Mile 295
Nedonna Beach
Tillamook County
Longitude: -123.941204461450
- 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
It was a gorgeous sunny but quite cold afternoon, with a brisk wind from the northeast blowing sand toward the surf across a wide low-tide beach. I could not get to the beach at first, due to tons of logs piled up at the north end of my mile and...read more
Considerable amount of logs washed up. Several access paths blocked by logs. See photos.read more
2022
9/30/22 5:15 PM, high tide was about 3:30 PM. A beautiful sunny day, a little windy from the northwest. I started walking north from the south end of the mile. Lots of seagulls were sitting on the beach and flying by. Quite a lot of people and dogs on the...read more
One dead cormorant was observed. Several man made driftwood structures were built near the jetty at the northern end of Nedonna beach.read more
Very high tides in the last week have swept the beach clean of usual debris in wrack line. Sand has built up nicely since winter storms and the beach as a whole is in very good shape. read more
North half of mile has more driftwood than usual; south half has significant erosion of foredune.read more
2021
2020
It was the height of the king tides. About 50°, mild breeze, intermittent sunshine. No real beach to walk on safely. When the waves ebbed they left a little beach space up near the dunes, but intermittently the water surged rapidly all the way up to the edge of the...read more
Beautiful sunny Sunday at low tide, breezy and chilly at about 48°. Pretty big surf. Saw 25 people and 4 dogs upon entering at north end of Nadonna Beach, and saw 38 people and six dogs walking back up my mile from the south. Most people were walking in family...read more
After a rainy morning people were just starting to come out to Nadonna Beach. The tide seemed much lower than 1.7, and had created a sand bar forming a large shallow “lake” just at the shore south of the jetty. The NW wind was strong but the sea was fairly...read more
Lots of commotion near the jetty on the north end of Nedonna Beach on this overcast morning! Earlier today a small rental boat had capsized, a man and a dog fell into the water. Both swam to the jetty safely, but the capsized boat could still be seen overturned in...read more
Beach looks like it was swept clean by the tides. Left deposits of seaweed and bits of wood and stuff high up on near dunes. Scattered razor clam and blue muscle shells, crab body shells of small crabs, broken sand dollars. Small bits of wood from trees, black and brown...read more
2019
Normal beach. As usual, typical movement of sand that change the slope of the beach to the waterline.read more
Could have been most any day this summer when tide is very low in morning ... less dune erosion than usual last winter, more driftwood on beach.read more
Very minimal activity noted today, likely as a result of the high tide and it being a Monday. We noticed a very high concentration of washed up moon jellies, unlike what we have seen in the past.read more
2018
Pleasant day at beach, comfortable winter weather, hardly any wind, with visible sand erosion, and loss of beach. King tides reaching far up beach.read more
Very nice summer morning ... typical mid-summer beachread more
2017
Typical summer beach. Most of the heavy drfitwood accumulation from the winter is gone ... up in smoke or used to make forts and shelters. Unlike many past years, there has not been any mowing of dune grass. Mile 294 to the south gets a lot more use and also...read more
Effects of storms and high tides over last couple of weeks striking -- northern half mile shows major erosion of fore dune. Lots of large logs high up on beach; relatively few smaller pieces. Fair amount of sand added to beach; looks more like mid-summer width than usual winter. read more
2016
Pretty typical summer beach. Most notable feature is fact that there is substantially more driftwood on beach than in recent past ... result of last winter's storms.read more
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2008
Owners of house on beach drive have mown down all the beach grasses in front of house (the dune area) to better see the ocean (!!??)read more
2007
Quiet - saw bald eagle and also osprey flying over ocean. Very few seagulls - beach appears to be returning after sand loss this winter.read more