodies along our mile. Storms had eroded the dunes to such an extent that they were unclimbable cliffs. We saw some unfamiliar shapes of plastic bottles on the wrack line --- not sure if they were from Japan.   MORE  mandfwhite Dec 22, 2011 3:00 PM   12/22/2011, 3:00 pm. Mild day at the beach (about 40 degrees) with a low tide (-.9). 35 people clamming, and three people walking (2 dogs). 9 cars in the parking lot and 25 cars on the beach in allowable areas. Beautiful sunset by the time we were completing our mile (and getting our clams). No unusual driftline content, just some shells.   MORE  mandfwhite Sep 21, 2011 1:45 PM   Calm quiet day at the beach: only seven people and three cars on the beach. Two people were walking, two were playing with a boogie board in the surf, and three were standing next to their bicycles talking as we left our mile. There was an unusual amount of kelp along the wrack line. There was no sign of human-caused changes to the shoreline. There were groups of sanderlings on our mile, but no one was bothering them.   MORE  mandfwhite Oct 6, 2010 4:00 PM   Beautiful warm and sunny day on the beach. There were a lot of people hunting for clams, but few were finding any. We got eight clams between the two of us and had a very nice dinner that evening!   MORE  mandfwhite Jun 17, 2010 10:00 AM   June 17th was a week-day clamming tide, with a moderate number of clammers and vehicles on the beach, but all behaving well. There was some evidence of driving up in the dunes at the south end of the mile. There were many flocks of cormorants flying back and forth just beyond the surf.   MORE  mandfwhite Apr 19, 2010 8:45 AM   Fairly windy and cold morning with a lot of clammers out. Did not find a lot of plastic debris as was reported in the Tillamook area.   MORE  mandfwhite Jan 27, 2010 1:30 PM   Could have spent the whole day collecting the plastic bottles and plastic mess along the drift line. We carried out what we could. We didn't see any brown pelicans, dead or alive.   MORE  mandfwhite Jun 12, 2009 8:00 AM   A fairly low tide brought out a lot of clammers. Most people were getting their limits. There were more dead crabs along the surf line than normal.   MORE  mnfwhite Mar 18, 2009 11:40 AM   Quiet day on the beach, with only 7 people and 4 cars. We didn't find any dead birds or mammals, and there wasn't anything unusual in the driftline. The only wildlife were sanderlings and a few gulls.   MORE  mnfwhite Dec 5, 2008 2:00 PM   Beautiful partly sunny day at the beach. Any people we saw appeared to be enjoying the welcome break in the weather. Nothing unusual to report.   MORE  mnfwhite Jun 24, 2008 10:30 AM   Pleasant weather with little wind. Very few people on the beach within our mile, but Peter Iredale (adjacent mile north) had a fairly large number of visitors.   MORE  mnfwhite Apr 3, 2008 4:00 PM   More activity than normal because of Spring Break. Few shore birds. No speeding or erratic driving.   MORE  mandfwhite Sep 22, 2007 2:00 PM   Very uneventful. SOLV's beach cleanup occurred last Saturday, so beach was very clean.   MORE  mandfwhite Jun 22, 2007 11:45 AM   Quiet day at beach, with evidence of driving up into dunes in 3 places.   MORE  mandfwhite Mar 15, 2007 4:00 PM   Beautiful March day at the beach. Nothing unusual except the 74 people, but that was because it was a minus tide and there were a lot of clammers.   MORE