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Beachside State Recreation Site

Beachside State Recreation Site from directly overhead

Beachside State Recreation Site is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Grass Mountain stands 1,086 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Stump, a attraction 0.9 miles away. Pacific Coast runs past it. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.38270, -124.08874

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tillicum Beach Campground Day Use: 1.1 mi
  • Tillicum Beach Campground: 1.2 mi
  • Crestline Park: 2.7 mi
  • William P. Keady Wayside: 3.0 mi
  • Kendall Memorial Field: 3.2 mi
Peaks: 41
  • Blodgett Peak: 2.9 mi
  • Mount Eckman: 3.6 mi
  • Yachats Mountain: 4.5 mi
  • Kerby Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • Green Mountain: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Beaches: 12
  • Holly Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Neptune Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Searose Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Stonefield Beach: 11.0 mi
  • South Beach: 12.8 mi
Artworks: 10
  • Amanda Statue: 6.3 mi
  • CG 36503: 16.9 mi
  • Pilgrim: 16.9 mi
  • Salmon Nation: 16.9 mi
  • Coast Guard Helicopter: 17.0 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Big Stump: 0.9 mi
  • Thor's Well: 7.3 mi
  • Spouting Horn: 7.4 mi
  • The Aviary: 16.3 mi
  • Baystreet Pier: 16.9 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Silver Surf Memorial Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Seashore Joy Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Gerdemann Botanic Preserve: 4.0 mi
  • Bent E. Petersen Memorial Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Yachats Community Garden: 5.0 mi
Museums: 5
  • Little Log Church & Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Education Wing: 16.7 mi
  • Pacific Maritime Heritage Center: 17.4 mi
  • Yaquina Pacific Railroad Museum: 18.0 mi
  • Toledo Centennial History Center: 18.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Historic sites: 3
  • Yellow Submarine: 16.7 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 17.6 mi
  • Cape Mountain Lookout: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Beachside State Recreation Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grass MountainE 82°1,086 m20.7 mi
Prairie PeakESE 107°1,040 m24.8 mi
Table MountainENE 63°857.707 m14.0 mi
Cummins PeakSSE 155°755.6 m11.2 mi
Fairview MountainSSE 168°702.9 m12.9 mi
Klickitat MountainSE 142°696 m13.0 mi
Saddle MountainSSE 156°689 m14.9 mi
Lone Spring MountainENE 71°682 m20.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5119:29
June solstice05:3320:2021:05
September equinox07:0418:3719:16
December solstice07:5015:5216:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F484848505356585857555047
Precip in11.98.79.76.64.43.10.90.92.16.210.713.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yachats, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • salal35 obs
  • Pacific Sand Crab31 obs
  • By-the-wind Sailor25 obs
  • Dungeness Crab23 obs
  • Western Lily of the Valley23 obs
  • Sitka spruce19 obs
  • seaside pea19 obs
  • twinberry honeysuckle18 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/481478135

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