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Heceta Lighthouse/China Creek

  • Start date: 01/29/2022

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 01/29/2022

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

We'll get to sample several different terrains on this 8-mile coastal loop. We'll start at Washburne State Park and walk along the beach to the Hobbit trail, then up through the forest on the Oregon Coast Trail to the Heceta Head Lighthouse for lunch, then back down the hill and across 101 to the Valley Trail which will take us back to our cars on a lovely loop along China Creek.

Be prepared for slippery slopes and winter weather, as I won't cancel unless it's truly dangerous (my call!)

Drive is suitable for all vehicle types, but we're parking at a state park, so county and fed passes won't cover you. Be sure and check with your driver about Omicron precautions so that all in your car are in agreement.

  • Event Leader: Carpenter Kathie

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Coastal

  • Departure Location: Eugene Target, W11th, parking lot closest to W11th

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 150

  • Season: 2022

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Lunch, rain gear, wind breaker, poles if you use them, footwear that will keep you upright on slippery slopes.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 8

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 799

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

The midwinter heat wave at the coast is Oregon's best-keep secret. We left freezing fog behind in Eugene and hiked under sunny skies with temps in the high 50's. Some Obsidians lore to share: Parking is free in the day use area of Washburne Park, and the restrooms at the lighthouse are open. The loop along China Creek was closed due to bridge damage, which shortened our distance to 6 miles so that we had time for a leisurely lunch at the lighthouse and some hokey pokeyin' on the beach. And that, my friends, really is what it's all about!

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 18
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Carpenter, Kathie 541-505-2370 N 1
2 Signed-Up Parks, Linda 607-244-4194 N 1
3 Signed-Up Sojak, Darko 541-799-9199 N 1
4 Signed-Up Ruzicka, Angie 541-521-6840 N 1
5 Signed-Up Cooper, David 541-868-5427 N 1
6 Signed-Up Cooper, Carla 541-517-6785 N 1
7 Signed-Up Flashenberg, Paul 541-915-9482 N 5
8 Signed-Up Nagy, Evelyn 541-514-4110 N 1
9 Signed-Up Van Liefde, Lisa 949-677-1379 N 1
10 Signed-Up Masin, Rachelle 541-547-4742 N 1
11 Signed-Up Whitfield, Nancy 541-520-0450 N 1
12 Signed-Up Cooney, Marguerite 541-600-0217 N 1
13 Signed-Up Krentz, Holger 541-868-7792 N 1
14 Signed-Up Grant, Elizabeth 541-514-1176 N 1
15 Signed-Up Hanson, Vicky 541-683-7107- cell 541-954-5269 N 1
16 Signed-Up Iredale, Gwyneth 541-505-0055 N 1
17 Signed-Up Gould, Whitney 510-368-8941 N 1
18 Signed-Up Hurt, Suzanne 916-804-2856 N 5
19 Signed-Up Christiansen, Lynda 541-912-9952 N 1
20 Signed-Up Bradshaw, Jake Gail 541-221-2592 N 5