Mile 315

Chapman Beach north, Chapman Point, Ecola SP
Clatsop County

Latitude: 45.910855129754
Longitude: -123.969945350360
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  • Motor vehicle travel is prohibited between the beach ramp at Gearhart (46° 01.8570', Mile 326), southerly to the Clatsop County-Tillamook County line (45° 46.9902', Mile 306), except as follows: Operation or parking of motor vehicles used for and engaged in towing dory boat trailers or essential dory boat launchings from Sunset Drive (45° 53.2830', Mile 313) in Cannon Beach southerly to Warren Way (45° 52.3566', Mile 312) with access from Warren Way only.
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Chapman Beach north, Chapman Point, Ecola SP
Mile 315 Reports (14)

2021

February 18, 2021 - tabeag

Quiet on Crescent Beach today, no one else there but me.  Picked up trash - 34 bottle caps, 19 tube ends, 6 plastic ?, 1 plastic bottle, and 1 intact light bulb.read more

  • Plastic Trash
  • Trash Plastic Micro
  • Crescent Beach
February 4, 2021 - tabeag

Quiet day, picked up lots of trash on Crescent Beach.  Lots of microplastic.read more

  • Crescent Beach Trash Plastic
  • Crescent Beach Trash

2020

July 9, 2020 - jessejones
  • Large hermit crab with barnacles attached, and a small snail

2018

September 28, 2018 - JDPphotography

On this visit to Crescent Beach, I concentrated on the north section of beach directly beneath Ecola State Park parking lot.

There were seven (7) people on the beach when I and my party of three arrived (total 10). Then, three women with a dog walked along the shore playing with...read more

  • Crescent Beach driftwood lodged
  • Broken sea shell Crescent Beach
  • Barnacles on sea stacks
  • Close up of dead jellyfish
  • Dead jellyfish in relation to location on beach
  • Broken fence on side of bluff
  • Feather with insect
  • Sunbathing on Crescent Beach
  • Feather stuck in the sand
  • Dragon in the sand
  • Nathan (heart) Jasmine
  • Cairns and waterfall on Crescent Beach
  • Cairns and rocks on Crescent Beach
  • Crab shell and sea stacks
  • Seashell and bird rocks Crescent Beach
May 30, 2018 - JDPphotography

Crescent Beach, below Ecola State Park and just north of Chapman Point/North Chapman Beach, is pristine, secluded and difficult to access. There were a total of five people on the beach - two unrelated couples and me. It was sunny and there was a moderate, chilly breeze. Most notable observations were a manmade...read more

  • driftwood and crab trap
  • Crescent Beach and sea stacks
  • Driftwood shrine
  • Driftwood campfire remains
  • Washed up in the tide line
  • Two people recreating on Crescent Beach
  • Two people walking barefoot on Crescent Beach
  • Free street parking inland from Crescent Beach
  • Direction signs above Crescent Beach
  • Tree trunk as driftwood

2017

September 24, 2017 - JDPphotography

Original report was saved and published before I added all the images (I'm new to this system, so please forgive). This Dispatch is simply to add all the images I have for this report.read more

  • Crescent Beach from Ecola State Park.
  • Tillamook Rock Light.
  • Ecola State Park near parking lot.
  • Giant driftwood on North Chapman Beach.
  • Fire pit on North Chapman Beach.
  • Wide angle view of Chapman Point and Bird Rocks.
  • Rising tide on North Chapman Beach.
  • Wind blown trees capping basalt rock North Chapman Beach.
  • Basalt rock at surf line low tide.
  • Chapman Point from North Chapman Beach.
  • Driftwood at surf line below Chapman Point.
  • Chapman Point water line.
  • Vertical panorama of Chapman Point.
  • Haystack Rock from North Chapman Beach.
  • Dog and Master on the beach at rising tide.
  • Sand eddies from rising tide on North Chapman Beach.
  • Vehicle on the beach with seagull - North Chapman Beach.
  • Sunbather waiting for surfer - North Chapman Beach.
  • Games at the beach - North Chapman Beach.
  • Path to 7th and Ash from Chapman Beach.
  • Path from 7th Street to Chapman Beach, Chapman Point and Bird Rocks
September 24, 2017 - JDPphotography

As this was my first visit to my mile, I wanted to get baseline images so that on subsequent visits, I will be able to note any changes in the topography, and any other issues that a CoastWatcher looks for. The tide was starting to rise nearing the end of...read more

  • Ecola State Park Monument
August 27, 2017 - BJKauai

It was a nice, clear sunny day. Numerous amount of people walking along the beach with families and pets. Tide was very low today, not many sea stars can be seen in the tidepools. Driftline had quite a bit of mole crab casings, feathers and kelp. Not much man made...read more

  • Chapman Point view south to Haystack Rock
  • Chapman Point view north- tree line debris field
  • Chapman Point view NW with shorebirds and juvenile gull
  • unidentified dead bird
  • Unidentified dead bird
  • Chapman Point Healthy sea star 1
  • Chapman Point Healthy sea star 2
  • Chapman Point wrack line mole crab molts
  • Chapman Point wrack line sand dollar remnants
  • Chapman Point Reflections
July 4, 2017 - newton

Crisp morning.  3 people, 1 loose dog.  4 dead birds. The pool between Chapman Point and Crescent Beach is almost filled in with sand and easily passable.

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2014

October 23, 2014 - Volunteer Trainer

Perfect day for a Marine Debris Survey

summer-like weather between storms, beginning of transect line looking south read more

  • OMDT survey beginning of transect line looking south
  • Chapman Point looking south- Beach Structure
  • wrack line looking to the north of the site
  • cloudy at the beginning of the survey

2010

September 18, 2010 - Beachie47
Weather was drizzly but calm. Few people on beach, two sitters were under a temporary pavillion set up on beach at Chapman Pt., with chairs, as for a wedding. Most notable find was body of dead harbor seal pup that wasn't technically on our mile, but 150' or so to...read more
  • Body badly decomposed, with a number of holes in carcass (gunshot wounds?). I observed it from the south side of the creek on the day before, with gulls feeding on it.
  • Found an area with a number of bones (ribs with cartilage and backbone bits attached. Also some skin. Very old.
March 21, 2010 - Beachie47
Beach was pretty well swept clean of debris by high tides. Most notable was the settlement of baby barnacles on rocks and mussel beds making them appear gray. The erosion of the bank mentioned in the report is not actually on our mile 315, but within a short walk to...read more
  • Erosion at end of Larch Street and Breakers Point Condominiums

2009

November 29, 2009 - Beachie47
Weather was spectacular, so lots of people were taking advantage to walk on beach. Then there were the two idiots who were swimming in deep water on an outgoing tide! The beach itself was swept almost completely bare by the recent storms and high tides. Only tiny bits of plastic...read more
  • Shows clean beach, a few walkers and logs thrown up high on beach.
  • Small rockfall in cove at Chapman Point.
  • Young male found on banks of Ecola Creek, 11/1/09, NOT on our mile, but adjacent to (just south) of mile 315. Was ill with leptospirosis, but drinking fresh water and looking like it had a good chance to survive.
September 18, 2009 - Beachie47
Lots of sea palms washed up because of big surf. Also sea grass.read more