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CoastWatch Mile 57 County Curry Description North side of Cape Blanco, south of Castle Rock Boundaries N 42° 51.294', W 124° 32.699' to N 42° 50.308', W 124° 33.709' Google Maps Nearby Roads, Directions to/from, Google photos, Satellite image, Terrain overlay OPRD Map New River to Blacklock Point (3) & Sixes River Mouth Vehicles • Motor vehicles are prohibited from the south shore of the Sixes River (42° 51.1548', Mile 57), southerly to the south side of Cape Blanco (42° 50.1132', Mile 56). 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 Cape Blanco North   4/28/13 4/28/13 Cape Blanco North on MILE 57. CapeWalker

15 REPORTS FOR MILE 57: CapeWalker Apr 28, 2013 11:00 AM   Wandered from Hughes House to MILE 57. Few folks on beach, fishing and beach combing. NO Pets, some sheep on grassy hill sides. Saw Bald Eagle yesterday, none today. NO sea mammals, some sea birds, flocks of birds on Gull Island, need to check the inventory. Over all sunny day with good amount of Nw winds, especially on exposed beach or bluffs. Minus tide this weekend, could have rounded the cape maybe with tomorrow minus tide? Start from south side, see ya there.   MORE    Cape Blanco North    Description: 4/28/13 Cape Blanco North on MILE 57. CapeWalker Jan 20, 2013 11:30 AM   Capewalk shared the beach with others today. It was warm and sunny most of the day. Maybe six persons on the beach and one dog, who was well behaved. One person was mining a stream coming down the slowly sliding buffs on this stretch of beach. Very little litter, one section with a fair number of plastic bottles. No major changes on beach. Saw peregrine yesterday from bluffs and a harrier today. Like I said, some noise black oystercatchers on rock close to lighthouse. No sea mammal, was hoping for whale, to late now.. Plenty of people drive out the bluff, light house is closed, but some folks were walking out to house.   MORE    Cape Blanco North    Description: Half way down the beach at North Cape Blanco. Good day for agates and sea glass, found some white and little green. Cape Blanco North    Description: Sea Glass Date: Jan 20, 2013 12:00 AM CapeWalker Dec 9, 2012 11:59 AM   Capewalker here, beach mile 57 was observed today. Sea were calm and flat, no big surf. Debris very little, a few folks out walking/hiking from bluff down to beach. Sunny and blue skys to the south of the Cape, darking and cloudy to the north. Debris mostly med to large logs and sand seems to be push high on the beach. From cliff's edge looking like alot of black sand below. One beachcomber maybe a miner, working the little creeks coming out of the slides on the north bluffs. A few fishing boat to the south of cape, crabbing out of Port Orford. Air temp not bad and just a little wind out of the NNW.   MORE    12/2012 Cape Blanco    Description: Mile 27 North of Cape Blanco 2012 Cape Blanco    2012 Dec Cape Blanco    Date: Dec 9, 2012 12:00 AM Cape Blanco North    azbeach Nov 10, 2012 1:30 PM   Curious activity: Apparent "mining" operation approx. 1/4 mi. south down the beach from the north side of Cape Blanco. Trough lodged into foredune, over small water outlet. Being tended by 2 adult males (one of whom had perched on his shoulder a white cockatoo wearing orange vest, accompanied by a basset hound). Unfortunately -- a day at this beautiful beach sans the camera . . .   MORE  CapeWalker Oct 14, 2012 11:00 AM   Cooler and cloudy day. Reconning around south beach and headlands with good views both south and north. Was intending to walk from Hughes house to Mile 57, but due to sandbar at mouth of river, the trails were covered with about 18 inches of river water. Not many folks out today.   MORE    Sixes River Mouth from the cliffs north of Cape Blanco    CapeWalker Sep 16, 2012 11:00 AM   Beautiful Sunday morning. Thirty minute walk to north beach at Cape Blanco. Mouth of Sixes river draining into ocean. Lots of wood debris, small to medium large trees. Saw a large group of hiker on beach from up at cape, but gone once I was on the beach. A little windy today, needed to hide in wind shadows. Found prob. a fox carcass, just head and jaw left. Assorted groups of birds. Very little litter or trash, just a beautiful beach.   MORE    North beach, Cape Blanco    Description: Walk to north beach Sixes River Mouth    BobIvey Aug 4, 2012 12:00 PM   Walked Mile 57 from Sixes River's boat put in by the Hughes House to the mouth of the river and down to turn around rock on the beach. One surfisherman with his limit. Two or three other groups of people, visitors, watchers and walkers. Some birdlife both shore and inland birds. No mammals seen at all, not even in the surf. Was going to walk starting at Cape Blanco's north side but very windy and foggy, not the sunny day I was planning. Driving back for lighthouse there was less fog and more sunlight, so put in at boat ramp. The sun came out and there were a good selection of common wildflower and assortments of the grasses. Beach was nice, so much buried wood big and small. The mouth of the Sixes was filling with sea water from the wave action there. Someone might have crossed the river and headed to Mile 58, but not today. Had most of the beach to myself except for the groups at the mouth. Took the Castle Rock trail back to parking. The purple thistles were beautiful, I believe California and smaller Canadian were all around the grasslands. Weather was a mix bag, very windy and socked in with fog up on the bluff, below along the river it was sunny and warm, the beach the same with a little more fog being blow to the north. The area remain litter free, found only four plastic bottle and no small pieces of plastic. The day was good.   MORE    Looking North    Description: Castle Rock just off shore, standing on dunes looking up coast to Black Locke Point. Location: quater of mile from mouth of Sixes River, Curry Co. Oregon , Mile 57 Sixes River and Pacific Ocean    Description: Looking north towards Black Locke Point . In coming afternoon tide. BobIvey Mar 8, 2012 11:00 AM   Walked mile 57 on sunny windless side of Cape Blanco, at top blowing 25-30 mph. MOre sand on beach and wack line overtop of beach. Big log there, small surf, pleasant beach conditions for watch. Not many people, some fishing, some mining and some just watching.   MORE  BobIvey Feb 1, 2012 3:00 PM   ONce again a beautful afternoon on n. beach, very few people, few birds, no marine mammal and wide open beach for walking.   MORE  BobIvey Jan 12, 2012 10:00 AM   Beautiful sunny and warm day on the north beach at Cape Blanco. Zero beached birds for COASST and one river otter. Very few birds, crabbing boat had all of their attention. Walk north to south approx one mile and then walk from Six river put in to mouth of river. Few people out and just great day at beach.   MORE  malachite Apr 22, 2011 9:00 AM   Another wonderful morning at the beach at Cape Blanco state park. It was again sunny while I walked the beach north of Cape Blanco, that runs from the Cape to the Sixes River. I then walked inland along a path (where I met some cows) that goes to the Hughes house and then back via the road (I didn't see the path that goes from the Hughes house back to the lighthouse/campground areas) to the lighthouse area/overlook. I reached the beach early enough that the beach was partly shadowed during the first part of my walk. I'd gone to the beach early to make sure I would be on the beach at low tide. The tide was low enough that I was able to walk out to Castle Rock, a large sea stack near the outlet of the Sixes River.   MORE    Overview of mile 57    Description: A distance view of mile 57, looking north from Cape Blanco towards the Sixes River Location: Not far from the Cape Blanco lighthouse. Copyright: (c) 2011 Susan E. Hogg "dune" cut (eroded) by water/wind    Description: The kind of slope or dunal type structure I saw on the beach. This particular one shows a bit of layering although it's difficult to see it in the photo. Location: towards the north end of mile 57, on the beach side of the (sort of) foredune behind which pasture/wetland begins Copyright: (c) 2011 Susan E. Hogg caspian terns    Description: Small flock of Caspian terns on the beach adjacent to where the Sixes River flows into the ocean. A kind of isthmus forms as the tide recedes that you can walk along to get to Castle Rock (the big rock you can see in the first photo) Location: Near outlet of Sixes River, north end of mile 56, north beach of Cape Blanco state park Copyright: (c) 2011 Susan E. Hogg ocean & sea stacks seen from mile 57    Description: this photo is not of anything in particular, but to me offers an idea of how this beach "felt" to me that day. Everything very crisp and clear, and somehow full of visual drama to which the sound of the surf adds. Location: Somewhere along mile 57 Copyright: (c) 2011 Susan E. Hogg champs Jan 21, 2008 1:30 PM   Beautiful (cold) sunny day. Hardly any trash at all to pick up.   MORE  champs Sep 11, 2007 3:30 PM   Removed 1 small bag of trash, is all -- left 2 heavy nets. First time saw 3 floats in line, 50' apart, 100'out.   MORE  weld&elm Jun 8, 2007 11:30 AM   Beautiful day -- all the more appreciated considering projected development of access area. Photo shows 15'- 20' erosion over past year (when bank & rock met).   MORE    Erosion on Mile 57    Description: Photo of previously reported 15' - 20' erosion. Bank & rock were joined last year. Location: 1/4 mi. south of Castle Rock champs Mar 29, 2007 4:00 AM   Most people seen at our site. Fishermen, driftwood collectors were at Hughes House picnic site access -- 1/2 mi. from beach on the Sixes River. 2 families seen on the beach accessed from Cape Blanco Lighthouse. Cliff at north (meadow) end of mile eroded over 10 ft. at one point. Large debris left included crab traps, tire, float. Removed 1 medium-sized bag of small trash, plus large fuel container.   MORE