Mile 201
Patterson Memorial SP, Patterson Cr, Yaquina John Pt
Lincoln County
Longitude: -124.083295122000
- Motor vehicle travel is prohibited from Yaquina Bay (44° 37.0374', Mile 215), southerly to the Lincoln County-Lane County line (44° 16.5774', Mile 190).

2022
North side looked pretty clean very minor trash and evidence of erosion. South side showed more trash and erosion of bluffs.read more
2021
Nice calm foggy day. No body else on the south side of the bay during our visit. 4 people observed walking on the north side of the bay and crab pots were set in the bay but no boats observed. read more
Nice calm foggy day. No body else on the south side of the bay during our visit. 4 people observed walking on the north side of the bay and crab pots were set in the bay but no boats observed. read more
2020
Trail is very steep and difficult to keep footing due to loose gravel. Water from the culvert is growing bright orange algae.
Spotted a bald eagle fighting with a gull over food.
Several driftwood forts, but not much trash.read more
2019
Sunny and chilly day. New trail (very steep) at access point with a culvert at the bottom. read more
2018
Nice sunny day. Ive never seen so much of the beach. The tide was so low we could walk out for 1/2 a mile or so where it is usually under water. Small plane flying over head, a few driftwood forts nothing that looked new. The outfall from the drainages...read more
Was a very calm morning, we walked on the south side of the Alsea Bay first entering at the Wyziata access point at the stairs. It was raining on and off, about 48 degrees. No other vehicles were parked there for access. Tide was out and we looked to see...read more
2015
Minus tide a good time to explore. I walked from Patterson State Park north to the Alsea bay. Found a huge amount of wood debris as well as part of a cliff face eroded. Also noted the blobs of yellow foam floating around - hope it wasn't sewage colored.This part...read more