Mile 288 Report
December 14, 2007
by YaakovM
Other Mile 288 Reports (55)
2023
January 29, 2023 - SchankK
There were 6 or more plovers and large accumulations of driftwood (both along the base and on top of the foredune cutbank).
2022
May 21, 2022 - SchankK
It was a beautiful, warm, sunny Saturday with a moderate north wind. I was glad to see the stakes and signs indicating snowy plovers were nesting in the northern portion of Mile 288! I also enjoyed...
January 17, 2022 - SchankK
It was great to see two separate families picking up beach trash/debris in the driftline from the most recent storms including in Mile 288! The banks had eroded since late December 2021 and there...
2021
December 23, 2021 - SchankK
There was clear indications of active foredune erosion with visible cutbanks (see photo) and significant debris.
2015
February 24, 2015 - YaakovM
Mid-winter day that seemed like spring. No people seen, a few birds, and the beach was, as usual, pretty clean. But there was a little more garbage than usual and there were several piles of debris...
2014
October 2, 2014 - YaakovM
Beautiful early fall afternoon. Very low human activity. Did see one fellow walking with a bike on the way from the beach to the dunes near the north end of the mile. Appeared as if he might be...
June 21, 2014 - YaakovM
Beautiful end of spring, beginning of summer day. Large numbers of vehicles parked but few people seen on beach or walking on trails. Apparently quite a few people are camping on Bayocean Spit even...
March 22, 2014 - YaakovM
This was a very late (actually second of spring) winter walk. Beautiful late afternoon sun, but very windy. Walked up somewhat protected bay side and saw numerous waterfowl: Western Grebe, Surf...
2013
July 12, 2013 - YaakovM
Early summer walk on a cloudy, then clearing day. The beach was very quiet and my daughter and I walked along during the early afternoon flood tide. Saw the bones of a long dead sea lion and the...
2012
August 17, 2012 - YaakovM
Mid-summer visit made on a cool, cloudy day at the coast while it was near 100 in Portland. As usual, beach was clean with few people. I collected a medium-sized SOLV bag full of debris including...
May 11, 2012 - YaakovM
This was a mid-spring walk in beautiful sunny weather. The beach was extremely quiet, clean, and windswept of most debris. I had brought along a SOLV litter big and only half filled it, carrying...
2011
July 23, 2011 - YaakovM
This was a beautiful, sunny, and very windy walk along the beach, out and back. There were many people camping (saw at least 14 tents) along the way on mile 287, but only saw 1 person and tent on...
2010
December 16, 2010 - YaakovM
Mid-December walk on mile 288 was mostly delightful. The beach was fairly clean with debris relatively light. Debris noted included more than 8 piles of rope, a few plastic bottles, some plastic...
September 23, 2010 - YaakovM
This was a very late summer (actually very early fall) report on a mostly cloudy, partly sunny day. Wind was steady and moderate from the south and today I did an out and back directly to mile 288...
June 12, 2010 - YaakovM
It was a warm, yet very windy day on mile 288. The parking lot was packed with vehicles but almost no one was on the beach. Most people rode bicycles or walked along the Bay side of Bayocean Spit...
February 19, 2010 - YaakovM
It was a beautiful, sunny, almost balmy mid-winter day. Mile 288 was very clean with the occasional small ocean debris, i.e., plastic bottle, strands of rope, pieces of styrofoam. In the drift line...
2009
September 1, 2009 - YaakovM
On a beautiful late summer day, I found mile 288 to be in full glory. Human debris was light and nature showed its best side. There was a heavy accumulation of sand and also much seaweed. The sand...
June 19, 2009 - YaakovM
It was a very late spring, very windy, very rainy day. Visibility was difficult, but the beach appeared scoured. Very little litter was seen and little was evident in the high tide line: small...
March 19, 2009 - YaakovM
This very late winter visit found no one else there when my daughter and I arrived around noon. Shoreline content was minimal, mostly small rocks. There was little wildlife --- a couple of Western...
2008
December 11, 2008 - YaakovM
This was a gorgeous, late fall afternoon at mile 288 where my daughter accompanied me on this visit. Sparkling sun, virtually no wind, and a generally clean beach. Even though debris was light...
September 13, 2008 - YaakovM
Mile 288 was only partially seen as severe weather conditions made it difficult to observe. Fog was very heavy, limiting visibility to maybe 200 feet. Wind was very strong from the north, blowing...
March 18, 2008 - YaakovM
This was the lowest tide (-0.2) which I'd ever seen at the beach. There were no people present on this beautiful late winter day and the beach was generally very clean. As expected, driftwood...
2007
August 11, 2007 - YaakovM
On a beautiful summer day, my companion and I found mile 288 to be tranquil, relatively clean, and unchanged from earlier visits. We were there at low tide and noted the beach had little debris or...
May 12, 2007 - YaakovM
The beach appeared very clean, as if the work of winter winds and water had done a thorough cleansing. There was almost no debris - I saw no styrofoam, no plastic bottles or buckets and the like....
March 16, 2007 - YaakovM
Overall, beach appeared very clean. A couple of debris-filled SOLV bags not yet picked up indicates there may have been a clean-up in the recent past. I will contact SOLV to see if they know there...
2006
December 18, 2006 - YaakovM
Beach was very clean, as if winter storms and high tides had scoured the surface. Rippled dunes, noticed in the summer, were now gone and the beach was very flat. Tide was receding when I arrived....
July 23, 2006 - YaakovM
Beach was generally very clean. Some accumulation of kelp (I arrived at low tide), small stones, and light litter. Less than usual.Nothing special noted, but it was wonderful to have to put a...
June 14, 2006 - YaakovM
This visit was made just after a significant low tide and the beach generally looked very clean with no change from the previous visit in February. I walked to the north end of the Bayocean Spit and...
February 15, 2006 - YaakovM
On a mild, mid-winter day, the beach at Bayocean Spit was quiet. Much debris was visible, perhaps as a result of the beach being scoured by winter storms that exposed old, buried debris. On the...
2005
November 9, 2005 - YaakovM
A beautiful late afternoon fall day. Little debris was evident and no other people were seen. Bright sun and light wind plus some shorebirds foraging in the surf made for an uneventful and relaxing...
September 2, 2005 - YaakovM
Beach was quite clean and looked relatively unchanged. Tide was receding during observation period. Very little debris noticed. There were small dunes in the sand, formed by recent winds.
June 20, 2005 - YaakovM
Beach was again very clean and looked similar to previous visits. Tide was pulling out during observation period. Debris was very minor, a piece of netting here or a bottle there.Overall, the beach...
March 21, 2005 - YaakovM
Observation was at low tide, mid-afternoon. Generally very quiet and, perhaps because of recent storms, there was little debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc.) on the beach. it could have been blown...
2004
November 27, 2004 - YaakovM
Beach seemed very clean, with only a little ocean debris in the high tide area. Saw few birds including several adult and juvenile Western gulls and small flocks (10-50) of sandpipers flying by....
September 19, 2004 - YaakovM
The beach was peaceful with little sign of human activity. The litter noted was almost all ocean based as some of the glass and plastic bottles had Oriental writing on them. The sky was lightly...
June 19, 2004 - YaakovM
Human activity, possibly illegal, was noticeable on this late spring trip. Camping, possibly parking overnight, and setting of fires were all in evidence. The question is how much does Tillamook...
February 21, 2004 - YaakovM
Unidentified species of whale that had been dead for quite a while and was in an advanced state of decomposition. Many gulls were feeding on it. Beach was relatively unchanged from last visit the...
2003
September 13, 2003 - YaakovM
The beach looked clean with no evidence of change. Litter was generally light: styrofoam here and there, and a plastic bottle or two. The highlight was seeing the young Air Force soldiers building...
June 6, 2003 - YaakovM
Conditions generally unchanged. Saw less litter than usual, and it's usually light. Adjacent miles 287 and 289 had more activity: camping on mile 287 plus on the bay side of the spit, and dead...
March 30, 2003 - YaakovM
A generally quiet day with no noticeable changes on the beach from last visit in November of 2002. Plenty of shorebirds and two diving ducks with problems. Driftline content and debris was light.
2002
November 28, 2002 - YaakovM
A beautiful, sunny, Thanksgiving Day walk. Mile 288 seemed unchanged from last walk. No significant debris and little bird/animal life noted. Beach continues to be peaceful, calm, and unsullied.
August 27, 2002 - YaakovM
Beach was very quiet and quite windy. There was little evidence of litter or other human activity. The beach itself is changing. There is more sand in some areas and less in others. In the former...
June 2, 2002 - YaakovM
Observed no particular changes since last visit, which was November of 2001. Did note that the County had placed "Trail" signs both along the bay and along the high dune area. Beach and dune area...
2001
November 24, 2001 - YaakovM
Beach was very quiet. Litter observed was light. Nothing special to note.
September 29, 2001 - YaakovM
Mile 288 continues to be very quiet, and beautiful. Because access requires hiking at least two miles from the Bayocean Spit parking lot, it is unlikely that there will be significant change. The...
June 24, 2001 - YaakovM
Tide was somewhat low, but coming in during time of observation. Saw little bird or other life. Noted many sand crabs at the drift line. Most were dead, but some were still moving. Beach was very...
March 18, 2001 - YaakovM
Observed during low tide on a very windy, very rainy day. Wind blew so hard I could lean into it and it stood me up. Saw no other people and the beach appeared clean and unchanged although...
2000
September 9, 2000 - YaakovM
Litter was very light and beach was generally very clean. No noticeable changes from last visit.
May 14, 2000 - YaakovM
Nothing unusual to report. Litter was light, mostly in the dunes or well back of the high tide line.
March 12, 2000 - YaakovM
Generally beach had small amounts of debris on this cloudy later winter walk. There were several large plastic drums which will have to be removed by some organized force, i.e., Tillamook County or...
1999
August 7, 1999 - YaakovM
On a very rainy day, Carol and I walked along the surf line with few stops because of the inclement weather. The beach looked the same as usual, except much kelp had been deposited by the high tide...
April 16, 1999 - YaakovM
Beach looked normal on a gorgeous spring day. Light debris plus one magnificent adult bald eagle that landed on the beach.
1998
September 15, 1998 - YaakovM
Nothing unusual on beach. Walked north along the hard sand to the south jetty of Tillamook Bay and then walked back south along the low dunes abutting the beach. Noted light debris and garbage.
1996
December 31, 1996 - YaakovM
Extremely windy winter walk. Noted more human debris than usual, perhaps because of the stormy, windy conditions. Debris noted was plastic bottles, some bags, and metal drums. Also saw planks...
May 26, 1996 - YaakovM
This was my first visit to mile 288 after adopting the mile early in 1995. Some of the dynamics of the mile are 100% sandy beach in the intertidal zone, approximately a 300 foot wide intertidal zone...