Mile 282
Lost Boy Cave, Short Beach
Tillamook County
Longitude: -123.971320416610
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.
2021
Fairly crowded for a weekday. Stairway still in poor condition, handrails missing in many places. Beach clean. Portapotty now available at beach entrance. read more
2020
I walked this mile today and just wanted to note the abundance of newborn sea stars inside Lost Boy Cave and the surrounding tide water. I have just never seen them this small before in the wild!read more
Beach quite clean despite being popular. No porta-potty as usual; I anticipate human sanitation issues.
Staircase in poor shape, and missing handrails have been draped in yellow danger tape. read more
2019
Increase in human activity, new path along bottom of cliff. Need for bathroom facility. read more
2018
Staircase handrails deteriorating. Driftwood bridge across creek. Gravel on beach has flattened out since last visit. More dirt coming down cliff at north end. No litter. read more
2017
Increased human and dog activity at this beach, which has no bathroom facility at the trailhead or on the beach.
Common Murre seen on beach at north end. read more
Beautiful day. Beach very clean overall. Recent rain and snow have resulted in very full waterfalls. One small tree has slid down the hill in front of the house that has some long-standing drainage pipes. There is a new yellow sign "30A" facing the ocean, meant to help locate vicitims in case of...read more
2016
This was our first official visit to this mile. Last winter's storms left a veritable cliff of rocks, topped by large logs, close to the bluff. We found a small amoint of litter including a plastic boat toilet. There is a slide toward the north end of the beach; not...read more
