Mile 296 Report
South end Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP
September 24, 2007
No human disturbance or litter.
Report Details
No human disturbance or litter. 5 dogs, 3 horses. Saw 7 brown pelicans, flying + fishing.
Conditions
Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: N.
Human Activities
Number of dogs: 5. Walking or running: 12. Other Activities: 3 horses. No human disturbance or litter
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 3.
Notable Wildlife
Saw 7 brown pelicans, flying + fishing.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 1. gull
Actions & Comments
Am watching the huge (one-ton?) tree trunk that was washed in a couple of years ago as it inches up the beach toward the dunes; still covered with barnacles.
Coopersmith
CoastWatcher
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Mile 296
South end Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP
Pasting narrative from above: It requires well over a mile across sand just to get to the beginning at the north end. With the campground closed there’s very little traffic that far from town. In addition to occasional gulls there were interspersed small flocks of shorebirds. The debris load is well down from previous years. Notable: Nehalem Bay State Park is currently closed for expansion of the campground.
John Morris
Mile 296
South end Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP
North of the Nehalem River mile 296 is accessible only by an ~2 mile beach walk (or bicycle or horse) or a similar distance on a sandy track running down the center of the spit.
JMorris
Mile 296
South end Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP
A sunny weekend day at the beach, loads of people, SOLV cleanup in September, beach extremely clean.
Coopersmith
Mile 296
South end Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP
Gorgeous day: low temperature brought out only the hardiest, well-wrapped walkers.
Coopersmith
Mile 296
South end Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP
Since this mile, ending in the Nehalem Bay North Jetty, is in a state park and activity is patrolled by park rangers, it is clean.
Coopersmith
Mile 296
South end Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP
Aside from noted litter, otherwise clean; no erosion or interference.
Coopersmith
Mile 296
South end Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP
This afternoon I hiked the length of the South Nehalem Jetty.
skyhar8000