About the Ocean Lake Intertidal Rocky Shore Area
Description
The Ocean Lake intertidal area is a small section of rocky shore to the north of the D River in Lincoln City, Lincoln 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
Easily accessible intertidal habitat including colonies of aggregating anemones and mussel beds. |
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What can you do here?
This is a very heavily used and popular beach with recreational uses ranging from beachcombing to surfing, kite flying, sightseeing, recreational collecting of intertidal organisms and tidepooling. |
Getting to the Rocky shore at Ocean Lake Intertidal
Access is afforded from several access points maintained by Lincoln City or to the south of Ocean Lake at the D River State Recreation Site (although you will need to cross the river outlet on the beach).
 Public Access Option 1 for Ocean Lake Intertidal Rocky Shore
Public Access Option 2 for Ocean Lake Intertidal Rocky Shore
Who Owns this Site?
Submerged and intertidal lands: Division of State Lands; beach: Oregon Parks and Recreation Department; offshore rocks above MHW: the US Fish and Wildlife Service; the upland is in private ownership (residential and commercial), except for D River State Recreation Site to the south which is owned by Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. |
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Who Manages this Site?
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department manages the Ocean Shore and D River State Recreation Site(SRS) for general recreational uses. D River State Recreation Site is part of OPRD Area 1 and the Beverley Beach Management Unit. |
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Data for the Ocean Lake Intertidal Rocky Shore
[2 Records Listed]
Ocean Lake Intertidal Rocky Shore GIS Data |
Data Layer |
Source |
Scale |
Year |
Download |
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USGS |
24,000 |
1994 |
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USGS |
24,000 |
1984 |
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[2 Records Listed]
Information compiled by Laurel Hillmann, NOAA Coastal Management Fellow, OPRD |
