Mile 285
Bayocean Peninsula, Cape Meares community and Lake
Tillamook County
Longitude: -123.960670060880
- Motor vehicle travel is prohibited from the north boundary of Nehalem Bay State Park (45° 42.2196', Mile 299), southerly to the south boundary of the Boy Scout property north of Sand Lake (45° 18.6444', Mile 268), except as follows: Motor vehicles essential to and engaged in boat launchings will be allowed any time during the year for a distance of 300 feet northwest from (45° 26.4036' 123° 57.2052', Mile 279), near Happy Camp.
2022
Very calm afternoon despite the "tsunami warning"!read more
2021
With the exception of the increased number of people on this mile, it was a very calm"day at the beach" group. The high temperatures in Portland have brought folks streaming to this area. This next weekend - July 4 - will probably break records with numbers.read more
The beach was SO quiet....only changes were evidence of new driftwood from recent high tides.read more
2020
From memory.....lots of people in groups, beautiful day.....nothing unusual except the crowds.read more
The beach is quiet although the same number of folks are there as there usually are! No one in parking lot but parking along the street. The erosion on the northern part of the mile is new. We hear - but didn't see it - that there have been some...read more
2019
The beach was extremely clean. We always have somesort of Goldsworthy type art - this time is lots of cairns and some rocky pictures in the sand.
Really pleasant walk!read more
2018
This is a recreated report! The first one was sent by mail but never arrived. This is my best estimate of what we saw...read more
Beautiful day. Lots of people and dogs enjoying the beach.read more
April report submitted on behalf of a mile-adopter.read more
2017
2016
We arrived around noon, but the rain was intense so we waited about an hour. By then the rain had stopped and the clouds gave way to sunshine. Due to recent storms, there was a lot of trash along our mile. Plastic pieces, fishing rope, broken toolbox, large amounts of...read more
A perfect day on the coast with a light breeze and sunshine. Lots of folks walking the beach, some with their dogs. A few ladies sunbathing and 2 on horseback. The beach was very, very clean.read more
