Field Trip: Beaver Creek State Natural Area and Ona Beach in Newport
August 16 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Sunday, August 16, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Field Trip: Beaver Creek State Natural Area and Ona Beach in Newport
Leaders: Ann Geyer and Alexandria Kurowski
Join the NPSO Midcoast Initiative and the Corvallis chapter to escape the late-summer heat with a field trip to a unique and diverse set of plant habitats! We’ll start the morning observing various wetland plant species on a brief hike through the Beaver Creek area south of Newport, Oregon. After lunch, we’ll travel over to Ona Beach across Highway 101 to see coastal plants and the ocean!
Please note that the hike has changed locations and length from previous years. At Beaver Creek, we’ll meet at the visitor’s center, then carpool to the South Beaver Creek Road entrance, where we’ll take the 2-mile Beaver Creek Loop. Afterwards, we’ll drive over to Ona Beach parking area and walk to the beach from there, about another 0.3 miles. There is very minimal elevation gain.
Please bring lunch and water, dress appropriately for variable weather conditions and potential muddy/wet terrain (could be warm at the marsh and windy and cold at the beach), and I’d suggest bringing binoculars if you have an interest in birdwatching.
We will meet at the Oregon State University, Wilkinson Hall parking lot (44.569, -123.281) southwest of Java Crew coffee shop, at 26th and Monroe in Corvallis at 9:00 am. An alternative meetup location is at the Beaver Creek Visitor’s Center at 11:00 am. We are limiting this field trip to 20 attendees. To sign up for this field trip, please fill out this form: https://www.npso-midcoast.org/event-details/field-trip-beaver-creek-state-natural-area-and-ona-beach-in-newport-2
