Mile 182 Report
Roosevelt Beach, Ponsler SW, China Creek, Big Creek
August 2, 2025
As you start down the entrance to the beach there is a new post.
Report Details
As you start down the entrance to the beach there is a new post. There is also a trash receptacle and plastic bags for dog poop which are new. When you go to the left at Muriel Ponsler to China creek someone has carved steps up the cliff. As you walk toward Big Creek, there is a very large carving that says Oregon on the cliff by Big creek.
Conditions
Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light.
Activities
Number of people: 32. Number of dogs: 5. Walking or running: 32.
New Development
Steps down bluff. Parks dept had added a post and a trash can with plastic dog poop bags at the entrance of the park.
Man-made Modifications
Dune modification/removal. Steps added in the cliff by China creek. Someone carved the word Oregon into the cliff by Big creek.
Steps in the cliff by China creek
Trash receptacle and plastic dog poop bags.
New post added at Muriel Ponsler entrance.
A large carving of Oregon on the cliff wall by Big creek near Roosevelt beach.
Report Images
Mary James
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Numerous people walking the beaches of Roosevelt and Muriel Ponsler.
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A dead Humback whales tale near big creek.
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As you start down the entrance to the beach there is a new post.
Mary James
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This was a minus tide leaving pools of water on the beach.
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The wrack line contained feathers, rocks, pieces of shells, a piece of rope, a piece of foam and a piece of a float. There is evidence of waves under cutting the bushes on the dune, retreat of the dunes and wave over topping.
Mary James
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Roosevelt Beach, Ponsler SW, China Creek, Big Creek
Tide six feet with a few sneaker waves.
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The entry way to Muriel Ponsler has been enhanced by a load of gravel that was placed in the entry way ditch. There were a lot of sand filling in the beach which is usual in the summer.
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Roosevelt Beach, Ponsler SW, China Creek, Big Creek
A lot of people on the beach today backpacking, rock hounding, playing and picnicking on the beach. There was one large piece of fiberglass on the beach.
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