Sunset Beach State Recreation Site, State recreation site on the Pacific coast in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States
Sunset Beach State Recreation Site is a 120-acre state park on the Clatsop Plains in Clatsop County, Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The photograph shows a grassy mound with a worn dirt path, bare white-barked trees on the crest, scattered dead brush, and a line of dark green conifers behind.
Sunset Beach State Recreation Site is a 120-acre park in Clatsop County, Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. It lies on the Clatsop Plains along the Pacific Ocean. In February 2024 a 46-foot male fin whale, underweight and entangled in rope, washed onto the beach; it was only the second fin whale recorded ashore in the state in 30 years.
The park lies on the Clatsop Plains, a coastal strip named for the Clatsop people who lived along this part of the Oregon coast. It is administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department as one of the state's recreation sites, and visitors today use the 120-acre beach and dune area for walking and shore activities.
The park covers 120 acres of Clatsop Plains beachfront along the Pacific Ocean, reached from Warrenton in Clatsop County. The photograph shows a worn dirt path climbing a grassy mound toward bare white-barked trees backed by dark conifers, so expect uneven, unmarked footing rather than a boardwalk. Check conditions before walking the beach.
In February 2024, a 46-foot male fin whale washed onto the beach, underweight and entangled in rope. It was only the second fin whale recorded ashore in Oregon in 30 years. NOAA asked visitors to stay away while a necropsy was carried out.
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