Mile 237 Report
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
March 7, 2025
It was a beautiful day for a mile report walk.
Report Details
It was a beautiful day for a mile report walk. I noticed some erosion along the bluff that is currently in the application process to restore/repair and install at least a 30' high revetment. Further north I took a picture of a recently OPRD approved stretch that will begin rip-rapping probably next month (this is just north of mile 237 into 238.) Thought folks would like to see the 'before' pics and I'll take some later after the project commences and give progress reports.
Conditions
Temperature: 48 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 3.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 3. Sitting: 3. Other Activities: A horse owner also was walking her horses northbound to enjoy this beautiful day too (see pic)..
Notable Wildlife
No birds flying around this morning...
Driftline Content
I took a pic of the high-tide wrack line, which was about 2 feet from the recently installed rip-rap; sure doesn't leave a lot of beach...
Natural Changes
Erosion of vegetated foredune.
Current area of some erosion with both a north and south emergency breakwaters approved at the first of the year by OPRD.
Mid-tide (outgoing) about 1/4 mile north into my mile-- thankfully, I was able to get by between the tide and revetment.
Nice to see the beach is mean not just for people!
Some obvious erosion of the bluff with old rip-rap below...
A pic of the wrack line just short of the revetment that was finished last Summer...
A pic of a recently OPRD approved section of rip-rap planned for 620 feet of shoreline to a height of 33 feet above sea level extending up to 60 feet onto the beach.
Looking south from the end of my mile 237
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Barry
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Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
It was a beautiful day for a mile report walk.
Barry
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
I couldn't do my mile because of the tide and accompanying intrusion due to relentless rip-rapping revetments.
Barry mile 237
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
Wonderful morning to do this mile! I returned at high tide (7.
237 watcher
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
Beautiful 'low-tide' walk of my mile today.
237watcher
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
The most important factor for me personally with the changes I've observed in this section of my mile is how impactful the shoreline armoring has been on the beach to the south.
Barry Howarth
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
The most heartbreaking part of my mile report today is that I couldn't even walk my entire mile due to shifting sand and the subsequent tide (even though I did this at low tide,) preventing a safe northward walk. I have been walking on this stretch of beach since the early seventies and never-- even five or ten years ago, would you not had adequate distance to walk the beach from the surf to the foredune. I provided on pic looking north on my mile from the top of a revetment that was installed a few years ago, that's the only way I could get a glimpse of it safely.
Barry Howarth
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
A beautiful day here at the Central Oregon Coast!
Barry Howarth