Users. 2
Areas ............................................................ 4
North Coast .............................................. 5
South Coast .............................................. 25
Common Intertidal Animals ......................... 13
Rules and Regulations .................................. 32
Map of Oregon's Intertidal Areas .................. 33
Fish Commission
Commission of
Fish
of Oregon
Oregon
Educational
E d u c a t i o nBulletin
a lu l l e t i No.
B
nN o .55
R e v i s eJJune
du n e1975
Revised
1975
foreword
foreword
Indians
Oregon's rugged
ruggedand
andvaried
variedcoastline
coastlineisisuniquely
uniquelyfascinating
fascinatingtotomany
manypeople.
people. Historically,
Historically, Indians
Oregon's
evidenced
by extenlived
along the
the coast
and harvested
harvestedthe
therich
rich bounty
bounty of
intertidal
areas
as
asevidenced
extenof the
theintertidal
areas
livedalong
coastand
sive shell
shell mounds
moundsalong
alongmany
manyparts
partsofofthe
thecoast.
coast. Today,
Today, fishing,
fishing, clamming,
clamming, surfing,
surfing, picnicking,
picnicking,
sive
pursuits
visitors
annually.
beachcombing,
and
other
pursuits
attract
thousands
of
visitors
to
the
coast
annually.
to
the
coast
attractthousands
of
beachcombing,
andother
rockyareas
areas
peoplevisualize
thereare
numerous
along
arenumerous
Many
the
however, there
rocky
along
asa sandy
Manypeople
visualize
thecoast
coastas
sandybeach;
beach;however,
the Oregon
Coast. These
areasvary
varyfrom
fromrocks
rocksisolated
isolatedininthe
thesand
sandtotoheadlands
headlandsjutting
juttingout
outinto
into
the
OregonCoast.
Theseareas
rich
varied
intertidal
a
and
the sea
with surrounding
surrounding bedrock
bedrock or boulders.
have
rocky,intertidal areas
areas
havea rich and varied
Therocky,
the
boulders.The
seawith
School
fauna and
and flora,
flora, often
often unique
specific habitat
habitat or
or range
rangeof
of environmental
environmentalconditions.
conditions. School
fauna
uniqueto a specific
groups,
scientists, and
and beachcombers
beachcombersfind
find these
theseareas
areasofofgreat
greatinterest.
interest. As a result,
result, some
some rocky
rocky
groups,scientists,
centersor
or highhighintertidal areas
as Yaquina
Yaquina Head
Head or
or Cape
CapeArago,
Arago, located
located close
closeto
to population
population centers
intertidal
areassuch
suchas
potential
encourandencouronaapotential
overuse
ways,
experience heavy
heavy use.
use. This
This pamphlet
pamphlet focuses
attention on
overuse
and
focusesattention
ways,experience
agesaalessening
lesseningofofpressure
pressureon
onaafew
fewareas
areasbybypointing
pointingout
out alternate
alternate areas
areasavailable.
available. The
The pamphlet
pamphlet
ages
coast.
suminvertebrates
alongOregon's
Oregon's
is
also aapictorial
pictorial guide
guide to
to the
the most
along
coast. A summostobvious
obviousintertidal
intertidalinvertebrates
is also
The
collector
should
protecting
mary
of
regulations
protecting
intertidal
nonfood
invertebrates
is
included.
The
collector
should
regulations
invertebrates
is
included.
intertidalnonfood
mary
check the
the latest
latest synopsis
synopsisfor
forcurrent
current information.
information.
check
Author:
Osis
Osls
Laimons
Author:Laimons
Kuhn
Photos: Bob
Bob Kuhn
Coast.
southern
OregonCoast.
Cover
Photo: Sunset
Bay,
thesouthern
Oregon
nearCape
CapeArago,
Arago,along
alongthe
CoverPhoto:
Sunset
Bay,near
Photographer:
AnthonyCapone
Capone
Photographer:Anthony
(1)
(1)
44
users
users
thelate
late1950's
By the
1950'sthere
therewas
wasan
an increasing
increasing
concern
By
concernamong
amongindividuals
individualsthat
that the
the fauna
fauna of many
manyof
rockyshore
of the
therocky
shore
areas
was
being
collecting.
areas was beingdepleted
depletedby
byexcessive
excessive
collecting.At
At the
the request
request of
of the Oregon
Oregon Marine
Marine Biological
Biological Society
Society and
and
others,the
gave
1961Legislature
Legislature
others,
the 1961
gavethe
the Fish
Fish Commission
Commissionof
of Oregon
Oregonjurisdiction
jurisdiction over
over all
all intertidal
intertidal invertebrates
not
invertebrates
not
usuallyused
usedfor
food.InIn1962,
1962,
the
established
Commission
governing
usually
for food.
the
Commission
established
regulations
governing
the
of all
all intertidal,
regulations
theharvest
harvest
intertidal,
of
nonfoodinvertebrates
invertebrates
alongthe
permitonly
OregonGoast.
limitwas
nonfood
along
the Oregon
Coast. A daily
dailybag
baglimit
by
wasset
setand
andcollecting
collecting
bypermit
onlyestabestablished
lished for
for certain
certainareas.
areas.
Intertidalcollecting
permitsare
collecting
areissued
issuedat
Intertidal
permits
at no charge
chargeby
bythe
the Fish
FishCommission's
Commission'sNewport
NewportLaboratory.
Laboratory. At the
theend
end
period,permit
of the
permitholders
thecollecting
collecting
mustfile
holders
fileaa collecting
of
period,
must
collecting
report
reportwith
stating
approxiwiththe
theFish
FishCommission,
Commission,
statingapproximatenumbers
numbers
of animals
animals
taken,
purpose.
mate
taken, where
where collected,
collected, and
and for
for what
whatpurpose.
groupsthat
Indexgroups
thatcan
canbe
becounted
counted
accurately
suchas
asstarfish,
starfish,
Index
accurately
such
shore
are
the
shorecrab,
crab,and
andchitons
chitons
areused
usedto
toevaluate
evaluate
the
pressure
relativepressure
on
intertidal
areas
andtaxonomic
groups.
relative
on different
different intertidal
areas
and
groups.
taxonomic
(1)clam
There
(2)beachcombers,
usersof
intertidal
There are
are basically
basically five
five types
types of users
of rocky
rocky intertidal
areas:
(1)
diggers
or
(2)
areas:
clam
diggers
orfishermen,
fishermen,
beachcombers,
(3)
(4)
(5)school
scientists,
commercial
collectors,
and(5)
groups.
school
(3) scientists,
(4) commercial
collectors,
and
groups.
The
Theclam
digger
and
does
clam
fisherman
digger
andfisherman
notusually
usually
doesnot
seek
lookingfor
forbait
seekthe
the nonfood
nonfood animals
animalsbut
but may
may affect
affect them
them while
while looking
over
digging
up
baitby
byturning
turning
overrocks,
rocks,
upthe
digging
thesand,
sand,
or tearing
tearingup
upmussel
musselor
grassbeds.
or surf
Thecasual
surfgrass
casualbeachcomber
or
beds. The
beachcomber does
doeslittle
little damage
damage ifif he is satisfied
satisfied by
by picking
picking
up driftwood
driftwood
andshells
shells
incapturing
intertidal
or in
capturing
scenes
film.The
up
and
or
intertidal
scenes
on
isisthe
who
seems
to
on film.
Theexception
exception
theindividual
individual
who
seems
to
be overcome
urgeand
animalswithout
be
overcome with
with a collecting
collecting urge
and picks
picks up animals
without any
ofofeventual
use
preservation.
anythought
thought
eventual
useand
andpreservation.
Scientists
and students
projectssometimes
studentsworking
onresearch
research
particular
sometimes
take
Scientists
and
working on
projects
take a number
number of
species,
but
species,
of aa particular
but they
they
areusually
are
usually aware
aware of
of the
the danger
of overcollecting.
overcollecting.
dangerof
((2)
21
a
primarily
andsea
sea
The commercial
interested
in in
selected
species
such
asasstarfish,
starfish,
shore
crab,worms,
worms,and
species
such
shorecrab,
collectorisisprimarily
interested
selected
commercialcollector
harvest
hundredto
to several
severalthousand.
Commercial
urchins.
numbers, varying
varying from
from a few hundred
thousand. Commercial
harvest
largenumbers,
Thesehe
he takes
takesin large
urchins.These
"permitonly"
prohibited in "permit
areas.
is prohibited
only"areas.
make field
Substantial
permit areas
comesfrom
from school
school groups,
groups, grade
gradeschool
schoolthrough
through college,
college, that
that make
field
pressurein permit
areascomes
Substantialpressure
period
people
trips to the
during April
April and
concentrated during
during this
this period in
May. Thousands
Thousandsof people are concentrated
thecoast,
coast,especially
especiallyduring
and May.
trips
interareas
that may
may be
beonly
only aafew
fewacres
acresininextent.
extent. Although
Although the removal
is the
the most
most direct
direct way
way that
that interremovalof animals
animalsis
areasthat
peopleininaasmall
consetidal
of
populationsare
presence
smallarea
maybe
beof
of drastic
drasticconsehundredsof
ofpeople
areamay
themere
of hundreds
tidal populations
areaffected,
affected,the
merepresence
quence
urchin beds
bedsare
arewalked
walkedover,
over,soft
softrocks
rocksbroken
brokenapart,
apart,and
andboulders
bouldersleft
leftoverturned.
overturned. This problem
problem
quenceif sea urchin
1
9
6
8
i
s
s
u
e
)
,
c
i t einsininCCalifornia.
R a y Chapman,
C h a p m a n ,editor
e d i t oof
r oOutdoor
f u t d o o rCalifornia
iiss aavvery
e r y rreal
e a loone
O
C a l i f o r n i(Sept.-Oct.
a ( S e p t . - O1968
c t . issue), cites
nein
a l i f o r n i a .Ray
beach,followed
stances
of 30 school
in aa single
single day
day at
at one
one beach
beach and
and 12
12 busloads
busloadsof
of students
students at
at another
another beach,
followed
stancesof
schoolbuses
busesin
popularareas
less
severe.
problem
inOregon
littleless
atatseveral
popular
severe.
areasin
isonly
onlyaalittle
later.The
several
Oregonis
12 busloads
busloads3 days
dayslater.
Theproblem
by another
another12
Haystack
is aagraphic
graphicexample
exampleofofthe
the effect
effect man can
can have
haveon
onaalimited
limited area.
area. This
This cliff
cliff isis
Beachis
HaystackRock
Rock at Cannon
CannonBeach
remain.
moreinconspicuous
inconspicuous
animalsremain.
easily
accessibleand,
and,largely
largelyas
asaaresult
resultofofthis,
this,only
only the hardier,
hardier, more
animals
easilyaccessible
practices
as replacing
replacing
permits,
conservation
suchas
In
collecting permits,
the
encourages
basic
practices
such
basicconservation
theFish
FishCommission
encourages
ln issuing
issuingcollecting
Gommission
overturned
keeping collecting
collecting to
to aa minimum.
minimum. Schools,
afterestablishing
establishing
an invertebrate
invertebrate collection,
collection,
rocksand keeping
Schools,after
overturnedrocks
replace
specimens.Study
Study
should
little need
study
damaged
specimens.
forspecial
ortotoreplace
damaged
special
studyor
havelittle
needto
to collect
collectmore
moreanimals
animalsexcept
exceptfor
shouldhave
animalsin
in
preserved
of the
theanimals
by aa study
studyof
of preserved
specimens,ororbetter
betteryet,
yet,aaslide
slidelecture
lectureprior
priortotothe
thefield
field trip,
trip, followed
followed by
specimens,
undisturbed.
reasonably
intertidallife
lifewhile
whileleaving
leavingititreasonably
their
undisturbed.
study intertidal
naturalhabitat
habitatwould
wouldbe
beaa meaningful
meaningfulway to study
their natural
(3)
(3)
areas
_J
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"-U
AlthoughOregon's
long,only
Although
coastline
isissome
ofofareas
experience
very
use,
Oregon's
coastline
400miles
onlyaahandful
veryconcentrated
concentrated
use,esessome400
mileslong,
handful
areas
experience
pecially
groups
point
by
low
pecially by school
duringthe
thespring
spring lowtides.
tides. The
The following
following section
section is
is intended
intendedto
to point out
out the
schoolgroupsduring
varietyof
the variety
of
areas
individuals
available
areasand
andtotoencourage
encourageschools
schools
and
individuals
use
these
different
locations.The
Thefollowing
followingrocky
rocky interinteravailable
locations.
and
totouse
these
different
s w e rchosen
e c h o sbecause
e n b e c aof
u stheir
e o frelative
t h e i r r eaccessibility,
l a t i v e a c c esize,
s s i bori l iinteresting
t y , s i z e , ofauna.
r i n t e rEach
e satci n
g
uanishown
tidal
area
onn the
t i d a areas
fa r e a were
E
h
a fraeis
sas. h o w
onthe
maps
accompanying
mapsand
andinformation
information is
given on
on available
availablefacilities,
facilities, howto
how to get
get to the
what the
the area
area looks
looks
accompanying
is given
thebeach,
beach,what
like, and
what is
there, especially
especially in
in terms
termsof
of dominant
dominant communities
communities or
or unique
unique species.
species. Although
Although the
the major
like,
andwhat
isthere,
majorrocky
rocky
areasalong
intertidal
areas
coast
discussed,there
there are
areadditional
additional smaller
smaller areas
areasof
of interest
interest such
isolated rocks
rocks
intertidal
alongOregon's
Oregon's
coastare
arediscussed,
suchas isolated
gameand
or,
on
onthe
entire
coves
accessible
only
trails.
or,especially
especially
thesouth
southcoast,
coast,
accessible
onlyby
entire
coves
bygame
andsheep
sheeptrails.
photoDepartment
aerialsurvey
surveyphotoThe
were redrawn
redrawn from
from U.
Survey
Oregon State
State Highway
Highway Department
aerial
maps,Oregon
Surveymaps,
Themaps
mapswere
U.S.
S.Geological
Geological
photographs.
graphs
aerialsurvey
surveyphotographs.
graphs
taken in 1967,
from Fish
aerial
taken
1967,and
FishCommission
Commission
andfrom
(4)
coast
north coast
north
and
the north
north and
on the
Riveron
ColumbiaRiver
betweenthe
thearea
areabetween
tothe
For
purposeof this
northcoast
coast
applies
appties
to
the Columbia
report,the
thenorth
thisreport,
For the
the purpose
by
interrupted
interrupted
by
just
eventually
are
River
the
Columbia
Coos Bay
Bay on
on the
the south.
south. The
sandy
sandybeaches
beachesjustsouth
south of
of the Columbia River are eventually
Theextensive
extensive
Coos
predominantly
rocky
shelves
rocky
shelves
Head,the
ofCascade
Cascade
massive
headlandsand
andadjoining
adjoining rocky
rocky areas.
areas. South
Head,
the coast
coast has
has predominantly
Southof
headlands
massive
intherule,
rule,inbecome
againbecome
beaches
sandy
Perpetua,
pools.
Cape
South
that
up
and
South
ofof
Cape
Perpetua,
sandy
beaches
again
the
andpools.
tidechannels
channels
broken
upby
bytide
thatare
arebroken
is
especially
especially
Perpetua
Cape
Head
and
Cascade
area
between
The
cluding
the
Oregon
Dunes
National
Seashore.
The
area
between
Cascade
Head
and
Cape
Perpetua
is
cludingthe OregonDunesNationalSeashore.
populous
Willamette
popularwith
popular
school
groups from
from the
the populous
Willamette Valley.
Valley.
numerous
schoolgroups
withthe
thenumerous
Rock
EcolaPoint-Haystack
Ecola
Point-Haystack Rock
This intertidal
intertidal area
located 22 miles
miles north
north of
of
Ecola
areais located
Ecola Point.
Point. This
pointcan
canbe
be
Cannon Beach,
Beach,within
within Ecola
Ecola State
State Park'
Park. The
The point
Cannon
main
large,main
the large,
reached by
by aa good
goodtrail
trail leading
south from the
teadingsouth
reached
apAn alternate
alternateapparkinglot,
parking
lot, a distance
distanceof
of about
about 1/4
1/4 mile.
mile. An
south
walk south
Beachand
and walk
proachis to
down to
to Indian
IndianBeach
proach
to drive
drivedown
The road
along
the beach
beachtotothe
thepoint,
point, 112
1/2 mile
mile away.
away. The
road into
into
af
ong the
to manmanpark is
the park
narrow and winding
winding and may
may be
bedifficult
difficult to
is narrow
the
have
age for
for buses.
Thearea
areais
is also
also plagued
plagued by slides
slides which
which have
age
buses.The
ParksDivision
the Parks
closed the
the road
road at
at times.
times. Check
Check with
with the
Division of
of
closed
statusof
of the road before
before
Departmenton the status
the Highway
HighwayDepartment
park.
planninga field
planning
field trip
trip to
to the
thepark.
PARK
STATE PARK
A STATE
INDIAN
INDIANBEACH
BEACH
potnr'o
ECOLA
ecoul POINT
'i
a
and
boulders,and
headland,
rockyheadland,
A mixture
boulders,
beach,rocky
mixtureof
ofsandy
sandybeach,
areasof
some
bedrock, the
the area
area is
istypical
typical of
of the rocky
rocky areas
of the
somebedrock,
growthisis
poolsare
algalgrowth
fewand
andalgal
north-central
coast.
arefew
Tidepools
north-central
coast.Tide
subandsome
somesubrocksand
moderate. Except
foraafew
fewoffshore
offshorerocks
Exceptfor
moderate.
sea.
to the
theopen
opensea.
tidal
exposedto
thearea
areaisisexposed
tidalkelp
kelpbeds,
beds,the
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snerr AREA
d SRELF
CREET
ELK
ELKCREEK
and
is common
commonand
The typical
typical barnacle-mussel
bed community
community is
bed
The
barnacle-mussel
ochraceous'
Pisaster
starfish,Pisaster
with itit the
ochraceous. Another
Another
thecommon
commonstarfish,
with
speciesmuch
much in
in evidence
evidence is the
the green
green anemone,
anemone,Anthopleura
Anthop/eura
species
xanthogrammica.
xanthogrammica.
BEACH
BEAOH
IN
'tt
HAYSTACK
ROCK
HAYSTACXROCKS
3,000
3,O00
,-
(CannonBeach--collecting
by
Haystack
Beach--collecting
by permit
permit only).
only).
HaystackRock (Cannon
severalrocky
"seastacks"
Located
one of
of several
rocky "seastacks"
Beachis one
Locatedat
at Cannon
CannonBeach
and
and overcolovercolaccessible
easilyaccessible
Coast. Itlt isiseasily
alongthe
along
the Oregon
OregonCoast.
was
areawas
thearea
this,the
remedythis,
Toremedy
lecting
annual problem.
problem. To
lectingis
is an annual
exceptby
invertebrates
closed
to the collecting
collecting of nonfood
except
nonfoodinvertebrates
closedto
from the
the
blockaway
awayfrom
or one
one block
permit.
isison
permit.Parking
beachor
onthe
thebeach
Parking
yardsnorth
north
300 yards
permitarea
areaare
are300
beach.
of the
thepermit
Theboundaries
boundaries
beach.The
one
Rockisisone
Haystack
Rock.Haystack
and
Rock
mainHaystack
HaystackRock.
southof the
the main
and south
notbe
be
may not
coastand
and may
the coast
of
federal bird
birdrefuges
refugesalong
alongthe
of several
severalfederal
cclimbed.
limbed.
(s)
(5)
Highway 101
-1
Cape
Meares
Cape Meares
Cape
Cape Meares
Mearesisislocated
locatedabout
about10
10miles
mileswest
westofofthe
thetown
town of
of
Tillamook.It ltcan
can
reached
eitherby
bydriving
Tillamook.
bebereached
either
drivingalong
alongthe
west
thewest
sideof
TillamookBay
pastBayocean
Baypast
Bayoceanor by
side
of Tillamook
by driving
drivingthrough
through
Netarts
isshortest.
Netarts and
and Oceanside.
Oceanside. The
The latter
latter route
route is
shortest. Cape
Cape
Mearesproper
is inaccessible
inaccessible
to
theaverage
average
beachcomber
Meares
proper is
to the
beachcomber but
but
there
intertidalarea
areaon
the south
southside
on the
sideof the
there is aa rocky
rocky intertidal
the cape
cape
thatcan
canbe
be reached
reachedfrom
ShortBeach,
Beach,1 mile
northof
that
from Short
mile north
of OceanOceanside.
Parkingand
and access
side. Parking
accesstotothe
thebeach
beachisislimited.
limited. From
From the
the
road,a steep
leadsdown
ShortBeach
road,
steep trail
trail leads
down to
to Short
the rocky
Beachand the
rockv
a r e a ,11/2
1 2m
i l etto
o tthe
h e north.
north.
area,
mile
aoraMEARES
CAPE
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The intertidal
intertidal
consists
areaconsists
ofaasandy
sandybeach
beachwith
The
area
of
large
withaalarge
number
bouldersup to 44 feet
feetin
indiameter
number of boulders
scattered
about.
diameter
scattered
about.
Closer
CapeMeares
Mearesare
Closer to Cape
are aafew
few larger
larger outcroppings
outcroppings and
and
caves.Cape
CapeMeares
caves.
Mearesand
andMaxwell
Maxwell point
Point provide
provide some
prosomeprotection
the surf.
surf.
tection from
from the
LEGEND
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AREA
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SHELF AREA
mEA
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i
ott
Algae
Algae and surf
surf grass
grassgrow
growin
inmoderate
moderateamounts.
amounts. The
The anianimal community
includes
mussels
and
mal
community includes
mussels
and a varietv
variety of starfish.
starfish.
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MaxwellPoint
Point
Maxwell
IO GAPE
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MEAR€S
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v
ot
\
Thisarea
areais
isadjacent
adjacentto the
thetown
townofofOceanside,
This
9g miles
Oceanside,
mileswest
westof
Tillamook.From
Froman
parkinglot it is
anample
ampleparking
Tillamook.
is but
but aa short
shortwalk
walk
northto
to the
point.Rest
thepoint.
Rest
roomsare
areavailable
availablein the Community
north
rooms
Community
Hall,near
nearthe
lowtide,
Hall,
the beach
beachparking
parkinglot.
lot. At low
tide,the
the area
areacan
canbe
be
reached
reachedby
by car
carfrom
from Oceanside.
Oceanside.AA foot
foot tunnel
tunnel goes
goesthrough
through
MaxwellPoint,
Point,enabling
enablingone
go around
one to go
p-ointat
aroundthe
Maxwell
the point
at high
hig-htide.
tide.
500
0
Basically
sandybeach,
beach,the
the area
areahas
Basically
aa sandy
large isolated
isolated rocks
haslarge
rocksand
and
EGFNO
.. sry
SANDY BEACH
E4
,fruWR
AB
,SBOULR
AREA
-
MAXWELLPOINT
POINT
MAXWELL
R6nd
; RESTROOM
- TRAIL
SHELF AREA
1 SHELF
AREA
{J
OCEANSIDE
COMMUNITY HALL
juttingout
verticalcliffs
outfrom
fromthe
vertical
cliffs jutting
themainland.
mainlind.Boulders
Bouldersare
are
found
betweensome
found between
someofofthe
therocky
rockypoints.
points. Rocky
Rocky tide
tide pools
pools
arescarce
are
scarcealthough
although some
someof
of thecliffs
the cliffs have
pools
havesand-bottom
pools
sand-bottom
at their
theirbase.
at
base.
growthisismoderate.
Algalgrowth
moderate.
Algal
Mussel
beds
Mussel
bedsand
andthe
the common
commonstarstarfish,Pisaster
Pisasterochraceous,
fish,
ochraceous,form
form the
dominantanimal
the dominant
animalcommucommun
ities.
nities.
Cape
"MarineGardens"
Cape Lookout
Lookout "Marine
Gardens"
T h i sarea
a r e aiiss 118
8m
This
miles
Tillamook,
i l e sssouth
o u t hooff T
i l l a m o o kon
o, n the
t h esouth
s o u t hside
side
pacific
CapeLookout.
Turn off
off Highway
Highway101
of Cape
Lookout. Turn
101onto
onto the
the Pacific
City loop
loopand
andfollow
followthe
theBoy
BoyScout
City
ScoutCamp
Campsigns.
signs.The
Theroad
roadis
is
not suitable
suitablefor
forlarge
largebuses.
buses.Since
not
Sincethe
the Boy
BoyScout
ScoutCamp
Camphas
has
to be
becrossed,
crossed,permission
trespass
to
permission to trespass
must be obtained
obtained from
from
must
pacificCouncil,
the Camping
CampingDepartment,
Department,Columbia
ColumbiaPacific
the
Council,Scout
Scout
portland,OR
Service
Service Center,2145
Center, 2145 S. W.
W. Front
Front Street,
Street,Portland,
OR97201.
97201.
The Marine
MarineGardens
Gardensare
are located
The
located on
on the
thesouth
southside
sideof
ofCape
Cape
Lookout,
about11 mile
milenorth
northof
Lookout, about
and
ofCamp
CampMeriwether
Meriwether
andadjaadjacent
CampClark.
Clark.The
Thesandy
sandybeach
beachis
cent to Camp
with aa
isscattered
scatteredwith
l a r g ennumber
u m b e rooff b
o u l d e r s22 tto
large
boulders
o 3 feet
f e e tin
i n diameter.
diameter.
NETARTS BAY
V
CAPE LOOKOUT
STATE
PARK
5,000'
SANDY BECCH
BOULDER AREA
RESTROOM
TRAIL
SHELF AREA
CAPE
LOOKOUT
C MP CLARK
MARINE GARDENS
SO
growthisisheavy,
Algal
heavy,covering
coveringthe
rocksand
partof
Algal growth
the rocks
and part
of the
thesand.
sand.
Subtidally,kelp
kelpbeds
bedshelp
help to modify
modifywave
Subtidally,
waveaction,
givingsome
action,giving
some
protection
to the
theintertidal
intertidal
zone.
protection to
zone.
The
The
area
has
area
hasaavaried
variedfauna,
fauna,
perhapsbecause
perhaps
becauseititisisrelatively
relativelyisolated.
isolated. populations
Populations of
of musmusselssupport
sels
support an
an unusually
unusually varied
variedpopulation
population of
of starfish,
starfish, includincluding theleather
leatherstar.
ingthe
star.
(6)
(6)
CD
MERIWETHER
SAND LAKE
SANDLAKE
1',,U4ACIF
CITY
(mouthof
River)
theSalmon
SalmonRiver)
of the
Cascade
Head (mouth
Cascade Head
Head
Cascade
lt isiswithin
withinthe
theCascade
Head
(LincolnCounty)
Head. It
Cascade
side
adjoins
thesouth
south
County)
mouth of
adjoins
the
side
ofofCascade
Head.
of the
theSalmon
SalmonRiver
River(Lincoln
The mouth
Research
area,established
established
ScenicScenic-Research
area,
in
1974.There
by Congress
Congress
Thereisisaa
by
in 1974.
limitedintertidal
intertidal
areaalong
alongthe
the
limited
area
north bank
river.The
The
bankof the river.
north
LEGEND
areamay
area
may be reached
reachedby
by turning
turning
;;;:5411pt
BEAGH
SANDY BEACH
101onto
ontothe
theThree
Three
off Highway
Highway101
AREA
off
BOULDER AREA
flgBOULOER
E RESTROOM
RESTRoOM
RocksRoad
Rocks
Road 33 miles
miles north
north of
...-.TRAL
t
mea
Parking
imited
L i n c o l nC
i s llimited
i t y .Parking
/Y SHELF
sneuFAREA
Lincoln
City.
is
_/.
4
no rest
restrooms
rooms
and thereare
are no
RIVER
J.%..r-'9
SALMON RIVER
available.
..JFALMON
availae.
-...
After parkingat the end of the
road,one hasto walk alongthe
bankof the SalmonRiverto,
its mouth, a distanceof about
hikeinvolves
involves
1/2mile.
Thehike
1/2
mile The
not
climbingover
andshould
shouldnot
overcliffs
climbing
cliffs and
peopleor
olderpeople
be attempted
attempted by older
children.
children.
THREEROOKS
ROAD
HEAD
CASCADE HEAO
INTERTIDALSHELF
slopessteeply
steeply
feetwide
wideand
andslopes
200feet
some
onlysome
mainland.Itltisisonly
from the
themainland.
intertidal area
proper is aa narrow
narrow shelf
shelfjutting
jutting out from
200
The intertidal
areaproper
growth
and
surf
algal
moderate
that
support
boulders
various
sized
in the
thesand
sandare
are various sized boulders that support moderate algal growth and surf
down to
in
beach.Scattered
Scattered
down
to aa sandy
sandybeach.
andsnails.
snails'
commonstarfish,
starfish,
and
barnacles,
suchas
asbarnacles,
species
grass
themassociated
associated
grass beds.
beds. Some
beds are
are present
present and
and with
with them
species
such
common
musselbeds
Somemussel
(collectingby permit
permitonly)
onlv)
Boiler
Bay (collecting
Boiler Bay
l i e snortheast
n o r t h e a sffrom
tr o m
T h eintertidal
i n t e r t i d area
aal r e a
1 0 1 .The
U , S.
S.H
i g h w a y101.
Boiler
mile
north
Highway
lies
D e p o eBay
B a yalong
a l o n gU.
o c a t e d1 m
i l en
o f Depoe
o r t hof
B
o i l e rBay
B a yis
i s llocated
ssteep,
tr ek e
the
e a rrest
e r erooms
s t r o o and
m s aroom
n d r ofor
o mbus
f o rparking
b u s p a ratk ithe
n g astate
t t h epark.
s t a t eA
pa
' p,
B
r B aState
y S t aPark.
t e P aThere
rTk h
. e rare
t h eparking
p a r k i n lot
g l ooft oBoiler
f o i l eBay
the
leadsdown
unimproved trail
trail leads
down to the
unimproved
gravel
fromaasmall
smallgravel
intertidal
area
areafrom
intertidal
yardseast
state
thestate
eastof
of the
parking
parkinglot
200yards
lot 200
p a r k .The
park.
h e permit
b o u n d a r i eoof
sf tthe
T h eboundaries
Permit
north
area are
are Fogarty
Fogarty Creek
Creek on
on the
the north
area
( B o i l e Bay
rB a Y
N
and
Government
Point
o v e r n m e nP
t o i n t(Boiler
a n dG
I,OOO
south.
State
the south.
Park)on the
StatePark)
1
i:I.:
FOGARTY
FOGARTY
CREEK
CREEK
steep
thetrail,
trail.aasteep
northof
ofthe
To the
the north
hasbeen
headland
been broken
broken down
down to
headlandhas
ridges
leaving
varying
leaving rocky
rocky ridges
degrees,
varyingdegrees,
flatbedrock
bedrock
and
isolated cliffs
cliffs with
with flat
and isolated
between.
in between.
shelves
and boulder
boulder fields
fields in
and
shelves
varying
The
are divided
divided to varying
areasare
Theshelf
shelfareas
ider
c h a n n e la
sn dw
degrees
and
wider
i d e channels
d e g r e ebby
sy ttide
inlets.
inlets.
LEGEND
LEGEND
,,:,SANDY
SANDY BEACH
EEACH
BOULDERAREA
AREA
,,,!BOULDER
RESTROOM
'
RESTROOM
ii
'--TRAIL
i-TRAtL
H E L FAREA
AREA
SHELF
IJS
BOILER
BAY
B O I L E R BAY
sb e d sare
abuna r eabunAlgae
s u r grass
fg r a sbeds
A l g a eand
a n dsurf
b o u l d eareas.
ra r e a s '
t h eboulder
dant,
liynthe
d a n t especially
,e s p e c i a lin
a n i m a lis
si s
c o m m u n i t of
yo fanimals
A varied
v a r i e dcommunity
mussels
o fmussels
found
gb e d sof
h e r eincluding
,i n c l u d i nbeds
f o u n dhere,
p u r p l esea
urchins.
s e aurchins.
and
a n dpurple
GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT POINT
POINT
L TO BEACH
lra:
BOILER
B
O I L E R BAY
BAY
PARK
STATE PARK
)
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((7)
71
Bay-ShellCove-Whale
Depoe
Cove-Whale Cove
Cove
DepoeBay-Shell
Depoe
Thisarea
areais
Depoe Bay,
Bay. This
is located
located north
north of the
the entrance
entrance
intoDepoe
DepoeBay,
paralleling
Bay,paralleling
the shore.
shore.The
Thebedrock
into
the
bedrockshelf
shelf
ispocketed
Exposure
is
pocketed by
by numerous
numeroustide
tide pools.
pools. Exposure
is
isextreme
extreme
and
areawould
be hazardous
hazardous
even
and this
this area
would be
even during
during moderate
moderate
surf conditions.
notrecommended
recommended
groups
for larger
largergroups
conditions. Itltisisnot
for
because
of
because
of its
its limited
limited area.
area.
Shell
Shell Cove
Cove (collecting
(collecting by
by permit
permit only).
only). Shell
ShellCove
Cove
is located
the town
townof
ofDepoe
DepoeBay
located just
just south
south of the
Bayand
andisis
reachedby
Highway101
reached
by turning
turning off Highway
101onto
ontoShell
ShellCove
Cove
R o a d .Follow
F o l l o wthe
t h eroad
r o a dwest
parallels
w e s tand
a n d ssouth
o u t hu
Road.
until
n t i liti t parallels
the
shore.The
Theareas
areasadjacent
the intertidal
intertidal
the shore.
adjacent to
to the
areas
areas
belongto
to aareal
realestate
estatedeveloper
developer
andaccess
belong
and
could be
access
could
be
a problem
Theboundaries
problem in
in the
the future.
future. The
of the
the permit
permit
boundaries
of
area
area are
areShell
ShellRoad
Roadon
onthe
the north
north and
southern
and the southern
boundaryof Section
Section7 in
in Township
Township99 South.
boundary
South.
DEPOEBAY
BAY
DEPOE
STATEPARK
PARK
STATE
r
¶
r
I DEPOE
DEPOE BAY
BAY
t
Thisis
is a spectacular
spectacular
example
This
example of an
an exposed
exposedouter
outer coast.
coast.
Because
ofofits
area,this
Because
its limited
limited area,
this spot
spot is not
not advisable
for
advisable
for
larger
intothe
larger groups.
groups. The bedrock
bedrock juts
juts out into
formtheocean
oceanforming
the lower
lowerreaches
ing a shelf
shelf in the
which has
numerous tide
tide
reaches
which
hasnumerous
pools
pools and
and channels.
channels. Evidence
Evidenceof
of the
the great
great force
force of
of the
wavesmay
be seen
broadspray
waves
may be
seen in
in the
the broad
sprayzone.
zone.
I
I
N
N
l,ooo'
i,000
,,sea
The
algaeof necessity
necessity
consists
ofspecies
species
The algae
consists
of
such
suchas
asthe
the "sea
palm"
andthe
the hardy
hardycalcareous
calcareous
types.
The colonies
coloniesof
palm" and
types. The
spongethat
colorsome
someof
of the
thechannel
channel
wallsininshades
sponge
that color
walls
of
shades
of
lavender,green,
red,lavender,
veryspectacular.
red,
green, or
or yellow
yellow are
arevery
spectacular.
SHELL COVE
ROAD
COVEROAD
COVE
SHELL COVE
picturesque
WhaleCove.
Thispicturesque
coveis
is found
1-112
miles
Whale
Cove. This
cove
found 1-1/2
miles
southof
of Depoe
DepoeBay,
Bay,off Highway
Highway101.
south
101.The
Thesouth
southside
side
of the
the cove
coveis
is accessible
accessible
from
from Rocky
RockyCreek
CreekState
StatePark.
Park.
The north
side is reached
north side
reachedfrom
from aa side
sideroad
roadoff
off the
the main
highway.Parking
Parkingis
privateproperty
is limited
limitedand
propertymust
highway.
andprivate
must
be crossed
crossedto
to get
get to
to the
the beach.
beach.
Habitat
variesat
Habitat varies
at Whale
WhaleCove.
Cove. The
The north
north side
side intertidal
intertidal
arealies
area
lies along
alongaahigh
highcliff
cliff that
that reaches
out from
from the
reaches
out
the
mainland.At
Atitsitsbase
base
varioussized
arevarious
sizedboulders
mainland.
are
boulders with
with
few tide
poolsinterspersed.
tidepools
interspersed.
Thenortheast
northeast
a few
The
end
endof
of the
the
cove
cove consists
consistsof
of a sandy
sandy beach
beachthat
that grades
gradesinto
into flat
flat sandsandstoneshelves
shelves
on the
southeast.
These
stone
the southeast.
These
shelves
are
shelves
aredisdissectedby several
severalchannels.
sected
channels. The
The south
of
southside
sideconsists
consistsof
sloping
intothe
thecove
covewith
sloping bedrock
bedrock jutting
jutting into
chanwithseveral
several
channelsand
growthisismoderate
Algalgrowth
nels
andtunnels
tunnelscut
cutinto
into it.
it. Algal
moderate
throughout
theboulder
boulder
areas
surfgrass
grass
throughout
the
areas
and
isisalso
andsurf
also
present.
present.
.\
:s
at
r
LEGEND
LEGEND
::,!: SANDY
SANDYBEACH
BEACH
BOULDER AREA
AREA
&t BoULDER
s RESTROOM
RESTROOM
--.'TRAIL
TRAIL
snelr AREA
anea
/ SHELF
I
WHALECOVE
WHALE
COVE
MOTEL
MOTEL
ln 1967,
1967,the
the Fish
FishCommission
Commission
In
of Oregon
Oregonintroduced
introduced
red abalone
red
abalone in
in this
this cove
cove in
in an attempt
attempt to establish
this
establish
this
shellfishon the
centralOregon
OregonCoast.
shellfish
the central
Coast. As
result, the
As a result,
taking
shellfishis prohibited
in Whale
WhaleCove.
taking of shellfish
prohibited in
Cove. Current
Current
regulations
shouldbe
be checked
checkedbefore
beforeany
regulations
should
any animals
animalsare
are
takenfrom
fromthis
thisarea.
taken
area.
((8)
8)
nonfood
invertebrates)
Marine
(no(no
collecting
ofof
nonfood
invertebrates)
atOtter
Rock
collecting
OtterRock
Marine Gardens
Gardensat
I
N
N
r,ooo
OTTER
CREST
LEGEND
:iSANDY
SANDY BEACH
BEACH
?&ULDER AREA
E RESTROOM
RESTROOM
..TRAIL
(, SHELFAREA
AREA
HIGHWAY tol
0
Gardensat Otter
Rock.
Nine
north of
Otter Rock.
Newportare
MarineGardens
Nine miles
milesnorth
arethe
theMarine
of Newport
PunchBowl
Park
BowlState
StatePark
Turn off
101towards
towardsthe
theDevil's
Devil'sPunch
Highway101
Turn
off Highway
statepark.
and turn
turn right
road before
before the state
park. Rest
lastdead-end
Rest
righton
thelast
dead-endroad
and
onthe
rooms and
and ample
ample parking
parking areavailable
availablehere.
here. From
From the
the dead-end
dead-endroad,
road,
rooms
private
the
access
to the
a good
good trail
trail leads
down to the
private
access
to
the beach.
beach.Additional
Additional
leadsdown
The
beach
isavailable
availablefrom
fromaacondominium
condominiumcomplex
complexto
to the
the north.
north. The
beachis
boundaries
of the
are Cape
CapeFoulweather
Foulweather on
on the north
north
closedarea
areaare
boundaries
the closed
and the
the Devil's
Devil's Punchbowl
Punchbowl on the south.
south.
and
OTTER
HIGHWAY
TER CREST
LOOP HIGHWAY
CREST LOOP
area'
Flat
shelvespredominate
predominateininmost
mostof
of the
the intertidal
intertidal area.
Flat sandstone
sandstoneshelves
shelves
numertheshelves
andnumerChannels paralleling
paralleling the
the shoreline
break
and
breakup
upthe
shoreline
Channels
changes
poolspocket
pocketthe
thearea
area
ous
tide pools
the
changes
Tothe
thenorth
north
ous tide
the rocks.
rocks.To
and
some
shelves.
to
cliffs
boulders
and
some
shelves.
boulders
withadjoining
adjoining
to individual
individual
cliffswith
MARINE GARDENS5
TRAIL
TOBEACH
EEACH
TRAILTO
OTTER
ROCK
OTTERROCK
BOWL
D€VILSP(nCHBOWL
STATE PARX
area.Other
Surf
andsea
sealettuce,
lettuce,Ulva,
U/va,cover
covermuch
muchof
of the
the flat
flat area.
Other
grassand
Surf grass
kelpbeds
bedsare
algae
areonly
only moderately
moderately abundant
abundant although
although kelp
are found
found
algaeare
poolsand
channels,
thepools
andchannels,
offshore. Purple
sea
linemany
manyof
ofthe
urchinsline
Purple
seaurchins
offshore.
and
thriving mussel
and starfish
starfish populations.
populations.
musseland
rockshave
havethriving
and rocks
(collecting
permitonly)
Yaquina
by
Head(collecting
only)
YaquinaHead
bypermit
ComNorth
located 33 miles
milesnorth
north of
of Newport.
Newport. ComNorthSide.
Side.This
Thisarea
areais located
paredto the
inaccessible
pared
area
inaccessible
the south
the intertidal
intertidal
areaisisrelatively
relatively
southside,
side,the
except
tides. The
reachedby
byturning
turning off
off
exceptat very low tides.
Thearea
areamay be reached
(ShellRoad)
Highway
Road)
Highway101
101toward
beachon the
the first
firstroad
road(Shell
towardthe
thebeach
Fossil
weston
on Fossil
north
Road
northof
of Lighthouse
Lighthouse
inAgate
AgateBeach.
Beach.Turn
Turnwest
Roadin
From
Parkingis very
Street
andfollow
follow itit to its
verylimited.
limited. From
Streetand
its end.
end. Parking
1/4
rockyareas
areas
here,
poor trail
trail leads
down to
1/4
here,a poor
beachand
leadsdown
to the
thebeach
andto rocky
mile
mile to the
the south.
south.
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mainlyledges,
ledges,
aremainly
Sandy
predominates and
beachpredominates
the rocky
rockyareas
areasare
Sandybeach
andthe
is light
light
Vegetationis
vertical
verticalcliffs,
cliffs,and
rocksin the sand.
sand.Vegetation
andisolated
isolatedrocks
sumthesumand
the whole
ininthe
and the
thesurf,
surf,especially
especially
wholearea
areais
is exposed
exposedto the
haveabundant
mer.
caves
cut into
and
abundant
intothe
headland
thesehave
mer.Several
cavescut
theheadland
andthese
Several
populations
coralline
algae.
populations
of
colonial
ascidians,
and
algae.
colonial
ascidians,
andcoralline
ofsponges,
sponges,
The
boundary is the
the sand
sand beach
beachto
to the
the north.
north.
The area
areaboundary
\
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N
250
250',
AQUINA HEAD
LIGHTHOUSE
AGATE
BEACH
AGATEBEACH
South
Side. This
of the most
most heavily
heavily utilized
utilized intertidal
intertidal
SouthSide.
Thisis
is one of
Highway101
101
areas
in Oregon.
Oregon. To reach
turn west
areasin
west off Highway
reachthe area
areaturn
Parking
adequate,
but
at
Road
isisadequate,
but
at Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Roadin
Beach.Parking
inAgate
AgateBeach.
graveltrucks
trucksuse
usethe
the
there
Since
thereare
are no
no rest
restrooms
roomsavailable.
available.
Sincegravel
to
same
road,cautious
cautiousdriving
driving is
isrecommended.
recommended. The
The trail
trail down
sameroad,
down to
the
poor.
the beach
beachis poor.
are
rockyoutcroppings
outcroppings
Several
andsouth
southof
ofthe
thearea.
area.Several
Long fingers
fingers of
of the basaltic
headlandjut
jut out
out into
the north
northand
rocky
are
thesea
seato the
intothe
Long
basalticheadland
poolsare
are
andtide
tidepools
channels
areascut
up by
by tide
tidechannels
present
ranging from
from boulder
cut up
and
presentin between,
islands.Shelf
isolatedislands.
Shelfareas
bouldersize
sizeto isolated
between,ranging
widespread
landward.
widespread
landward.
colonies
andextensive
extensive
combination
usual
mussel-barnacle-starfish
A variety
may
mussel-barnacle-starfish
combination and
colonies of
of
theusual
varietyof
befound,
found,among
amongthem
themthe
ofanimals
animals
maybe
purple
purple sea
urchins.
seaurchins.
The
The sandy
sandy beach
beachto
to the
the south
south is the
the permit
permit area's
southern boundary.
boundary.
area'ssouthern
the Oregon
OregonState
StateUniversity
University
groupsat
areavailable
Educational programs
for school
available through
through the
programsfor
Headand
andother
otherareas
areasare
YaquinaHead
Educational
schoolgroups
at Yaquina
(Telephone
1).
503-867-301
Marine
ScienceCenter
CenterininNewport
Newport (Telephone
503-867-3011).
MarineScience
(e)
Seal Rock
Rock
Seal
This location
location is 12 miles
milessouth
southof
of Newport
Newport just
just off
off
This
Highway
from aa state
park on the
the
Highway101.
101. Access
is from
statepark
Accessis
just south
pointsjust
north,
of
north,or from two turn-off
turn-offpoints
southof
parkarea.
pointsare
The latter
lattertwo
the
the main
mainpark
area.The
twopoints
are
better
parking. The
suitedfor bus
Thetrails
trailsrange
bettersuited
busparking.
range
good in the park to
to poor at the turn-offs,
turn-offs.
from good
parkhas
parkingarea.
The park
rest rooms
rooms at the parking
The
hasrest
area.
I
ROCK
,
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1,000'
t,00o'
,
SEAL ROCK
SEAL
ROCK
STATE PARK
STATE
PARK
LEGENO
J.EGEND
iI]SANDY
SANDY BEACH
BEACH
AREA
$BOULDER
;6BOULOERAREA
jutsininaasouthpark,aamassive
From
headland
juts
Fromthe
thepark,
massive
headland
southwesterly
direction. To
Tothe
thenorth
northof
headland,
westerlydirection.
ofthis
thisheadland,
a chain
chain of
of cliffs
cliffs continues
continues north,
north,largely
largelyisolated
isolated
from the
combination of
of
from
the shore.
the south,
south,a combination
shore.To
To the
cliffs, bedrock,
and
found
cliffs,
bedrock,
someboulders
bouldersare
andsome
arefound
intertidally.
Offshore
are
numerous
islands
and
intertidally.
numerous
are
islands
and
Offshore
reefs,
giving some
someprotection
protection to
to the
the area.
area. A sandy
reefs,giving
sandy
beach
isfound
found next
next to land.
land.
beachis
nesrnoou
RESTROOM
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SHELF AREA
(l SHELF
AREA
'WAY 101
The
of mussels,
barnacles,
and
usualassemblage
mussels,
Theusual
assemblage
of
barnacles,
and
growthis
starfish is
common Algal
starfish
is most
mostcommon.
Algalgrowth
ismodmoderate. Sea
are sometimes
sometimes seen
or
erate.
lionsand
sealsare
Sealions
andseal5
seenon
the
the offshore
offshorerocks.
rocks.
Park
Yachats State
State Park
Yachats
I
50d
soo'
River,
YachatsRiver,
Yachats
State Park,
Park, north
north of the
the Yachats
YachatsState
includes
some rocky
rocky intertidal
intertidal areas.
areas.From
From
includessome
orOcean
Ocean
Highway 101,
turn west
2ndStreet
Streetor
101,turn
weston
on 2nd
Highway
large
Drive
of Yachats.
Yachats.From
Fromthe
thelarge
Drive in the town of
park,several
lead
parkinglot
parking
trails
lot ininthe
thestate
statepark,
several
trailslead
down
to the
beach.
down to
thebeach.
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north
The rocky
rocky area
extendsfor
forabout
about 1/2
1/2 mile
mile north
areaextends
foundsouth
south
of the
area
River.AAsmaller
areais
is found
YachatsRiver.
smaller
the Yachats
of the
down into
into the
river.AAbasal
basalshelf
shelfstretches
stretchesdown
the river.
someof
of
intertidal
verylow
lowtides
tidesisissome
Onlyon
onvery
intertidalarea.
area.Only
shelfaccesaccesthe sandy
seaward of
of the rocky
rockyshelf
sandybeach
beachseaward
the
poolsare
sible.
and
and tide
tide pools
are
cavesand
andsmall
smallcaves
sible.Channels
Channels
protectionexists
from the
numerous.
littleprotection
the
Very little
existsfrom
numerous.Very
surf
during stormy
stormy
shouldbe
beused
usedduring
surfand
and caution
cautionshould
weather.
weather.
HIGHWAY
101
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YACHATS
YACHATS
STATE
STATEPARK
PARK
Large
Large plants
plants are
scarce. Instead,
characterare scarce.
Instead,species
speciescharacteristic of
of exposed
expo-sed
conditions,such
istic
conditions,
"sea palm"
palm" are
suchas
as "sea
are
common.Mussel
Mussel
common.
and
colonies
abound
andbarnacle
barnacle
colonies
abound
togetherwith
withstarfish.
starfish.
together
Of
interest
are
Ofspecial
special
interest
arecolonies
colonies
"featherduster"tube
tubeworms
of "featherduster"
wormsin
in the
the lower
lower interintertidal
tidalareas.
areas.
YACHATS
YACHATS
00IVE
YACHATS
YACHATS RIVER
RIVER
(10)
(10)
(restristed
CapePerpetua
Cape
collecting)
Perpetua(restricted
collecting)
Cape
Cape Perpetua
Perpetua is
isaamassive
massivemountain
mountain 22 miles
miles south
south of
of Yachats.
Yachats.
Along its
its base
baseruns
Along
runs aashelf
shelfofofvarying
varyingwidth.
width. Most
Most of
of the
theshelf
shelf
dropsabruptly
intothe
drops
abruptly into
the intertidal
intertidal zone
thesea
seaand
and the
zoneis
is limited.
limited.
Thereareseveral
There
severalturn-offs
turn-offs on
on Highway
Highway 101
101 from
from which
which the
the
bedrockshelves
shelvescan
bedrock
can be reached.
reached. The
has
TheU.
U.S.
ForestService
S.Forest
Service
hasaa
Visitor'sCenter
Centerin
Visitor's
maintains a network
network of trails
in this
thisarea
areaand
and maintains
trails
that lead
lead down to the intertidal
points of inthat
intertidalzone
zoneand
other points
and other
interest.
TheVisitor's
guidedtours
Visitor'sCenter
terest. The
Centeroffers
offersguided
toursand
andspecial
special
programsfor
groupsif they
schoolgroups
programs
for school
they are
arecontacted
inadvance.
contactedin
advance.
Write
Write the U. S. Forest
Forest Service
Visitor's Center,
Center, Yachats,
Yachats,
ServiceVisitor's
(Telephone
OR 97498
97498for
fordetails
details
OR
(Telephone
547-3289).
Bus
547-3289).
Busand
andcar
car
parkingand
and rest
rest rooms
parking
rooms are available
availableat
atthe
the Visitor's
Visitor's Center.
Center.
intertidal, non
nonfood
No intertidal,
food species
collected in the
speciesmay be collrcted
the Cape
Cape
Perpetua
Perpetua Recreation
Recreation Area between the northern boundary
boundary of
of
Neptune State
Neptune
StatePark and the mouth of North
North Cape
CapeCreek.
Creek.
The
The area
area is
is best
best explored
explored at
at the lowest
then the
the
lowesttides
tidesand
and even
eventhen
surf can
can be aa problem.
surf
problem. The
The bedrock
bedrockdrops
drops off onto
ontoaasandy
sandy
beachand
hereone
one can
beach
and from
from here
the special
special beauty
beauty of the
cansee
seethe
thearea.
area.
The
The channels
channels and
andcaves
cavesare
arelined
linedwith
withlush
lushpopulations
populations of
of
sponges,
sponges,colonial
colonial ascidians
and encrusting
encrusting algae.
beds
ascidians
and
algae.Mussel
Mussel
beds
with
accompanying
with accompanying
starfish
are
starfishand
barnacles
commonand
andbarnacles
are common
and
greenanemones
pools.
green
anemonesline
line the
the sides
sidesof
of the
the protected
protected pools.
+
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500'
,
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COOK'S
COOK'S CHASM
CHASM
(coilectingby
Neptune State
State Park
Park(collecting
permit only)
by permit
onty)
park is
This park
is located
This
located about
about 13 miles
miles south
south of
of Waldport,
Waldport, along
along Highway
Highway 101.
101. Itlt forms
formsthe
southernboundary
thesouthern
boundaryof
Cape
of Cape
Perpetuaand
parkis
Perpetua
and hasvaried
variedand
andextensive
extensiveintertidal
intertidal areas.
areas. The
by two
two major
the main
main picnic
The park
is discussed
by
picnicarea
discussed
majorareas,
areas,the
area
and the Strawberry
Hillarea.
permitarea
and
Strawberry Hill
of
with
area.The
parkboundaries.
Theboundaries
boundaries
of the
thepermit
areacorrespond
withthe
correspond
thestate
statepark
boundaries.
parking,rest
picnic
Picnic
PicnicArea.
Area. The
area
Themain
mainpicnic
hasample
areahas
ampleparking,
rest
rooms,and
and easy
rooms,
accesstotothe
thebeach.
beach. Many
Many of
of the
easyaccess
the rocks
are
rocksare
presenthazards
steep,
steep, requiring
requiring climbing,
climbing, and
of falling
falling or
andpresent
hazardsof
or
getting
getting trapped
trapped by
by the
the incoming
incomingtide.
tide. Only on the lowest
lowest
tides
areas
accessible
and
this is
tidesare
are the
the better
betterintertidal
intertidal
accessible
is
areas
and this
primarilyaafishing
primarily
fishingarea.
area.
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StrawberryHill.
Thebest
Strawberry
areas
are
Hill.The
bestintertidal
intertidal
arereached
reachedfrom
areas
parkinglot.
goodtrail
the
here,
aagood
the Strawberry
StrawberryHill
Hillparking
lot.From
From
here,
trailleads
leads
south
andthe
the rocky
rocky intertidal
intertidal area.
south to the
the beach
beachand
area. Another,
Another,
more
trailextends
extends
more primitive
primitive trail
north
Banorthand
andwest
westto
tothe
thebeach.
beach.
Babedrockwith
sically
intermixed, this
this location
sicallybedrock
withsome
somesandy
location
sandyareas
areasintermixed,
pools,channels,
also
numerous tide
tide pools,
and
hasnumerous
alsohas
channels,
boulders.
andboulders.
Algae
grassare
areabundant.
abundant. Most of
of the
Algaeand surf grass
the common
common
species
of animals
animals may
may also
alsobe
befound
found here.
here. One
One exception
exception is
species
of
is
purplesea
the
urchinwhich
which is
israre
rareintertidally.
intertidally. As
the purple
seaurchin
many
As in
in many
areas,
periodic sanding
sanding in
in of
of the rocky
areas,aaperiodic
rockyareas
areasoccurs.
occurs.
SHELF AREA
aREA
il sa€LF
(11)
(11)
Bob
to Bray
BrayPoint
Point
BobCreek
Creekto
SWANS KNOLL
Park
This
adjoins the
the southern
southern boundary
boundary of
Thisarea
of Neptune
NeptuneState
areaadjoins
StatePark
Perpetua
and
represents
continuation of
basal
basalshelf
shelf
aa continuation
CapePerpetua
and represents
ofthe
theCape
forseveral
that
out into
into the
situation found
reaches
foundfor
several
thatreaches
out
thesand,
sand,a situation
miles in
in this
this vicinity.
vicinity. The
to varying
varying
Thebasal
exposedto
miles
basalshelf
shelfis
isexposed
degrees
in
in the
the sand
sand and
and is broken
broken up
tidechannels
channels
and
andsome
some
up by
by tide
degrees
justsouth
parkingisisavailable
pools.Access
south
pools.
and limited
limited parking
just
available
Accessand
BobCreek.
Creek.
of Bob
HIGHWAY 101
t
presentare
The
is
limited but
varietyof
numerThe variety
ofspecies
species
is limited
onespresent
arenumerbutthe
theones
goodnumbers
Musseland
ous. Mussel
and barnacle
barnacle populations
populations support
support good
numbersof
ous.
greenanemones.
poolshave
populations
starfish
of
andthe
havelarge
ofgreen
anemones.
starfishand
thepools
largepopulations
sponges
The
areas
the usual
of
and
exposed
areashave
havethe
of sponges
and
Theexposed
usualaggregations
aggregations
presentin
ascidians.
Tube
in the
thelower
lowerzones.
zones.
ascidians.
Tubeworms
wormsare
arealso
alsopresent
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common
intertidol
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onimo/s
limitedarea
The intertidal
anunusually
unusuallyrich
richflora
flora and
and fauna.
fauna. Within
Within aa limited
finds
intertidalzone
zoneof
rocky shore
areaone finds
of Oregon's
Oregon'srocky
shorehasan
a variety
variety of environments
and
that have
adaptedto
to these
theseparticular
particular conditions.
conditions. The
environments
and animals
animalsthat
Theanimals
animalsshown
shown and
haveadapted
described
represent aa selection
selection of
of the most
that the
the amateur
amateur beachcomber
beachcomber is likely
likely to
most obvious
to see
seealong
alongthe
describedrepresent
obviousspecies
speciesthat
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Oregon
coast.
Oregoncoast.
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(1)The
purplesea
(1)
The purple
urchin,StrongyloStrongyloseaurchin,
farthe
centrotuspurpuratus,
byfar
thecomcomcentrotuspurpuratus,by
monest
two
may
may
monestof
of Oregon's
Oregon's
twospecies,
species,
pools
completely
linethe
tidepools
completelyline
thesides
sidesof tide
3'/2"
in
Often this
in favorable
favorableareas.
areas.
Often
this 3%"
:
animal lives
livesin
in aa shallow
shallowdepression
depression
animal
rock.
which itit has
hollowed out of the
hashollowed
the rock.
which
The
The ribbon
ribbon worm,
polymorworm,Tubulanus
Tubulanuspolymorphus,
phus, also
occurs in
in the
the habitat
habitat occuoccualsooccurs
pied by the urchins.
red
pied
urchins.This
Thisbright
brightred
memnemertean
worm isisaa conspicuous
memnemertean
worm
conspicuous
ber
group of animals
which often
animalswhich
often
ber of a group
live
in
underin mussel
musselbeds
bedsor underliveconcealed
concealed
neath
neathrocks.
rocks,
(2) The
(2)
is
S.franciscanus,
franci*anus,is
Thered
redurchin,
urchin,S.
primarily
primarilyaasubtidal
species,
but
few
but aa few
subtidal
species,
lt
enter
reaches.
lowerintertidal
intertidal
reaches.It
enterthe
the lower
purple;however,
however,
may
either red
may be
be either
red or purple;
generally
larger
its
larger
longerspines
spinesand
and generally
its longer
the
size
of up to 8"
sizeof
8" separates
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diversecollection
collection of starfish.
species
along
coasthas
numerous
alongour
our coast,
coast,I
starfish.Of
Ofthe
thenumerous
species
many are
many
subtidal or
or restricted
restricted to
to the
aresubtidal
lowerintertidal
intertidalarea.
the lower
area.
(1) The
,'(1)
The leather
leatherstar,
Dermasteriasimbricata,
imbricata, is
isnot
not common
common intertidally.
intertidally. This
up
10"ininsize,
size,
takes
takes
star,Dermasterias
Thisspecies,
species,
up to
to 10"
common name
from its
its common
its soft,
namefrom
soft,smooth
smoothsurface.
surface.
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(2) AAcommon
habits
butbecause
because
itssecretive
secretive
(2)
species
isisthe
star, Leptaxterias
hexactis,
but
of
habits
Leptaxterias
hexactis,
ofits
thesix-rayed
six-rayedstar,
intertidal
species
commonintertidal
goesunnoticed.
and
and size
size of
of less
than 3",
3", itit often
Unlike
most
starfish,
the
female
retains
her
eggs
and
lessthan
female
eggs
andreleases
releases
oftengoes
unnoticed.
Unlike
most
starfish,
the
retains
her
r f-k
c,';tiny
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tiny starfish
starfish
inthe
theearly
earlyspring.
spring.
'k\:4f.
(3) Another
Note
Another starfish
than 4"
4" is
Henricia leviusula,
/eviuscu/a,named
namedfor
forits
itsbright
bright red
redcolor.
color. Note
lessthan
starfishof less
is the blood
blood star,
star,Henricia
younger
the
of
which
colored or
or mottled.
the younger
individuals
of this
thisspecies
species
whichare
aresand
sandcolored
mottled.
i individuals
Thisspecies
species
A rather
So/asterstimpsoni.
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intertidally north
stimpsoni. This
ratheruncommon
uncommonspecies
speciesintertidally
northofofCoos
Bayisisthe
thesun
sunstar,
star,So/aster
CoosBay
{4} A
growsup to 12",
grows
has
12",and
characteristically
rays.
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(1) The
seastar
starin
in Oregon
The most
mostcommon
intertidal
OregonisPisasterochraceous,
(1)
sea
isPisasterochraceous, appropriately
appropriately called
the common
common
commonintertidal
lt is
is
orange,
variations--purple,
threecolor
colorvariations--purple,
growsto
and is found
It grows
to a size
sizeof
of 12",
12", and
found in three
orange,and
andbrown.
brown, It
seastar.
sea
star. lt
food.
its
mussels,
especially numerous
numerous around
around mussels,
its favorite
favorite food.
especially
(2) The
star,Pycnopodia
giantas
The giant
the speedster
speedsterof
of the
the Oregon
Oregon starfish
starfish is the
the 24-rayed
24-rayed star,
Pycnopodia helianthoides.
helianthoides.
as well as
asthe
losses
present
age
andlosses
vary
depending
willvary
numberofofrays
rayspresent
This species
attains aadiameter
diameter of
of 24",
24", and
will
depending
ononage
and
andthe
thenumber
This
species
attains
zone.
intertidalzone.
the lower
lowerintertidal
enterthe
butititdoes
doesenter
It is
common subtidally,
subtidally, but
most common
is most
due to
to injury.
injury. lt
the
lt is
star' It
isthe
likethe
commonstar.
thecommon
muchlike
(3) At
trorcheli,looks
glance,
star,Evasterias
Evasterias
(3)
the
star,
troscheli, looks much
At first
firstglance,
theslender-rayed
slender-rayed
area.
intertidal
the
down
in
lives
further
rays
and
same
size,
but
it
has
narrower
rays
and
lives
further
down
in
the
intertidal
area.
size,
it
has
narrower
but
same
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zone.
placesanemones
imalsof
anemonesare
areamong
amongthe
themost
mostshowy
showyan
animals
of the
the intertidal
intertidal zone.
In many
manyplaces
( 2 ) The
e t s iits
t s ccolor
o l o r from
from
(2)
size
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T h e large
f a r g egreen
g r e e nanemone,Anthopleura
a n e m o n e , A n t h o p l exanthogrammica,
u r a x a n t h o g r a mgrows
m i c a ,to
g rao w
s t oof
a6s6-10".
i z0e"o. flItt ggets
animal.
i t h i nthe
t h etissues
t i s s u eosoff tthe
h e animal.
ssmall
m a l laalgae
l g a el living
i v i n gwwithin
the
(3) A
growsto
calledthe
to about
about 1-2"
1-2"in
lt is
iscalled
elegantissima, grows
indiameter.
diameter.It
(3)
closely
anemone,
A. elegantissima,
closelyrelated
related
anemone,A.
A smaller,
smalfer,
anemThisanemaggregating
anemone
asitittends
tendsto
to group
group together
together in large
numbers, sometimes
sometimes covering
covering aarock.
rock. This
large
as
'
aggregating
anemone
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0
open.
whenopen.
one
characteristic pink-tipped
pink-tipped
tentacles
tentacleswhen
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showscharacteristic
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Intertidalcrabs
Intertidal
in size
sizefrom
from the
the edible
edible red
red rock
rock crab
crab to
to the
the
crabsrange
rangein
p e acrab
l i v e swithin
ttiny
i n ypea
c r a bwhich
w h i c hlives
w i t h i nmussels.
mussels.
(1) The
purpleshore
The purple
crab,Hemigrapsusnudus,
Hemigrapsus
(1)
of the
shorecrab,
nudus,is one of
the more
more
ccommon
o m m o nintertidal
i n t e r t i d acrabs.
cl r a b sSmall
.S m a lin
1 % "across
li nsize,
s i z e up
,u p to
t o 1h/2
a c r o s tthe
sh e
back,
att n
night
b a c k ,iitt remains
r e m a i n shhidden
i d d e ndduring
o w tides;
u r i n gddaylight
a y l i g h tllow
t i d e s ;a
i g h titi t isi saa
common
common sight
about on
on the rocks.
sightscampering
about
rocks.
scampering
(2) Porcelain
(2)
Porcelaincrabs,
Petrolisthescinctipes,
cinctipes, are
verycommon
common
crabs,Petro/isthes
arealso
alsovery
purpleshore
under
rocks. Itltisisreadily
separated
from
underrocks.
readily
separated
fromthe
thepurple
shorecrab
crab
lessthan
by
body
and
size
by its
itsflattened
flattened
bodyand
andclaws
claws
andsmaller
smaller
sizeof
ofless
than%".
(3) The
producfa.so
Pugettiaproducta,
(3)
its color
color
Thekelp
namedbecause
because
its
kelpcrab,
crab,Pugettia
sonamed
up
well
the
reaches
a size
whichititlives,
lives,
reachesa
sizeof up
wellmatches
matches
amongwhich
thealgae
algaeamong
to
is is
endowed
with
sizable
claws
asasanyone
carelessly
siftsiftto 2".
2".It lt
with
sizable
claws
anyonecarelessly
endowed
ing
through kelp
ingthrough
maydiscover.
discover.
kelpmay
(4)
(4) Perhaps
oneof
of the
the most
most common
common and
and interesting
interestingof
of the
the interinterPerhaps
one
Pagurushirsutiusculus.
tidal
hirsutiuscu/us. The
crab,Pagurus
Theabdomen
abdomen
tidalcrabs
crabsis
is the
hermitcrab,
the hermit
itselfby
byocdoes
not have
hard covering,
covering, and the
the crab
crab protects
protects itself
ocdoesnot
havea hard
"house,"
cupying
iti taround
as
around
a saa "house."
c u p y i n gthe
s h e lof
lo faasnail,
s n a i lcarrying
c, a r r y i n g
t h eempty
e m p t yshell
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very
versa(5)
crab,
oregonensis,
isisa avery
versaoregonensis.
crab,Cancer
Cancer
TheOregon
Oregoncancer
cancer
1 " crab
tile
off both
h i s 33/4
/ 4 --1"
crab
s t u a r i nhehabitats.
abitatsT
. This
m a r i n eand
a n deestuarine
t i l ecrab
c r a bo
b o t hmarine
pocketsor cracks
characteristically
hides
cracksin the intertidal
intertidalrocks.
rocks.
characteristically
hidesin pockets
(6) Another
(6)
than 314"
3/4" is
is the
crab,
lessthan
the softbellied
softbelliedcrab,
Anothersmall
smallcrab
crabof less
Oedignathus
inermis, named
namedfor
forits
itssoft
soft thick
thick abdomen.
abdomen. Itlt also
also
Oedignathusinermis,
secludes
itself in pockets
pockets or cracks
cracksin intertidal
intertidalrocks.
rocks.
secludes
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The
nudibranchs
are
sea
Theattractive
attractive
nudibranchs
arealso
alsocalled
called
sea
slugs. In
nameIn contrast
slugs.
contrastto
to their
theirterrestrial
terrestrial
namesakes,
the different
different nudibranch
vary
sakes,the
nudibranchspecies
speciesvary
greatly
greatly in form
form and
color.
and color.
(11Hermissenda
Hermisrendacrassicornis,
(1)
is
crassicorms,
is aa delicatedelicatelookinganimal
looking
animalabout
1" long
longwith
withnumernumerabout 1"
ous,
slender projections
projections on
itsback.
back. It
lt may
ous,slender
on its
may
sometimes
be
seen clinging
clinging upside
upside down
down on
sometimes
be seen
on
pools.
quiettide
the surface
film of quiet
the
surfacefilm
tide pools.
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festiva,is
is another
anothergood
examl2l Duvaucelia
ple of
\\':\
ple
nudibranchs
of the
thedelicate-appearing
nudibranchs
delicate-appearing
pools.
found in
found
in intertidal
intertidalpools.
(3) Perhaps
(3)
the most
most common
common nudibranch
Perhaps
nudibranchin
the
in
Oregon
lemon, Archidoris
Archidoris montereyensis.
Oregon is the sea
montereyensis.
sealemon,
preThis
This animal,
animal, which
which grows
grows up
up to
to 5" long,
long,prefers a diet
fers
diet of
of sponge.
sponge.
(4) The
pu/chra,
The red
Rostangapulchra,
red nudibranch,
nudibranch,Rostanga
growsover
rarefygrows
long. This
rarely
Thissmall
smallbut
but
overTr" long.
goesunnoticed
brightly
unnoticed
brightlycolored
coloredspecies
speciesoften
oftengoes
liveson an equally
because
often lives
equally bright
because
itit often
brightred
red
sponge
colony.
spongecolony.
(5) The
(5)
Diau/ula
Theringed
ringednudibranch,
Diaululasandiegensis,
nndiegensis,
nudibranch,
lacks
reaches
sizeofofapproximately
approximately 2".
2". Itlt lacks
reaches
aasize
the bright
brightcolors
someof its
its relatives
relativesbut
colorsof some
is
still attractive.
is still
attractive.
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Chitons
arerelated
relatedto
snails;most
mosteat
eatsea
sea
to snails;
weedsand
andare
arefound
found in
in aa variety
variety of
of habihabiweeds
tats.
tats.
((1)
Cryptochiton
gumboot chiton,
chiton,Cryptochiton
1) The gumboot
ste/len,, is
animal
stelleri
isaa conspicuous
conspicuous
animalof
themidmidof the
dle
areas,
reaching
aa
dle and
and lower
lowerintertidal
intertidal
areas,
reaching
girdlecompletely
size
of 12".
12". AArusty
sizeof
rustyred
redgirdle
completely
covers
the back
back plates
plates of
of this
this animal.
coversthe
animal.
(2)
(2) Probably
of the
Probablythe
mosthandsome
handsomeof
the most
Tonicella
Oregon chitons
chitons is the
the lined
lined chiton,
chiton, Ton/ce/la
Oregon
lineata.This
lineata.
with colorcolorThisanimal
hasvalves
valveswith
animalhas
Although
ful
designs.
ful and
characteristic
designs.Although
andcharacteristic
.
quitecommon
quite
bebecommonititisisoften
oftenunnoticed
unnoticed
cause
of its
habits
causeof
its secretive
secretive
habitsand
andsmall
smallsize
size
of
l e s sthan
o f less
t h a n11/2
%".
growingup to
(3)
chiton growing
to 6"
(3) Another
largechiton
Anotherlarge
Katharina
long
chiton, Kathar/na
longis
is the leather
leatherchiton,
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tunicata.
which
whichseeks
seeksout
out exextunicata.This
Thisspecies
species
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presentsaa sharp
posed,
.
posed,
surf-swept
sharp
rocks,presents
surf-sweptrocks,
girdleand
contrast
whiteback
back
contrastof black
blackgirdle
andwhite
plates.
plates.
(4)
(4) In
In contrast
contrastto the
mossy
theleather
leatherchiton,
chiton,mossy
chitons
Mopalia , which
chitonsof
of the
thespecies,
species
which
, Mopalia,
occur
more withwithoccurup to 2" long,
long,are
much more
aremuch
drawn
drawnin their
habits.They
theirhabits.
Theyare
usually
areusually
f:.
found
found underneath
underneathrocks
rocksor buried
buriedin silt.
silt.
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widespread
(1) Limpets
common and
group of
andwidespread
snails
levelsto
snails ranging
rangingfrom
from the
the uppermost
uppermost tide
tide levels
to bebelowsea
low sealevel.
level. The
The keyhole
keyhole limpet,
limpet, Diodoraaspera,
Diodora aspera,
has
hasaacharacteristic
characteristichole
holeon
onthe
thetop
topofofits
itsshell.
shell. This
This
grows
species
species
growsup
uptoto2"
2" and inhabits
inhabits the
the lower
lower interintertidalareas.
tidal
areas.
(2)
The Bishop's
Bishop'shat
mitra,aa small(2) The
hat limpet,4cmaea
limpet,Acmaea mitra,
smaller snaif
found in
1/2" is
is found
in the
snail which
which growsto
to about
about 1W'
the
sameareas
same
areasas
asthe
thekeyhole
keyholelimpet.
limpet. The
The shells
shellsof
both
snailsare
both snails
are sometimes
sometimes encrusted
encrusted with
with algae
algaeor
barnacles
barnaclescausing
causingthem
themto
to blend
blend in with
with their
theirhabhabitat.
itat.
(3) A small
smalllimpet
limpet found
found in the upper
upper intertidal
intertidal
zone is the
limpet,Coil/se/Ia
zone
the finger
finger limpet,
Colliselladigitalis.
digitalis. lt
It
reaches
aasize
reaches
sizeofofup
upto
to 1
1".
".
(4) Black
Blackturban
snails,Tegula
turban snails,
Tegulafunebra/is,
funebralis, are
are
perhaps
perhapsthe
the most
most common,
common, obvious
obvious snail
snail of
of the
intertidalareas.
areas.They
Theyreach
reachaa size
sizeof
1%". At
intertidal
of 11%".
Atlow
low
tides
can be
be found
inaggregations
in rock
tides they
they can
found in
rock
aggregations
crevices.
crevices.
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Therock
rocksnail,
snail,Thais
Thaisemarginata,
emarginata,is
is a small
small
p tto
1 " long.
l o n g . Its
r o maa
up
ssnail
n a i looff u
o 1"
l t s shell
v a r i e sffrom
s h e l lcolor
c o l o rvaries
somber brown
somber
brown to
to orange
white stripes.
lt is
orangeand
and white
stripes.It
is
commonin
in mussel
musselbeds
common
beds where
where itit is an
an important
important
predatoron
predator
onacorn
acornbarnacles.
barnacles.
(6)
Another
small
under3/4" isisthe
(6) Another small snail
of under
snailof
the bluebluetop shell,
shell,Calliostoma
CaI/iostomaligatum,
ligatum, which
which is found
found in the
poolsand
lower
intertidal
zoneand
andininpools
channels.
lower intertidal
zone
andchannels.
The
ridgeswith
The shell
shell hasalternating
alternating light
light and
and dark
dark ridges
with
bluesheen
sheenmost
a blue
most obvious
obvious on
on older
oldershells.
shells.
(7) An
Anoften
oftenunseen
unseen
snailof
snail
areas
is
of the
theintertidal
intertidal
areas
is
Dire'swhelk,
Dire's
whelk, Searlesia
Sear/es/adira.
dira.At
At low tide it is
isoften
often
foundhalf
halfburied
buriedininthe
found
fragments
thesand
sandand
andshell
shellfragments
partingthe
underrocks
rocksor upon
uponparting
grass.
under
of
leaves
theleaves
of surf
surfgrass.
growsto aa length
Itlt grows
lengthof
of 11/2".
1%".
((8)
leafy horn
mouth,
Ceratostoma
foliata,
8) The leafy
hornmo
uth, Ceratosto
ma fo
Iiata, is
largestintertidal
one of
of the
the largest
intertidal snails
and itit
Oregonand
snailsin Oregon
inhabits
inhabits the
the middle
middle and
and lower
lower intertidal
intertidal areas.
areas. lts
Its
highly
highly sculptured
sculptured shell
shell of
of up
up to
to 3" is
favorite
is a favorite
among
shell collectors.
collectors.
amongshell
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(1) Several
(1)
of barnacles
are found
found
Severalspecies
speciesof
barnaclesare
largest,
along
coast. One
One of
of the
the largest,
alongthe Oregon
Oregoncoast.
gooseneck
attaining
isisthe
length,
thegooseneck
2-4"ininlength,
attaining2-4"
barnacle, Po
Po//icipes
po/ymerus,
which
thrives
IIici pespo
I y merus,wh
ich thrives
barnacle,
musselbeds.
beds.
on
theexposed
faceof
andmussel
exposedface
of rocks
rocksand
on the
forceof
Its
flexible stalk
the force
Its flexible
stalkhelps
helpsit endure
endurethe
the
waves.
the waves.
Il
F
(2)
(2) Several
acorn barnacles
occur along
along the
Severalacorn
barnaclesoccur
in tremenOregon
coast. These
exist in
tremenTheseanimals
animalsexist
Oregoncoast.
dous
numbers and
and may
may extend
extend up into
into the
the
dous numbers
saltspray
spray
upper
intertidalzone
zonewhere
onlysalt
upperintertidal
whereonly
Balanuscariosus,
cariosus,
and
fargerwaves
wavesreach.
and the
the larger
reach. Ba/anus
morein
in
is
larger species
speciesgrowing
growingto
to Tr"
½" or more
is a larger
diameter.
diameter.
(3)
(3) Many
liveon the rocky,
rocky,
Manyof the
the worms
wormsthat live
outer
evolved protective
protective tubes
tubes to
to
coasthave
outer coast
haveevolved
poundingsurf.
One
shelter
them from
from the pounding
surf. One
shelterthem
worm, Serpula
such
serpulid tube worm,Serpu/a
is the serpulid
suchworm is
vermicu/aris.
vermicularis.
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((1)
1 ) There
T h e r eare
a r eseveral
s e v e krkinds
ai nl d s ooffm
a r i n e"pill
" p i lbugs"
marine
bl u g s "ini nthe
t h eintertidal
i n t e r t i dareas.
a rl e a sSome
S
. o m elive
l i vamong
e a m o nthe
gthe
algaeand
algae
andsurf
surfgrass,
grass,but
but Ligia
Ligiapallasi
pal/asi lives
lives on
on the
the upper
upper edge
edgeof
ofthe
the intertidal
intertidal zone,
hiding in
zone,hiding
in
cavesand
caves
and cracks
cracks in
in the
the rocks.
rocks.
(2) A common
commonintertidal
intertidal
(2)
animal
species
with the
the
animalisisthe
thewhite
whitesea
seacucumber,
cucumber,an
an unpretentious
unpretentious
species
with
quinquesemifa.Itlt grows
tongue-twistingname
nameof Eupentacta
growsto aa size
tongue-twisting
Eupentactaquinquesemita.
of about
about 3".
sizeof
(3) In
pools
Inthe
theshallow
shallowintertidal
intertidal
(3)
pools
the
may
notice
theobserver
observer
maysometimes
noticeaa bright
brightred
redfeathery
feathery
sometimes
protruding
probably
"plume"protruding
"plume"
out
He
isisprobably
looking
atatthe
and
outofofa acrack
crackininthe
thebedrock.
He
looking
feeding
bedrock.
thefeeding
and
growsup to 10"
respiratorytree
respiratory
cucumber, Cucumaria
Cucumaria miniata.
miniata. This
tree of
of the
thered
redsea
seacucumber,
Thisspecies
speciesgrows
10"long.
long.
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Ascidians
occur in a variety
variety of shapes
andmay
maybe
beeither
eithersolitary
solitaryor
or colonial.
colonial. Unlikely
seem,
Ascidiansoccur
shapesand
Unlikelyas
asititmay
mayseem,
these animals
animals are
are considered
considered aa probable
probable link between
and
these
vertebrates
andinvertebrates.
invertebrates.
betweenvertebrates
(1) A common
like a
Lookingsomewhat
somewhatlike
(1)
montereyensis. Looking
solitaryascidian
Styelamontereyensis.
commonexample
exampleof a solitary
ascidianis Styela
slender, orange
orange vase,
vase,ititgrows
growsto
to aa length
length ol
of about
3%".
slender,
about3Tz".
(2) Colonial
growto
in similar,
similar,
(2)
grow
sizes
resemble
sponges
which occur
Colonialascidians
varying
resemble
sponges
which
occurin
ascidians
to varying
sizesand
andsuperficially
superficially
wave-swepthabitat.
habitat. Amaroucium
Amaroucium californicum,
colonialascidian.
wave-svvept
californicum,isisaa typical
typicalcolonial
ascidian.
(24)
(24)
south
coast
south coast
In
arbitrary
guide,
division
ofthis
thisguide,
thesouthern
southern
Oregon
In the
the arbitrary
division
of
the
Oregon
Coast
from Coos
Bay to
Coaststretches
stretches
from
CoosBay
to the
theCalifornia
California
border.
border.
While
predominates
sandy
beach
north
of
the
While sandy beach predominates north of theCoquille
Coquille River,
River,the
thetopography
topography of
of the
the land
land further
further south
southbecomes
becomes
morerugged
ruggedand
southernOregon
OregonCoast
more
and inaccessible.
inaccessible. The
The extreme
extreme southern
Coast between
between Gold
Gold Beach
and the
the California
California border
Beachand
border
perhaps
is perhaps the
is
the most
most spectacular
spectacular stretch
stretch of
of an
an already
already spectacular
spectacular
coast. The
is
generally
coast.
Thecoastline
coastline
isgenerally
steepwith
headsteep
with headlandsalternating
withsmall,
small,
sandycoves,
coves,and
numerous
islandsand
lands
alternating with
sandy
and numerous
islands
and reefsoffshore.
reefs offshore. Often
Oftenthe
thebeach
beachcan
canonly
only be
be
reached
by a meandering
gamepath.
path.Scouring
or game
reached
meandering trail
trail or
sand
problem
Scouring
sandisis a recurring
prevent
some
areasand
mayprevent
andmay
recurring problem
ininsome
areas
the build-up
build-upof
populations.
of intertidal
intertidal
Because
rockyshores
therocky
the
populations.
Because
the
shores
areso
thelarger
larger
are
so extensive,
extensive, only
only the
and
accesmore
andmore
accessible
areas
are
discussed.
sible areas are discussed.
t
(Coos
FossilPoint
Point(Coos
Bay)
Fossil
Bay)
N
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areais
This
is located
located33 miles
milessouth
southof
of the
the Empire
Empire district
district of
of
C;oosBay.
parkingisisavailable
Very limited
limitedparking
available
off
roadnear
near
Coos
Bay. Very
off the
theroad
2nd Street.
Street.
2nd
FossilPoint
althoughin
inCoos
CoosBay,
Fossil
Point is unique
unique in that,
that, although
Bay,itit isis
close
providea habitat
close enough
enoughtotothe
themouth
mouth of
of the bay
bay to
to provide
habitat
for some
someopen coast
coastforms.
forms.
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STREET
FOSSIL POINT
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(coilecting
AragoLighthouse-Sunset
Lighthouse-Sunset
Bay(collecting
permitonly)
Arago
Bay
by
bypermit
onty)
Arago
Lighthouse.
picturesque
Thispicturesque
lightho.u-se
isfound
found22miles
Arago Lighthouse.
This
lighthouse
is
milessouth
southof
of Charleston.
Charleston.
Access
Access
is
isvia
viaa narrow,
paved
narrow, paved
road
road
permission
andpermission
to trespass
trespass
must
and
must b'e
be obtlined
obtained from
from the
theU.
U.S.
s. Coast
coasi-G;rrd.
Fa;kiil-if
lir-it'i,J.i.,ii
Guard. Parking
is limited
and access
to
the
beach
access
to
the
beach
is
is
poor.
very
There
public
are
no public rest
restrooms.
rooms.The
very poor. There are no
forms
TheArago
AragoLighthouse
Lighthouse
foimsthe
thenorthern
norirt.rnboundary
uoinJ;ty;iih;5r"rrie.i-c.p,
of the Sunset Bay-Cape
permit
Arago
Arago permit
areas.
areas.
GREGORY
GREGORY
POINT
POTNT
s
T h e intertidal
i n t e r t i d aarea
p r i m a r i l between
yb e t w e e the
al r e alies
l i e sprimarily
The
nt h emainland
m a i n l a n dand
and
GregoryPoint,
Gregory
Point, stretching
stretching in a northwesterly
northwesterly direction.
direction. The
The
area
area consists
consistsof
of bedrock
bedrock of
of varying
varying height
height with
with some
somesizable
sizable
poolsinterspersed.
interspersed.
Somesandy
sandybeach
present.
pools
Some
beachis
isalso
alsopresent.
t
ARAGO LIGHT HOUSE
..000
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I n addition
a d d i t i o nto
p u r p l sea
es e aurchins
t opurple
In
other
u r c h i n sand
a n do
t h e rcommon
c o m m o nanimals,
animals,
one
numerous
redsea
seacucumbers
one may
may find
find numerous
red
cucumbers in
in the
the tide
tide pools.
pools.
7
Sunset
SunsetBay is lessthan
Sunset Bay.
Bay. Sunset
than 1/2
1/2 mile south
south of the
the
AragoLighthouse
Lighthouse
andis
is about
about99 miles
rnilessouth
Arago
and
southof
of Coos
CoosBay.
Bay.
It is
popularstate
is a popular
statepark
picnic,camping,
It
park with
with picnic,
and
/
camping,
and rest
restroom
room
facilitiesadjoining
adjoiningthe
thearea.
area.The
Thebay
facilities
bayisisbordered
bordeiedby
by a sandy
sandy
beachon
beach
on the
the east
eastwith
with vertical
vertical cliffs
cliffs and
and flat
flat shelf
shelfareas
areason
on'
the south
Thenorth
south and north.
north. The
northside
sideof
of the
the cove
covehas
hasaa uniuniformly
wideshelf
shelfarea
areawith
withseveral
several
formly wide
tide channels
cutting into
tide
channelscutting
into
it.
Thesouth
southside
sideisischaracterized
characterized
it. The
by
by an initial
narrowshelf
initial narrow
ihelf
around
around aa sandstone
sandstonecliff
cliff broadening
broadening out
out into
into a wide
wide shelf
shelf with
with
smallersandstone
smaller
sandstone ridges.
ridges. The
The initial
initial narrow
narrowshelf
shelfis
is a potential
potential
troublespot
spotduring
duringincoming
incomingtides.
tides.Tide
trouble
Tidechannels
of varying
channels
varying
fTO CAMP GROUND
GROUND depths
depthscut
the area.
cut into
into the
area.Offshore
Offshoreare
are numerous
numerouscliffs
cliffs and
and
reefs.
Vegetationis only
moderatein
reefs. Vegetation
only moderate
in the
the intertidal
intertidal area
areabut
but
includes
includes beds
bedsof
of surf
surf grass.
grass. A good
good selection
selection of the
the usual
usual
present.
a n i m a l is
si s present.
animals
/1O CAPE ARAGO
/
SUNSET BAY
/
/
(251
(25)
permitonly)
(collecting
onlv)
by
by permit
Cape Arago
Park (collecting
State Park
AragoState
Cape
Restrooms
are
roomsare
intertidalareas.
areas.Rest
covesand
hasabundant
andhas
abundantintertidal
Cape
Arago, 11 miles
miles south
south of Coos
is broken
brokenup
upby
bythree
threecoves
Bay is
CapeArago,
CoosBay
parking
coves.
threecoves.
found near
isisavailable
at
available
atall
allthree
found
nearthe
themiddle
middlecove
coveand
andparking
iseasily
easily
North
largestof
coves. ltt is
North Cove.
Cove.This
Thisisisthe
thelargest
of the
thethree
threecoves.
accessible
from the
the ample
ample parking
parking lot.
lot.
from
accessible
lslandand
and
The
extending to Shell
intertidalarea
isimmense,
immense,extending
ShellIsland
The intertidal
areais
beyond on the lower
lowertides.
tides.
beyond
The
sandybeach
beachwith
with aa large
largenumber
number of
of boulders
boulders
hasaa sandy
The cove
covehas
scattered
about and
bedrock shelves
and higher
higher cliffs
cliffs
scatteredabout
shelves
and
andsome
somebedrock
poolsand
andchanchanrising
are
pools
numerous
risingout
out of
ofthe
thesand.
sand.There
There
arenumerous
nels
among the
the boulders
boulders and
and bedrock.
bedrock.
nelsamong
InterAlgae
grow luxuriously
luxuriously and
spots. Interin some
somespots.
Algaegrow
and dominate
dominatein
presentin good
goodnumbers.
large
Offshore,
tidal
large
numbers.Offshore,
tidalanimals
animalsare
arepresent
colonies of
beseen
andheard.
heard.
colonies
of sea
sealions
lionsand
andseals
sealsmay
maybe
seenand
leadsdown
Middle
trail
well-constructed
trailleads
down
MiddleCove.
Cove.AA steep
steepbut
but well-constructed
north
from
into the
area.
from the north
Thiscove
separated
the intertidal
intertidal
area.This
coveisisseparated
into
outcroppings.
cove
reefs
reefsand
steepoutcroppings.
coveof Cape
Aragoby
by extensive
extensive
andsteep
CapeArago
The
from the
the middle
butsome
some
middlecove
covebut
southcove
coveis
accessible
from
Thesouth
is accessible
climbing is
school groups
groups should
should not
not try
try this
this
is required
requiredand
climbing
and school
route.
route.
The
most exposed
exposed of
of the three
three
middlecove
coveis
is the
the smallest
The middle
smallestand most
cove,
steep
Cape
Arago coves.
coves. From
From the
aasteep
ofthe
thecove,
the north
northcorner
cornerof
CapeArago
Theheadland
headland
headland
extends in
in aasouthwesterly
southwesterly direction.
direction. The
headlandextends
is
and
reduced
eventually
reduced
channels
andis
iseventually
brokenup
up by
bydeep
deeptide
tidechannels
is broken
from these
cliffs are
are
thesecliffs
to
of cliffs
cliffs and
reefs. Landward
and reefs.
Landwardfrom
to aa series
seriesof
pools'
shelves
and pools.
extensive boulder
with some
and
bedrockshelves
boulderareas
areaswith
somebedrock
extensive
cove.
Sandy
found along
the upper
upperedge
the cove.
edgeof the
beachis found
alongthe
Sandybeach
A
b
(^o
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of
o,''
'o.o
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1,000'
\
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NORTHCOVE
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PE ARAGO
ARAGO
n.
MIDDLE OOVE
MIDDLE
COVE
SOUTH
COVE
SOUTHCOVE
Purplesea
urchinbeds
beds
seaurchin
A
good variety
found. Purple
can be
be found.
Agood
varietyof
of animals
animalscan
sideof
of
are
extensive especially
especially toward
toward the
the center
andsouth
southside
centerand
areextensive
been noted
noted
Balanophylaelegans,has been
the cove.
cove. The
The solitary
solitarycoral,
coral,Balanophylaelegans,has
here.
here.
sideof
the north
northside
on the
cliffson
Verticalcliffs
thebeach.
beach. Vertical
coveand
andthe
southcove
South
tothe
thesouth
leadsdown
downto
trailleads
adequatetrail
butadequate
Cove.AA steep
steepbut
South Cove.
borders
beachborders
intertidal area.
sandybeach
area.AAsandy
in the
the intertidal
sizesin
of varying
varyingsizes
bouldersof
the
shelves
and
andboulders
shelves
flatbedrock
bedrock
to flat
breakdown
downto
covebreak
the cove
the
covelandward.
landward.
the cove
populararea
for colcol'
areafor
very popular
Thisisisaavery
subtidally.This
quietingthe
the.wave.action
Algal
of bull
wave action subtidally.
kelpquieting
bull kelp
grovvthis
bedsof
moderatewith beds
is moderate
Algalgrowth
common
most of the
the common
However,most
seen.However,
readilyseen.
are not
species
unusual
lectors
species
are
not readily
themore
moreunusual
groups.Because
of this,
this,the
Because
schoolgroups.
leciori and
and school
here,
ish,and
animals
such asseiurchins,
sea urchins,chitons,
chitons,the
thecommon
common starf
starfish,
and crab
crab may
may be found
found here.
animalssuch
Park.
StatePark.
AragoState
CapeArago
southofofCape
permitarea
3/4mile
milesouth
The
areaisis3/4
Aragopermit
CapeArago
ofthe
theCape
boundaryof
southernboundary
The southern
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(26)
Five-MilePoint
(Whiskey
Five-Mile
Point (Whiskey
RunCreek)
Run
Creek)
Thisarea
areais about
betweenBandon
This
about halfway
halfway between
Bandonand
CoosBay
andCoos
Bayand
and
may be
be reached
Highway
off Highway
may
reached by
by turning
turning off
101
101onto
ontothe
theSeven
Seven
D e v i l ' sRoad,
R o a d ,1
3m
i l e ssouth
s o u t hooff C
o o sBBay.
a y . It
l t is
i s 7 miles
m i l e sto
t othe
Devil's
13
miles
Coos
the
beachon
beach
on this
this paved
paved secondary
secondaryroad.
road. Five-Mile
Point is
Five-MilePoint
is about
about
1/2 mile
mile north
northof
of the
parkinglot.
thesmall
smallparking
lot.This
Thisarea
areaisisnot
notsuitable
suitable
for buses.
buses.There
Thereare
areno
norest
restrooms.
for
rooms.
cI
'c
FIVE-MILEPOINT
FIVE-MILE
POINT
+
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The
madeup
The Point
Point is actually
actually made
up of
of two distinct
distinctareas.
areas.The
The main
main
area
area is
is best
beststudied
studied at
at the
the lowest
lowest minus
minustides.
tides. lt
consistsof
It consists
numerous
pushingout of
of the
thesand
with some
numerous cliffs
cliffs pushing
of
sandwith
somestretches
stretchesof
bed-rock
bedrock and many boulders
boulders strewn
strewn about
about the
the cliffs.
cliffs. Algae
Algaeand
and
grassare
surfgrass
Thearea
isexposed
areais
exposedto
the open
surf
areplentiful.
plentiful. The
to the
opensurf.
surf.
goodvariety
A good
commonanimals
of common
animalscan
can be found.
variety of
found.
Directlyshoreward
shoreward
fromthis
thisarea
areaisisaastretch
stretchof
sandybeach
Directly
from
ofsandy
beach
and beyond
beyondthis,
this,aa region
regionof
largeboulders
of large
pools.
and
sandy tide
tide pools.
bouldersand
and sandy
growthhere
Algal growth
hereis
is only
only moderate.
moderate.InInboth
bothareas
Algal
sand
areas
sandscouring
scouring
is a problem.
is
problem.
COQUILLE
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COQUILLE
POINT
POINT
LOOPI
13
Southof the
the Coquille
CoquilleRiver
Riverand
westof the
South
andwest
the town
townof
ofBandon
Bandonare
are
a series
adjoiningboulders
seriesof
ofrocky
rocky outcroppings
outcroppings with
with adjoining
bouldersof
of various
various
sizes
sizesscattered
scatteredon
onthe
the sandy
sandy beach.
beach. There
There are
are only
only a fewtide
few tide
pools.This
Thistype
typeof
of area
areaextends
extendsfrom
pools.
from the mouth
mouth of the
the Coquille
Coquille
River
BandonState
StatePark,
Park,a distance
River down
down to Bandon
of about
distanceof
about22 miles.
miles.
Bestaccess
Best
accesstotothe
themain
mainintertidal
intertidal area
area is
iseither
either from
from the
the south
south
b a n kooff tthe
he C
o q u i l l eR
i v e roorr vvia
i a aat rtrail
a i l ddown
bank
Coquille
River
o w n aabbluff
l u f f ooff
f f 11th
11th
parkingisisadequate.
Busparking
Street.
adequate.
Restrooms
Street. Bus
Rest
at
roomsare
areavailable
available
the
at the
southjetty
parkinglot.
south
jetty parking
lot.
growthisisconcentrated
Algalgrowth
concentrated
thesmaller
smaller
boulders.
Algal
on
boulders.
Some
colonthe
Some
col"seapalm,"
palm,"Poste/sia
oniesof "sea
present,indicating
Postelsia
onies
are
the
arepresent,
indicating
theexposed
exposed
nature
area.While
Whilethis
areais
nature of
of the area.
this area
is not
not exceptionally
exceptionally rich
rich in
the
varietyof
intertidal
of the
theintertidal
fauna,many
manyof
thecommon
the variety
fauna,
ofthe
commonspecies
species
can be
here.
can
be found
found here.
11th STREET
(27\
(27)
CapeBlanco
Blanco
Cape
pointininOregon,
This,the
the westernmost
westernmost
hasaa large
largeintertidal
intertidalarea
areathat
that
Oregon,
This,
point
has
is relatively
located10
Port
undisturbed.
Thecape
capeis
is located
10 miles
is
relatively undisturbed.
The
miles north
north of Port
reachedfrom
Orford.The
Theintertidal
intertidal
northside
sideof
of
area
bestreached
the north
Orford.
area
isisbest
from the
Parkingspace
the cape,
cape,before
CoastGuard
space
before entering
entering the Coast
Guard Station.
Station. Parking
gentle
is limited
thegentle
alongthe
the road.
Onlysheep
leaddown
road.Only
sheeptraits
trailslead
downthe
limited along
slopeto
the beach
arealso
alsotrails
beach300 yards
road.There
Thereare
slope
to the
yards from
from the
the road.
trails
leadingdown
unsafeand
the west
endof
butthese
theseare
and
leading
down the
westend
of the
thecape
capebut
areunsafe
alsoinvolve
involvecrossing
crossingthe
CoastGuard
GuardStation.
Station.The
TheCoast
Coast
Guard
Staalso
the Coast
Guard
Stapublicon
tion is
isopen
campthepublic
onaalimited
limitedbasis.
basis.AAstate
stateovernight
overnight
opento the
tion
campgroundis
islocated
locatednear
nearCape
CapeBlanco.
Blanco.
ground
400
areaof
capehas
hasan
The
north side
an intertidal
intertidal area
of approximately
approximately 400
sideof the
thecape
The north
yards
yards paralleling
paralleling the
the shore
shore and
andextending
extending50-100
50-100yards
yardsout
out into
into the
The
thecape.
cape.The
westside
sideof the
ocean. A
on the
thewest
largerarea
areais
is found
foundon
A slightly
slightlylarger
ocean.
CapeBlanco
north
Blanco are connected
connected by
by a short,
short, narrow
narrow
northand
andwest
westends
endsof Cape
beachon the
passable
Fromthe
thesandy
sandybeach
only
that is
ispassable
tunnel that
only at
at low
low tide.
tide. From
the
tunnel
boulders
gradually
fromscattered
scattered
changes
intertidal
areagradually
north, the
area
changes
from
boulders
north,
theintertidal
northwest
Towardsthe northwest
bouldersinterspersed.
interspersed.Towards
bedrockwith
withboulders
to flat
flat bedrock
area,ending
ending
point
cliffsreach
reachacross
cape,large
largecliffs
acrossthe
point of
the intertidal
intertidal area,
of the
thecape,
poolsand
Sevandcrevices
crevices
arecommon'
Tidepools
islandsoffshore.
in
offshore. Tide
are
common. Sevin some
someislands
trapped
beingtrapped
isaa chance
chanceof being
thechannels
channels
deepand
andthere
thereis
eral
are
aredeep
eralof
of the
incomingtide.
by the incoming
tide.
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ELANCO
CAPE BLANCO
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u.s.
coasT
US. COAST
lol
101
HIGHWAY
sTO HIGHWAY
STATION
GUARD
GUARDSTATION
LEGEND
!.tglrs
l':
l::.:SANDY
BEACH
SANDYBEACH
AREA
BOULDER AREA
&? SOULDER
o
RESTROOM
s RESTROOM
' --TRAIL
--'TRAIL
AREA
SHELFAREA
d SHELF
I
Subareas.Subin the
theboulder
boulderareas.
growthvaries
heavyto
to moderate
moderatein
variesfrom
Algal
from heavy
Algalgrowth
the north
northside.
side.
on the
especially
modifywave
waveaction,
bedsof
kelpmodify
action,especially
tidally,
on
tidally,beds
of kelp
Purple
urchin beds
bedsare
arecommon
commonin
inthe
the area.
area. The
The dendritic
clendritic tentatentaPurpleseaurchin
varicles of
of red
red sea
seacucumbers
cucumberscan
canbe
beobserved
observedininmost
mosttide
tide pools.
pools. A varicles
arefound
foundhere.
here.
otheranimals
animals
ety
are
ety of
of other
Port
Orford
Port Orford
HIGHWAYIOI
HIGHWAY
0
consistsmostly
the dock
dockand
and consists
The intertidal
intertidal area
lies north
north of the
mostly of
of
The
arealies
interest
large
boulders. Offshore
extensive kelp
kelp beds.
beds. Also
Also of interest
largeboulders.
Offshoreare
areextensive
protectedand
and the
the protected
is the jetty
whereboth
both the
at
jetty where
at the
the boat
boat dock
dock is
exisexexposed side
sideprovide
provideaahabitat
habitatfor
for animals.
animals. Since
Since the
the jetty
jetty is
exposed
posed,there
waves.
largewaves.
posed,
there is
from large
is danger
dangerfrom
BOAT
DOCK
NELLIES
COVE
N
1,000
JETTY
JETTY
LEGEND
LEGEND
:-,:rsaNDY
BEAGH
SANDY BEACH
AREA
"dAMULDER
AREA
o RESTROOM
RESTROOM
....-TRAIL
'--TRAIL
anea
sxer-rAREA
{4 SHELF
areas
intertidal
Although there
covesand
andlimited
limited rocky
rocky intertidal
areas
Although
thereare
areseveral
severalcoves
or require
require
ofthem
themare
areinaccessible
inaccessible
in the
the Port
PortOrford
area,many
manyof
in
or
Orfordarea,
Port Orford
boat
Orfordboat
The Port
crossingprivate
crossing
private or
or government
governmentproperty.
property. The
placethat
dock is
is one
one place
that has
hassome
some accessible
accessibleintertidal
intertidal areas'
areas. Parking
Parking
dock
is limited
at the
dock.
limited at
the dock.
ROCK
BATTLE
BATTLE ROCK
presentis not
Although the
present
not exceptional,
exceptional, the
the
Although
ofspecies
species
thevariety
varietyof
animals
groupsof
and
anemones,
common groups
and other
other animals
common
of snails,
snails,starfish,
starfish,anemones,
are
are available.
available.
is through
through
access
area
andaccess
Nellie's
limited intertidal
area
and
is
Nellie'sCove
intertidal
Covehas
hasaa limited
permission
retrespass
the
and
tototrespass
isisreGuardStation
andpermission
theformer
formerCoast
CoastGuard
Station
quired.
quired.
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(28)
(Rocky
NorthHumbug
Humbug
Mountain
State
Park(Rocky
Point)
North
Mountain
State
Park
Point)
.
About33 miles
justinside
milessouth
southof Port
PortOrford,
About
Orford,just
inside
H
u m b u gMountain
M o u n t a i State
nS t a t ePark,
P a r kis
,i san
Humbug
a nexcellent
excellent
i n t e r t i d aarea.
F r o ma ddirt
al r e a .From
i r t road
intertidal
with
r o a dw
i t h limited
limiteo
p a r k i n gthe
t,h ebeach
b e a c hiiss oonly
n l y a sshort
parking,
h o r t100-yard
1 0 0 - y a r walk
d
walk
gentlysloping,
away.This
Thisisisaagently
sloping,
away.
sandy
with
sandybeach
b'each
with
a r g ennumber
u m b e rooff boulders,
b o u l d e r s2, feet
2f e e tor
a llarge
o rless
l e s sin
i n diamdiame.terscattered
eter
scattered throughout
throughout the zone.
zone. A
A similar,
similar,
s l i g h t l ylarger
l a r g eboulder
rb o u l d 6field
rf i e l dlies
slightly
l i e saa few
f e whundred
hundred'
yards to the north. Offshore reefs and kelp
beds probably modify wave action in the area.
I
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500
ROCKY
POINT
ROCKY POINT
LEGEND
LEGEND
.:r SANDY
BEACH
SANDY BEACH
H,GHway,o, Xllt'rl?llB,,lillx,,ffl:1,3TJfff
,fl,ll.JL.
HIGHWAY 101
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The usual
usualcommunity
of animals
animalscan
The
community of
found
canbe
be found
jellyfish,
goodabundance.
l1er.g
i.n
abundance.The
Thesessile
here
in good
jellyfish,
sessile
Haliclystus,has
hasalso
Halic/ystus,
alsobeen
beennoted.
noted. As in
in many of
the outer
outercoast
coastareas,
areas,Rocky
RockyPoint
Pointhas
the
hasaa small
small
populationof
of native
nativelittleneck
littleneckclams.
population
clams.
BOULDER AREA
,/,6
AREA
'o'BOULDER
nestnoou
RESTROOM
';-TRAIL
'TRAIL
S H E L F AREA
( l SHELF
AREA
HumbugState
Park
StatePark
Humbug
t
park is
Thispark
is about
This
about 4 miles
south of
of Port
Port Orford.
milessouth
Orford.
Along
northbase
baseof
Along the north
of the mountain
mountainthere
thereis
intertidal
areathat
a small
small intertidal
area
accessible
thatisiseasily
easily
accessible
from the
the Humbug
F-lumlugMountain
MountainState
StatePark
Parkcamping
from
camping
grounds.A
A trail
trailleads
leadsfrom
grounds.
groi.rnds
fromthe
thecamping
campinggrounds
to the
the area
area300 yards
yards away. The
area is
The rocky
rocky-aiea
is
madeup
made
up of
of several
severalcliffs
cliffs projecting
projecting from
from the
the
mainlandwith
withboulders
boulders
mainland
of
size
ofvarying
varying
sizescattered
scattered
aboutin
about
in the
thesand.
sand.
HIGHWAY 01
N
500'
TO CAMP
CAMPGROUND
GROUND
BRuSHEE
growthisislight
Algal
lightand
Algal growth
to
andthe
thearea
areais
is exposed
exposedto
the surf
Thisis
the
surf.. This
particularly rich
is not
not a particularly
rich intertidal
intertidal
HUMBUG
area,
mostcommon
commonspecies
area, but
but the
the most
are
species
areeasily
easily
found.
found.
LEGEND
LEGENO
Ai SANDY
SANDYBEACH
EEACH
AREA
\q) BoULDER AREA
E RESTROOM
RESTROOM
- . . - TRAIL
,TRAIL
SHELFAREA
SHELF
AREA
d
q
ArizonaRanch
RanchBeach
Arizona
Beach
Thisis
is a small
This
small intertidal
intertidal area
area12
12 miles
milessouth
southof
of
O,rtogO
and.adjacent.to
Port
Orford
and
adjacent to Arizona
ArizonaRanch
Ranchcamp
cJmp
f_9ri
ground.
Accessis
is through
privateproperty
propertvand
ground. Access
through private
and
- a fee
fee is
ischarged.
charged. After
After d;ivinq
driving through
throuqli the
thj
ArizonaRanch
Ranchpicnic
picnicand
Arizona
andcamp
grorindsthe
campgrounds
the
rocky
parkinqisis
areais about
yardsdwav.
100 yards
rocky area
about 100
away. Parking
ade.quate.
Thisisisaa small
smalIarea
adequate. This
area about
yards
ya;di
aUout300
SOO
wide.From
wide.
Fromthe
thesteep
steepheadland,
headland,
massof
aa mass
boulderslie
lie scattered
scatteredon
boulders
on the
the sandy
sandy
HIGHWAY 101
MUSSEL CHEEK
\
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ARIZONA RANCH CAMP
GROUND (PRIVATE)
500
Thedominant
dominantfeature
feature
The
ofofthe
isisthe
thearea
area
thealgae
alqaethat
that
grow
poolsof
asto
grow so thick
thick as
to form
form pools
of calm
calmwater
waierbebe_
tweenthe
rocks.AAfew
fewmussel
tween
the rocks.
colonies,
starfish,
mussel
colonies,
starfish,
seacucumbers,
sea
cucumbers, and
and other
other animals
animals make
make this
this
areaof
area
of interest.
interest.
LEGEND
SANDY
S A N D YBEACH
BEACH
WROULDER
&&ULDER AREA
AREA
4 SHELF
srerr AREA
anea
{
(29)
l29l
North
North Samuel
SamuelBoardman
BoardmanState
Park
Sute Park
This area
area is
is located
locatedat
at and
andiust
justbeyond
beyondthe
the northnorthThis
Park,14
ern
State
StatePark,
14miles
miles
ern boundary
boundaryof
of Boardman
Boardman
gravelturn off
north
Fromaagravel
off at
at
northof
of Brookings.
Brookings.From
parksign,
the
sign, aa broad
broad but
but unimproved
unimproved trail
trail
statepark
the state
intertidal
leads
down to
to the
the shore.
area
leadsdown
Theintertidal
area
shore.The
consists
forms
shape
of
half-moon
andconsists
of an
anacacformsaa half-moon
shapeand
varying
cumulation
of
sizes
ofvarying
sizeson
on aa
cumulationof
ofboulders
boulders
sandy
beach. The rocks,
rocks, together
together with
with the
the
sandybeach.
poolsand
lush
form
lushvegetation,
vegetation,
crevices
formsmall
smallpools
andcrevices
partly
protectedfrom the surf.
partly protected
surf.
I
N
N
500
F,5OS-+
Only the
Only
thelarger
largerrocks
rockshave
numberof
mussels
haveaa number
ofmussels
good variety
barnaclesattached.
or barnacles
attached. A good
variety of other
other
animals
present, including
including several
kinds of
are present,
severalkinds
animalsare
starfish,
the usual
variety of
starfish,snails,
snails,and
usualvariety
of small
small
andthe
crabs.
crabs.
LEGEND
LEGEND
:irsaNDY
SANDY BEACH
BEAoH
BOULDER AREA
AREA
,,,iBOULDER
RESTROOM
?i REsrRooM
/.;._TRAtL
TRAIL
SHELF AREA
AREA
I SHELF
(Cape
Ferrelo)
Lone Ranch
Ferrelo)
Park(Cape
StatePark
Ranch State
located5 miles
miles
This
intertidal area
is located
extensiveintertidal
areais
Thisextensive
Park
RanchState
StatePark
north
LoneRanch
of Brookings.
Brookings.Lone
north of
parkingspace,
easy
rooms,and
andeasy
has
ample parking
restrooms,
space,rest
hasample
access
to the
the beach
good trails.
trails.
beachvia good
accessto
CAPE FERRELO
N
500
rocks
The
has aa large
largenumber
number of
of rocks
beachhas
sandybeach
The sandy
scattered
fromless
lessthan
thanaa
sizefrom
insize
about,varying
varyingin
scatteredabout,
poolsare
butopen
foot
few but
open
arefew
smallcliffs.
cliffs.Tide
Tidepools
foot to
to small
provideseveral
severalquiet
spaces
amongthe
the rocks
rocks provide
quiet
among
spaces
andcaves
caves
areas.
rocky
and
Numerous
overhangs
rockyoverhangs
areas.Numerous
protectionfrom
waves.
fromwaves.
provide
additional protection
provideadditional
IOI
\TO HIGHWAY
HIGHWAY
LONE RANCH
STATE PARK
including
Algae are
areplentiful
plentiful throughout
throughout the
including
the area,
area,.
Algae
faunaof
of this
thisarea
area
beds
offshore. The
Theflora
floraand
andfauna
bedsoffshore.
common
Onecommon
are relatively
relatively undisturbed
undisturbed and
and rich.
rich. One
are
seaurchin.
speciesthat
that is absent
absent is
isthe
the purple
purple sea
urchin.
species
rr:,:SANDY
SANDYBEACH
BEACH
BoULDER AREA
AREA
4q?BOULDER
E RESTROOM
' - / TTRAIL
RAIL
f{
9
SHELF
SHELF AREA
AREA
(30)
(30)
Harris Beach
Beach (collecting
(collecting by permit
permit only)
only)
The Harris
Permit Area
Area extends
extends beyond
beyond the
the boundaries
boundaries ofthe
of the state
park and
betweenthe
the
BeachPermit
and includes
includesthe area
The
HarrisBeach
statepark
areabetween
north
i s B e aState
c h S tPark.
a t e PThis
aTr kh.iextensive
s e x t e n sarea
i v e aincludes
reaincludes
n o r t hbank
b a n kofothe
ft h eChetco
C h e t cRiver
o R i v and
e r a na dpoint
a p o 1/2
i n t lmile
/ 2 mnorth
i l e n oof
r t Harris
h oHfa r rBeach
pointsand
several rocky
rocky points
the
under three
three main
main divisions.
divisions. Rest
Forconvenience,
convenience,
is discussed
discussed
under
several
andsmall
smallsandy
sandycoves.
coves.For
thearea
areais
Rest
picnicarea
rooms
are found
found at
the campground.
Parking
Parking
isisavailable
in
in all
campground.
allareas.
roomsare
at the
the picnic
areaand
and the
available
areas.
parkinglot
picnicarea
NorthHarris
Beach.From
HarrisBeach.
Fromthe
few yards
North
yards down
down to
to the beach
beach.. A sandy
theparking
lotat
atthe
themain
mainpicnic
is but
areait is
but a few
sandy
beachstretches
beach
stretchesnorth
northfor
for aa hundred
hundredyards
yardsand
andthen
thenmerges
merges
witha arocky
rockypoint
pointjutting
jutting out
out from
from the
with
mainland.This
This
the mainland.
pointhas
hasbeen
beenpartially
point
partially broken
and boulder
boulder fields
fields are
scattered in
in the
the area.
area. The
The main
main rocky
rocky
brokenup,
up,and
andisolated
isolatedrocks
rocksand
arescattered
area
isabout
about 300
300 yards
yardslong,
long, bordered
borderedby
by sandy
sandybeach
beachon
onthe
thenorth
northand
andsouth.
south. Extending
Extending north
north are
areais
areadditional
additional
pointsand
rockypoints
andsandy
Park.
rocky
eventually merging
into Lone
sandycoves,
coves,eventually
merginginto
LoneRanch
RanchState
StatePark.
is located
located
Harris Beach.
Beach. The
intertidal area
Harris
The main
mainHarris
HarrisBeach
Beachintertidal
areais
directly west
The
areas
are
campgrounds.
directly
westof
ofthe
thecampgrounds.
Therocky
rocky
areas
areaccessible
accessible
parkinglot
from the
beachor
from
south
themain
mainparking
lotby
bywalking
walking
alongthe
thebeach
or
southalong
parkroad.
from aa trail
leadsdown
fromthe
road.
from
trailthat
thatleads
downto
themain
mainpark
to the
thebeach
beachfrom
On
rock reaches
southward into
into the
the sea.
On the
the north,
north,aamassive
massive
sea.A
rock
reaches
southward
small
carved in the
the rock
through
smalltunnel
hasbeen
beencarved
thewaves
wavessurge
surgethrough
tunnelhas
rockand
andthe
goessouth,
this
As
south,
this hole
holeonto
theboulder
boulderfields
fieldsthat
lielandward.
landward.
Asone
onegoes
onto the
thatlie
fieldisisagain
this
replaced by
by aasmaller
smallercliff.
cliff. Another
this boulder
boulderfield
againreplaced
Anotherscatscattering
around the
the cliff,
cliff, only
only interrupted
teringof boulders
interruptedby
by small
small
boulderslie around
stretches
stretches
continues
south,
sandybeach.
beach.Thus,
Thus,the
south,aaseries
series
of sandy
thebeach
beachcontinues
of steep
cliffs or
with
adjoining the
steepcliffs
or outcroppings
areasadjoining
outcroppings
withboulder
boulderareas
larger
cliffs and
largercliffs
withsandy
andwith
sandycoves
covesbetween.
between.
partof
MIII
part
Mill Beach.
Beach.This
Thisis
isthe
Permit
the southernmost
southernmost
ofthe
theHarris
HarrisBeach
BeachPermit
Area.Turn
Area.
Turntoward
towardthe
theocean
oceanat
atCenter
CenterStreet
Streetor
or any
anyof
of the
theadjoining
adjoining
plywoodmill
streetsin
streets
in downtown
downtown Brookings.
Brookings. Turn
Turn right
the plywood
milland
rightat
at the
and
park
park.An
park nextto
next to aa small
road
and
smallball
ballpark.
Anunimproved
unimproved
road
andseveral
several
trailslead
leaddown
trails
down to the
the beach.
beach.To
To reach
southside
side of Mill
MillBeach
Beach
reachthe
the south
goespast
pastthe
plant.
Cove,
take the
the trail
treatment plant.
Cove,take
trailthat
treatment
thatgoes
thesewage
sewage
NORTH
N O R T HHARRIS
H A F R I SBEACH
BEACI
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Mill Beach
Cove is aa half-moon
half-moon shaped
area with
with steep
Mill
BeachCove
headlands
shapedarea
steepheadlands
reachinginto
reaching
into the sea
seaon
onthe
the north
north and
and south.
south. Around
of
Aroundthe
baseof
thebase
the headlands
the usual
usual boulder
boulder fields
fields and
larger cliffs.
cliffs.
the
headlands
arethe
somelarger
andsome
Landward, the
Landward,
thebeach
beachis
issandy.
sandy.
MILL
M L L BEACH
MILL
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Throughout
algaegrow
grow luxuriously
luxuriously
Throughoutthe
theHarris
HarrisBeach
BeachPermit
PermitArea,
Area,algae
in
are
in the
the lower
lowersections
sectionsof
Animals
abunof the
theboulder
boulderfields.
fields.Animals
arealso
alsoabundant.
color
most of
of the
colorthe
thesurge
channels,
the common
common
dant.Sponges
Sponges
surgechannels,
most
species
species
of starfish
starfish are
and
species
such
of
areabundant
abundant
andsome
someunusual
unusual
species
such
as
sohtary corals
corals and
and umbrella
umbrella crabs
found.
assolitary
crabsarefound.
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PLANT
LEGEND
. DANDY
SANOYBEACH
BEACH
ii BouLmR aRa
d RESTROOM
TRAIL
'DHELF
UREA
! SHELF AREA
Wunchuck
Winchuck Beach
Beach
paralleling
north
Winchuck
Beach
from
a roadthe
paralleling
the north
Accessto to
Winchuck
Beach
is fromis
a road
ga n dday-use
day-use
bank
W i n c h u c kRiver.
R i v e r .Limited
b a n kooff tthe
h e Winchuck
L i m i t eparking
dp a r k i nand
facilities
f a c i il t i e sare
available.
a r eavailable.
I
northof
the
The
about 3/4 mile
the north
of the
The rocky
rockyintertidal
intertidalarea
areais
is about
mile to the
parkinglot.
boulders
parking
consists
of
of
Mostofofthe
of boulders
lot. Most
thearea
area
consists
of aa scattering
scattering
on
limited bedrock
bedrockshelf
shelfarea,
area,aa
is also
on aa sandy
sandybeach,
beach,but there
thereis
alsoa limited
Amongthe
theanimals
animals
condition
commonon
on the
thecentral
centralcoast.
coast.Among
conditionmore
morecommon
brunea.
found
Tegulabrunea.
foundhere
hereis
brown turban
turbansnail,
snail,Tegula
is the brown
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LEGEND
.i;. SANDY
SANDYBEACH
BEAOH
BouLoER
BOULDER
AREA
aREA
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TRAIL
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SHELF
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PARKING
1HIGHWAY
ru/es
and regulations
rulesond
regulofions
Oreqon
Rules.Chapter
Oregon Administrative
Administrative Rules,
Chapter 625.
625, Sections
Sections 10-670
10-670throuqh
through 1O-740
10-740 extends
extendsorotection
protection to
to all
all intertidal
intertidal
inveitebrates
intertidally
cucumbers,'
invertebrates living
living intertidally
on
the bottom
and
including
such
forms
asas
starfish;
sea
urchins;
sea
on'the
bottbm
and
including
forms
starfish;
urchins;
seacucumbers;
such
seb
nonfoodinvertebrates.
invertebrates.It
lt is
is
shore,
hermit, and
other small
coelenterates; and
and all
all other
other nonfood
coelenierates;
shore,hermit,
and-other
smalIcrabs;
crabs;snails;
snails;bivalves;
bivalves;
unlawful
unlawful to wantonly
intertidal animal
time.
wantonlywaste
wasteor destroy
any intertidal
destroyany
animalat
any time.
at any
Open
OpenAreas
Areas
In all
intertidalareas
areasof Oregon,
except in
in closed
closedor
orpermit-onlv
permit-only areas,
lawful to take
invertebrates.
all intertidal
Oregon,except
areas,itit is lawful
intertidalinvertebrates.
take intertidal
personal-use
per
The personal-use
The
baglimit
limit shall
shall not
not elceed
exceed 10
10 in
in anv
combination of
per dav,
day, exceot
except there
there is no limit
limit
oersonal-use
bao
bag
baq
ei<ceed
oer
davany
combination
of species
species
soecies
except
'Callianassa,
ghost
on the
numberof
number.of
kelpworms
kdlp
crabsErnerita
Emer
Emerita
on
ghost
mud
the number
of kelp
wormsNereis,
worms
Nereis.
Nereis,
Callianassa.
shrimoUpogebia,
shrimp
ibia,and
a.and
sandcrabs
ohostshrimp
shrimoCa/lianassa,
shrimp
mudshrimp
Uposebia.
andsand
periondl
that may
maybe
mav
rvestininexcess
excessof the
the daily
th
daily
that
harvest
invertebrates
and
personal
betaken.
taken.Commercial
Cbmmercial
harveitof
harv'eit
of intertidal
intertiilal
invertebrates,
invertebrates.
and
oersc harvest
h-arvesi
baq
b
bag
a glimii,
llimit,
i m i i , shall
limit,
providedaapermit
permitisisobtained
obtainedfrom
fromthe
theFish
Iish Commission.
Commission.1/
sshall
h a l lbe
bbe
e allowed
tallowedprovided
f rom
.Jl
|/
maybe
beharvested
harvested
Shellfish
abalone, littleneck
littleneck clams,
andpiddocks
piddocks (rock
(rock oysters
oysters or rock
Shellfishsuch
suchas
asabalone,
clams,mussels,
mussels,
rockborers)
borers)may
and
in all
collectorshould
should
in
in accordance
accordancewith
with existing
existing shellfish
shellfish regulations.
As
may
the collector
allareas
maychange,
change,the
areasin
regulations.
Asregulations
regulations
check
current regulations
so that
that he does
doesnot
not inad-vertently
inadvertently break
the law.
law.
checkcurrent
regulations.so
break[he
Closed
ClosedAreas
Areas
Gardensat
It is
invertebrates
theMarine
MarineGardens
nonfood
invertebrates
atatthe
is unlawful
unlawfulto
to take,
take,catch,
catch.or
molestat
anytime
timeintertidal
intertidal
nonfood
or molest
atany
PunchBowl
Foulweather
Bowl
Otter
This
closed
area
isislocated
between
Cape
and
Newport.
located
theDevil's
Devil'sPunch
OtterRock
Rocknear
nearNewport.
This
closed
area
between
CapeFoulweather
andthe
(U.
northern
ForestService)
thenorthern
State
isisthe
Area
between
Park.Also
closed
PerpetuaRecreation
Recreation
Area(U. S.
S.Forest
Service)
betweenthe
StatePark.
Alsoclosed
theCape
CapePerpetua
(Lincoln
boundary
and tlie
the mouth
mouth of
of the
the North
Creek. Whale
Cove (Lincoln County)
County) is
Park'and
WhaleCove
boundarvof Neptune
NeptuneState
StatePark
NorthCape
CapeCreek.
(mollusca
abalone
closedto
several
thousand
redabalone
closed
to the
the collecting
(mollusca
and
toto'protect
protect several
thousand
red
collectingof
ofshellfish
shellfish
andarthropoda)
arthropoda)
plantedin
planted
biologists.
in the
coveby
by Commission
thecove
Commission
biologists.
Permit-Only
Permit-OnlyAreas
Areas
prohibitedininpermit-only
permit-onlv
however,
these
areas;
The
commercial
harvest of
of intertidal
intertidal,.nonfood
isisprohibited
areas;
however,
these
The co
mmercialharvest
invertebrates
nonfoodinvertebrates
Fish
qnimalsmay
purpbses
the Fish
by obtaining
animals
may be
be taken
taken for
for other
other purposes
from the following
following areas
obtaining a specia'l
special permit
permit from
from the
from
ar'eas
Commission:
C o m m i s s i o 1/
n:1,/
(CunnonBeach)
HaystackRock
Haystack
no"i (Cannon
Beach)
yardsto the
main
southof
of the
themain
All
sand
beaches,
rocks,and
andtide
tidepools
poolslying
lyingintertidally
intertidally within
within 300
All sandbqaches,
the north
northand
andsouth
rocks,
300 yards
Haystack
HaystackRock.
Rock.
Boiler
BoilerBay
Bay
FogartyCreek
All
beaches,rocks,
rocks,and
andtide
tidepools
poolslVing
Iingintertidally
intertidally between
the mouth
mouth of
of Fogarty
Creek (Lincoln
(Lincoln County)
County)
All sand
betweenthe
sandbeaches,
(at Boiler
on the north
Point (at
Park) on the south.
south.
BoilerBay
BayState
northand
andGovernment
GovernmentPoint
StatePark)
(DepoeBay)
Bay)
Shell
ShellCove
Cove(Depoe
poolslying
projected
Roadon
fromShell
ShellRoad
on
lineprojected
westfrom
All
beaches,
rocks
andtide
tide pools
between
aaline
due
duewest
All sand
rocks
and
lyingintertidally
intertidally
between
sandbeaches,
qubrterof
projecteddue
due'wett
alongthe southern
the north
quarter
7,
west along
southern boundary
boundary of
Se-ction
7, aa line
liheprojected
the
northand
inthe
thesoutheast
southeast
of Section
andin
Section
IIll West.
Range
West.
Section7,
7, Township
Township99South,
South,Range
Yaquina
YaquinaHead
Head
Beachon
All
rocks,and
andtide
tide pools
pools situated
situated intertidally
intertidally between
the
Moolack Beach
on the
thesand
sandbeach
beachat Moolack
between
All sand
rocks,
sandbeaches,
beaches,
north
the south.
AgateBeach
Beachon the
south.
northand
andthe
thesand
beachat
at Agate
sandbeach
Park
Neptune
NeptuneState
StatePark
NeptuneState
State
westerlyside
sideof Neptune
All
sand
beaches,
rocks,and
andtide
tidepools
poolssituated
situatedintertidally
intertidally and
abutting the
the westerly
and abutting
rocks,
{ll sandbeaches,
Park.
Park.
Sunset
Arago
SunsetBay-Cape
Bay-CapeArago
and a
All
rocks,and
andtide
tidepools
poolssitqated
situatedintertidally
intertidally between
the Arago
Arago Lighthouse
Lighthouse on
on the
the north
north and
betweenthe
All sand
sandbeaches,
rocks,
beaches.
point3/4
point
Park.
southofofCape
CapeArago
AragoState
3/4mile
milesouth
StatePark.
Harris Beach
Harris
Beach
projecteddue
mile north
northof
of
112mile
All
rocks,and
andtide
tidepools
poolslvinq
lying intertidallv
intertidally between
line projected
due west
west 1/2
rocks.
betweena line
Afl sand
sandbeaches,
beaches,
Riveron the south.
ChetcoRiver
Harris Beach
BeachStaie
StateParkon
Park onthe
thencirth
north and
andtlie
the mouth
mouth of
of the Chetco
south.
Harris
of
createthe
Department of
1/
July 1,| ,1975,
| 975,totocreate
theOregon
OregonDepartment
theOregon
on July
Mergedwith
withthe
OregonWildlife
WildlifeCommission
Commissionon
1/ Merged
and
permi$ from
of Fish
Fishand
Fish and
and Wildlife.
Wildlife. Obtain
Obtainpermits
fromthe
theMarine
MarineRegion
Department of
Regionof
theOregon
OregonDepartment
ofthe
Marine Science
Science Center, Marine Science Drive,
Wildlife at
Drive, Newport,
Newport, Oregon
at the
theMarine
Oregon 97365.
97365.
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ASTORIA
ASTORIA
/0 S
E A SDI E
SEASIDE
Ecola
Point
EcolaPoint
Haystack
Rock
HaystackRock
CANNON
CANNON
BEACH
BEACH
Cape
CapeMeares
Meares
Maxwell
MaxwellPoint
Point
Cape
Lookout
CapeLookout
T IL L A M O O K
TILLAMOOK
Cascade
CascadeHead
Head
Boiler
BoilerBay
Bay
Depoe
DepoeBay
Bay
Shell
ShellCove
Cove
Whale
WhaleCove
Cove
Otter Rock
Rock
Yaquina Head
Yaquina
Head
Seal
Rock
Rock
Seal
Yachats
Yachats
PACIFIC
PACIFIC
CITY
C
ITY
LINCOLN
LINCOLN
CITY
CITY
NEWPORT
NEWPORT
WALDPORT
WALDPORT
Cape Perpetua
Perpetua
Cape
Neptune
NeptuneState
Park
StatePark
Bob
Bray
Point
Bob Creek
Bray
Creek
Point
Fossil
FossilPoint
Point
Arago Lighthouse
Arago
Lighthouse
Sunset Bay
Sunset
Bay
Cape
Arago
CapeArago
Five-Mile Point
Point
Five-Mile
Coquille
C o q u i l l Point
P
e oint
Cape
Blanco
CapeBlanco
Port
Port Orford
Orford
Rocky Point
Rocky
Point
Humbug
HumbugMountain
Mountain
FLORENCE
FLORENCE
REEDSPORT
REEDSPORT
O
0 COOS
COOSBAY
BAY
BAN
B A NDON
DON
P O R TO
PORT
ORFORD
RFORD
Arizona Ranch
RanchBeach
Arizona
Beach
Boardman
State
Boardman
StatePark
Park
Lone Ranch
Lone
RanchState
StatePark
Park
Harris
Beach
Harris
Beach
Winchuck
WinchuckBeach
Beach
GOLD
G O L DBEACH
BEACH
BROOKINGS
0 BROOKINGS
LOCATION
LOCATION
OF
OREGON'S
AREAS
OFO
REGON'S
IINTERTIDAL
NTERTIDAL
AREAS
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