Mile 253
Neskowin Beach, SW, Proposal Rock, Neskowin Creek
Tillamook County
Longitude: -123.988109736070
- Motor vehicle travel is prohibited from Porter Point (45° 09.5142', Mile 257), southerly to the Tillamook County/Lincoln County line (45° 02.6706', Mile 247).
2022
A beautiful day ~ more people than we expected enjoying this amazing part of the planet. Beach was clean. read more
We are just learning the beach so can't compare it to anything yet. Today the sand was a gentle slope to the rip rap. Hawk Creek was almost dry in places. Places of smooth rocks every 20 yards or so. Some crab shells but not much. Lots of gulls. Beach is really...read more
2020
Lost plastic beach toys - I went out for an early moring walk. It was raining, no one else was on the beach. I found several toys including 2 childrens plastic beach shovels, aparently left from last night or before. I find alot of plastic buckets, plastic shovels/rakes, and other...read more
The beach seems pretty busy for a Tuesday in October. It was a beautiful sunny day and I suspect people were trying to soak up the last of the sun while they could. There have been significantly more people at this coast this summer. Since people were not able to travel...read more
2019
Cloudy day, Temp mid 50's light winds. Tide ( 6.4) was almost high.
6 people 1 dog on the beach. 2 adults tending a small beach fire.
beach was very clean, wrack line was insignificant, no dead birds.
Hawk Creek cafe was moderately busy.read more
2018
It was a bonus weather day at Neskowin Beach to observe the Dec 21 King Tide...... partly cloudy, calm conditions, 42 deg F. Only two cars in the parking lot. The tide (8.1) was high @ 10:30a.
The walkway near the cafe was taped off with yellow caution tape. Tide was all the way...read more
Approximately 50 people were on the beach with 10 dogs, most on leashes, Perhaps 5 dogs running loose but all within close proximity to their owners. No dogs were chasing any wildlife. Several people were observing marine life on the Ghost forest stumps incuding many healthy looking Sea Stars.
One...read more
A seal pup was observed by numerous individuals from about 4:15 pm to 8:15 pm in front of Lifesaver Post #7 in Neskowin (the pup was sighted earlier that morning further south). The pup appeared stranded or injured. Authorities were notified but apparently never responded. A local resident put caution...read more
2017
Rainy day. We walked the beach to the north only for 200 yards as the Nov 2017 King Tide was on the rise. We stayed through high tide. The waves were lapping at the botton of the rip rap.read more
It was a warm sunny day with a light 5 mph NW breeze and a 2.45 low tide @ 3:15pm.
Approximately 70 people and 10 dogs were enjoying the beach. They were beach combing, flying kites and having a good time.
Shoreline wildlife was un remarkable with the usual driftline creatures but nothing noteworthy.
This was our...read more
Fawn led a tour and educational session of the Neskowin beach north side. read more
2015
2014
2012
It was a calm, mostly cloudy morning with a streak of blue sky over the ocean. There was a minus tide at 6:30 in the morning though the end of south beach where tide pools are usually accessible was not and seems to be more of a bay. The ancient...read more
It was a brisk yet windless afternoon, with a mix of blue and grey overhead. The beach seems scoured with some large patches of rocks covering the sand. Neskowin Creek, which usually chooses a channel either to the north or south of Proposal Rock flowed west directly at the center...read more
