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O.C.T: BakerBeach to North Jetty

  • Start date: 05/15/2021

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 05/16/2021

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

O.C.T: Baker Beach to North Jetty Florence This is a section hike on the Oregon Coast Trail and an overnight at the Sutton Campground Group Camp north of Florence. The plan is to arrive at noon at the Baker Beach Trailhead (44.0876, -124.1182), and explore the area north of Berry Creek and south to Sutton Creek. We will need to walk on the wet sand for plover protection. Late in the afternoon we will check into the campground and have free time for exploration, etc. In the group campsite there is ample room to space tents. A restroom is nearby. The next day the plan is to drive to the Siuslaw North Jetty parking area and everyone park their cars. We will shuttle to the Heceta Beach County Park (or thereabouts), park, walk north about a mile to the Sutton Creek mouth then south back to our cars (about 3.5 miles this day). We should leave Florence around 2pm to allow ample time to return home. This trip is exploratory so please be flexible.

The overnight fee is $13/person and includes up to 6 vehicles. This should be paid to the trip leader. Everyone might need to pitch in a dollar or two for wood if a campfire is allowed. Covid protocols will be in place. The trip leader has been fully immunized for Covid.

  • Event Leader: Hougardy Mark

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 140

  • Season: 2021

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Equipment: tent, food, flashlights, clothing for cool weather, sun protection, etc. Bring your national park passes to have.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 7

  • Member Fees: 2

  • Elevation Gain: 50

  • Non-Member Fees: 10

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Wind! Our hike along Baker Beach was beautiful if a bit windy. The wind did create numerous little sand sculptures that provided endless fascination. Later, venturing to the group campsite next to the creek at Sutton Campground we set up our tents and rested a bit. In the late afternoon, we enjoyed a walk through the woods to the Holman Day Use Area for a view of the dunes. In the evening, the wind quieted and we enjoyed a campfire and saw the stars. The next morning, we car shuttled between the North Jetty (Siuslaw River at Florence) and Heceta Beach County Park. Our beach walk was north to Sutton Creek then south to the North Jetty. Returning to the Heceta Beach County Park parking area we saw the send-off for Shawn Cheshire, a blind athlete who is biking 3,800 miles to the Atlantic Ocean in Virginia.
http://www.shawncheshire.org/

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 8
  • Number of spots available: 3
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Hougardy, Mark 541-206-9532 N 2
2 Signed-Up Hougardy, Christiane 541-914-4556 N 2
3 Signed-Up Tao, Fumiyo 703-774-6662 N 10
4 Signed-Up Bryan, Keiko 541-342-1240 N 2
5 Signed-Up Alexander, Joanna 458-209-7798 N 2