Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
Lincoln County
Longitude: -124.034634658600
Motor vehicle travel is prohibited from the Tillamook County-Lincoln County line (45° 02.6706', Mile 247), southerly to Yaquina Bay (44° 37.0374', Mile 215), except for the following locations within the corporate limits of Lincoln City:
(A) A distance of 150 feet on each side of the westerly extension of North 35th Court;
(B) A distance of 150 feet on each side of the westerly extension of North 15th Street.
2022
The amount of armoring activity was significant. In one section, the beach was disturbed for .30 miles, from construction sign to construction sign. I did not feel safe walking mile 237 in the spring and early summer as the construction activity went below the high tide line. Even during lower...read more
2020
It was a busy day with more people on the beach during my walk than usual. It was on the cold side and yet a few people in the water. My main concern was riprap installation where no structures have been built. The dunes in the two locations had no...read more
A beautiful day with people enjoying themselves. Warm enough for some people to go into the water, some people wearing bathing suits/bikinis. A Coast Guard helicopter seemd to be flying over the crab oats off shore, as opposed to the usual flight up and down the coast. Also noted a...read more
Pleasant day, moderate number of people. Small/moderate amount of trash predominantly of plastics, especially bottles, also numerous small chunks of styro foam.read more
I noticed that debris from the recent King Tide event was concentrated at the southern end of mile 237, with little to none in the northern 1/3-1/2. The appearance of the high water mark indicated that the highest tides reached the cliffs on the southern end, and not all to...read more
2019
I observed fewer people and dogs than on any other previous walk, but more natural debris than at any other time. Surprising, because the weather was nice and it wasn't yet the stormy time of the year. Debris was washed up all the way to the top of the beach, also not typical.read more
2018
3 unknown species due to level of decomp.read more
Unusual "carving out" of the shoreline by wave action.read more
Beautiful day. Moderate amount of trash. Found dead harbor seal approximately midway of mile well above the wrack line. The beach was littered with downy feathers. Not sure if from molting/preening but more that we had ever seen before. There was a Volkswalk event going on this day.read more
Pleasant Friday morning after a big wind. Handful of people on the beach. One man with 2 kids playing in sand. Two people with dogs, one on leash. On man fishing for surf perch.read more
The attached photo was taken to show the change that has taken place to shoreline erosion. At this time of year, the shoreline is fairly smooth with a small hump near the water with a gentle slope toward the land. The photo shows that the ocean has carved out the...read more
2017
Very pleasant ending to 2017. Moderate amount of trash. Most trash was close to the dune line.read more
It was a sunny wind-free hour on the beach. No people or dogs. No debris. A couple of exposed gravel beds with some nice-sized agates.read more
Calm seas with little wind. Only saw two people during the walk, both agate hunting. Tee shirt and shorts weather. The beach itself had very little debris of any kind, natural or man made.read more
Nice day on the beach. Tide was at low point about to return. We saw 20 adults, 2 teens, 5 kids, 6 dogs. 7 dead birds, 5 murres (I think) and 2 gulls. Actually saw a live female dungeness crab in the surf. Threw it back out before the birds...read more
We live enarby and have walked this mile ar least once a month since the first week of January 2017. However, this is the first time we have taken the time to do the note taking and make an official report.read more
There has been a lot of erosion over the past few months since I was last in town. Riprap has been installed all along the southern half or so of the mile. read more
2016
Found this interesting item near the Beach Grass Lane access to the Salishan Spit ... a plastic bottle printed in Russian! No barnacles or evidence of being in the water a long time so possibly off a fishing ship (like just outside the territorial limit).read more
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2011
Late winter storms appear to have eroded a significant portion of many bluffs. Occasionally people are seen climbing the bluffs but this appears to definitely be weather made more than man made. Several houses are quickly nearing the edge of the eroded bluffs. This mile of the beach beach took...read more
