Mile 259 Report
June 20, 2010
by powston1
Other Mile 259 Reports (15)
2020
August 30, 2020 - powston1
It was a pleasant, sunny day with well-separated groups of people--including young children--just relaxing on the beach. There were more people than usual on this beach, but I had expected even more...
2019
July 24, 2019 - powston1
From my perspective on horseback, the beach looked in great shape and was being used by visitors just like a beach should be on a nice summer day.
2018
October 30, 2018 - powston1
The beach was not as busy as I thought it would be on a pleasant Fall weekend--only 6 people on the beach. But, although it was sunny just off the beach, the fog over the beach itself may have cut...
2016
September 22, 2016 - powston1
This was my first time on my mile in quite a while. It looked in good shape, with lots of sand and a gently sloping foredune that did not show any signs of recent erosion. I observed one vehicle...
2012
April 21, 2012 - powston1
There was lots of human activity on this sunny, warm weekend day: Relaxing, walking, playing in the sand, and riding horses. The beach has accumulated lots of sand during the winter, but the...
2010
March 18, 2010 - powston1
An eagle, gulls, crows, and sanderlings were seen--all alive and well. The beach was very clean and windswept and had quite a bit of sand on it.
2009
November 30, 2009 - powston1
This survey turned up the most dead wildlife that we have ever encountered on this mile. There was a fairly strong storm earlier in the month, however. There was a layer of sand over the parking...
September 11, 2009 - powston1
This was a spectacular day on the central Oregon coast, and we saw lots of people enjoying it in a variety of ways (sitting, walking, horseback riding, flying, fishing offshore). The 30 people we...
March 4, 2009 - powston1
The beach was relatively free of litter-type debris. There were a few big 'clumps' of bull kelp and a number of jellyfish. It was a nice morning, and we saw 15 people taking advantage of it. One...
2008
August 24, 2008 - powston1
The only thing to note was that there were 15 people on the beach walking dogs on this wet Sunday afternoon.
June 19, 2008 - powston1
It was a beautiful summer afternoon, so it was busier than usual for a weekday. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves, and we did not observe any problems.
2007
December 10, 2007 - powston1
We found the beach to look very normal for this time of year despite the strong storm that occurred a week earlier. There is nothing unusual to report.
June 17, 2007 - powston1
The survey was done on Fathers Day. So, our mile being at Bob Straub State Park, the number of people was much larger (42) than normal. The beach and foredune were pretty clean and unremarkable....
March 15, 2007 - powston1
In a brief, second-visit to our mile this quarter, we saw that the steep drop-off from the foredune to the wet sand beach in late January is still present. The Bob Straub SP restroom that had heavy...
January 24, 2007 - powston1
Mother Nature has created a steep bank from the west side of the foredune down to the wet sand beach along much of the mile. The restroom at Bob Straub State Park was heavily tagged with graffiti.
