Mile 308
Arch Cape (community), Asbury Creek
Clatsop County
Latitude: 45.811869924684
Longitude: -123.965149796560
Longitude: -123.965149796560
Vehicles:
- Motor vehicle travel is prohibited between the beach ramp at Gearhart (46° 01.8570', Mile 326), southerly to the Clatsop County-Tillamook County line (45° 46.9902', Mile 306), except as follows: Operation or parking of motor vehicles used for and engaged in towing dory boat trailers or essential dory boat launchings from Sunset Drive (45° 53.2830', Mile 313) in Cannon Beach southerly to Warren Way (45° 52.3566', Mile 312) with access from Warren Way only.
- There is hereby established a 15 MPH maximum speed limit within those areas of the ocean shore where motor vehicle travel is permitted. Said speed limitation shall extend from Ecola Creek to Arch Cape in Clatsop County, Oregon.
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Mile 308 Reports (23)
2020
September 22, 2020 - John Markham
Survey taken over two days, 21, 22 September, in conjunction with COASST dead-bird survey. A pleasant lull between two severe wind storms and a day before a very heavy rainfall.read more
March 26, 2020 - John Markham
An overcast day with occasional light sprinkles, but overall pleasant. A few people in small separate groups. Everything appears fine on my 1.8 km-long stretch of beach.read more
2019
November 13, 2019 - John Markham
January 13, 2019 - John Markham
Two new colverts installed.read more
2018
September 29, 2018 - John Markham
Exotic pampas grass (native to South America) on face of seacliff.read more
July 31, 2018 - John Markham
Several western gulls standing on beach. Flocks of brown pelicans flying over.read more
March 1, 2018 - John Markham
Pleasant late-winter day on the beach between showers.read more
2017
October 4, 2017 - John Markham
Another pleasant warm fall day on the beach.read more
April 30, 2017 - John Markham
2015
September 23, 2015 - John Markham
The sand level is unusually high, with the high-tide line close to 100m out from shore. There were more people than expected on a weekday, but the pleasant weather was inviting. The beach appears very clean and devoid of trash.read more June 5, 2015 - John Markham
Sand level is higher than it has been in several years. I took measurements the day before. The day at the beach was fine despite the wind. I am quite happy that here were few people to share it with me.read more January 1, 2015 - John Markham
A fine day to start the New year with a pleasant walk on the beach. Yesterday, New Year's Day, I joined a crowd of perhaps 40 others for the traditional Arch Cape dip in the surf - it was actually enjoyable!There is more plastic debris than usual, from nerdles up...read more 2013
February 1, 2013 - John Markham
A fine day to be on the beach, though almost nobody was. There were many washed-in clumps of fresh Nereocystis leutkeana. I saw more plastic nerdles than in several years. A landslide just south of Austin Creek had dumped an elaborate wooden stairway onto the beach, and the property owner...read more 2012
August 1, 2012 - John Markham
A quiet cool day at the beach.read more February 5, 2012 - John Markham
A beautiful spring-like day on the beach.read more 2011
September 16, 2011 - John Markham
A pleasant morning on a fine beach being enjoyed by a small gathering of respectful visitors. One neighbor formerly had a zig-zag stairway down to the beach from his home atop a high cliff with a storage shed at mid-level. The shed is now gone, and a new staircase in...read more 2010
July 7, 2010 - John Markham
No evident cause for concern. There were many flies and beetles struggling on the beach. Small washed in Nereocystis, Fucus. Molts of Cancer magister and Emerita analoga, tests of Dendraster eccentricusread more 2007
November 25, 2007 - John Markham
Quiet pleasant day.read more June 17, 2007 - John Markham
Fine day on the beach, but an unsually large crowd of people.read more May 13, 2007 - John Markham
People enjoying beach, driftline evident.read more 2006
June 1, 2006 - John Markham
Nothing of partcular concern seen.read more March 2, 2006 - John Markham
Nothing out of the ordinary; birds seen: immature bald eagle, fledging grebe, many gulls.read more 2005
October 4, 2005 - John Markham
A few more dead birds than usual (2 western grebes, 2 immature gulls, 1 american crow, 4 common murre). Notable molts.read more