About the Bob Creek Rocky Shore Area
Description
The rocky shoreline at Bob Creek is located approximately four miles south of Yachats in Lane County, Oregon. |
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Designation
The beaches and rocky shores of Oregon are part of Oregon’s Ocean Shore Recreation Area. |
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Key Resources
Intertidal communities and a small seabird colony on nearby cliffs. |
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What can you do here?
Typical use associated with this section of the rocky shore includes tidepooling, scientific research, schoolgroup fieldtrips, mussel harvesting, and rock fishing from shore. |
Getting to the Rocky shore at Bob Creek
Access is via Bob Creek wayside, a southern parcel of Neptune State Scenic Viewpoint, which is approximately four miles south of Yachats. A short trail leads down from the parking area to the beach.
Public Access Option 1 for Bob Creek Rocky Shore
Who Owns this Site? Submerged and submersible (intertidal) lands: Division of State Lands; beach and the majority of upland areas: Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) as Bob Creek, (part of Neptune), with the remainder of the uplands in private ownership. |
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Who Manages this Site?
Bob Creek is part of Neptune State Scenic Viewpoint, which is part of the OPRD central coast (Area 3) Management Area, and the Beachside Management Unit. The beaches and rocky shores of Oregon are part of Oregon’s Ocean Shore Recreation Area, which is managed by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. |
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Data for the Bob Creek Rocky Shore
[1 Records Listed]
Bob Creek Rocky Shore GIS Data |
Data Layer |
Source |
Scale |
Year |
Download |
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ODFW |
100,000 |
2008 |
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[1 Records Listed]
Information compiled by Laurel Hillmann, NOAA Coastal Management Fellow, OPRD |