Mile 291
Camp Magruder north, Watseco, Twin Rocks SW
Tillamook County
Longitude: -123.952885626830
- 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.
2023
Widened to beach access could increase king tide current flow toward homes. Fresh water creek changes every season depending on sand deposits.read more
Significant erosion at Pine Beach Loop and North Magruder during November/December King tides. 3 to 6 feet additional Dune erosion at McGruder. 20+/- additional trees down.read more
2022
Gorgeous, sunny day with very calm surf. Nothing unusual or of note, other than the dead skate on the beach. read more
3 groups of Snowy Plovers feeding a the water's edge, approx 120 birds between Twin Rocks and Watseco. Other items: Small bag of dog poop. Buoy Beer label. Large amounts of seaweed in which debris and dead birds were tangled. Also, there was a service vehicle on the beach. read more
2021
I was mistaken in identifying murlettes - they are immature common murres. The live murre was still alive the following morning (9/13 at 6:30am), but then a crow came and was pecking at it. read more
1 live murrelet, 1 dead murrelet, 1 dead cormorant. Didn't know what to do about the live murrelet on the beach. Called North Coast Wildlife Center, but it was after hours. Left the bird on the beach.read more
I didn't walk the whole mile on this date. A friend texted, telling me that there was a dead mammal on the beach. I walked down and found the dead animal (porpoise or dolphin) and took several photographs. I reported this to the Marine Mammal stranding people at Oregon State....read more
In general, a nice day at the beach. There weren't many people out. Surprisingly little man-made debris along the wrack. The most obvious change since the new year is the beach erosion and erosion of the foredune by the January King Tides and storm surge. There are many, many large...read more
2020
It was an absolutely beautiful sunny and clear day on mile 291. Quite a few people were out strolling and playing with their families. Very little man-made debris. 2 jets flew over and also a Coast Guard helicopter. I found one bird skeleton, but could not identify it. I walked...read more
A cloudy day at the beach. Not many people in my mile. About a dozen in all. 4 dogs, all off-leash. I found just a few pieces of marine debris in the wrack, small plastic pieces. Lots of shell fragments, seaweed, crab molts, and a couple feathers. It was a...read more
2017
Driving down 101 from the intersection of highways 26 and 101, my husband, our dogs, and I were very excited to get to our mile. The sun was shining, the surf looked wonderful, and we were excited to get out of the stifling Portland heat. Until we arrived at Rockaway...read more
April 30th was a beautiful day to be on the coast. The temperature was a comfortable 55 degrees, light breeze from the north, partly cloudy. Warm enough to wear a t-shirt and jeans. My husband and our dog ventured out to check out the changes on the beach. Considering how...read more
Today was a beautiful day at the beach, partly sunny, light breeze, warm air temperature. The tide was almost at its highest point. Several people were walking around the beach, enjoying the sand and playing in the waves. It was apparent that the shoreline had been greatly impacted by the...read more
2016
My family and I chose to spend Thanksgiving and the weekend after in Rockaway Beach. It was a blustery, wet vacation, but a great one all the same. Sunday we decided to make the trek down the beach to report on my mile. Due to the large amount of rain...read more
Today I was joined by my husband and dog for our scouting. It was a beautiful day on the coast so a lot of people were out enjoying the day. During the 4 hours we spent on the beach there were probably about 100+ people walking, sitting, making sand castles,...read more
Upon my arrival at the beach the weather was quite dreary with slight rain and wind from the south. There were approximately 20 people and 1 dog walking, running, collecting agates, building sand castles, and playing in the surf. As my time there progressed, the rain let up and...read more
