Beverly Beach State Park - A Haven for Beachcombing and Hiking

Just six miles north of Newport, Beverly Beach State Park is an ideal destination for hiking, beachcombing, and enjoying the great outdoors on the Oregon Coast.

This picturesque beach stretches 1.5 miles from Otter Rock and Devils Punchbowl to Spencer Creek, marking the boundary between Beverly and Moolack Beaches. The area offers fantastic opportunities for tidepool exploring, rockhounding, and whale watching.

The park features one of Oregon's largest campgrounds and a spacious parking area with a walkway under the highway bridge along Spencer Creek.

Beverly Beach is known for its rare "ghost forest"—ancient tree stumps preserved beneath the sand for 1,000 to 7,000 years. Storms and strong winds occasionally shift the sand, revealing these prehistoric remains.

Beverly Beach is a marine reserve, and fishing is not allowed.

Note: Beverly Beach is a marine reserve, and fishing is prohibited.

Beverly Beach Hiking

Moolack Beach, an extension of Beverly Beach, offers five miles of uninterrupted shoreline from Devil's Punchbowl State Natural Area at Otter Rock to Yaquina Head. The coastline features cascading cliffs, bluffs, and dramatic rock formations, making it a scenic route for beachcombing and hiking.

The southern edge of Moolack Beach at Schooner Point and Starfish is accessible only at low tide.

In addition to the beach, explore the 1.5-mile forest loop trail beginning at the Spencer Creek parking area. This easy year-round trail winds through a beautiful wooded landscape.

Beverly Beach Rockhounding

The beach is a hotspot for rock collectors, with agates, jasper, and petrified wood being the most common finds. However, sand covers most minerals during summer, making winter the best season for rockhounding. Storms and high tides expose coastal treasures, especially in gravel bars, which often yield larger specimens.

The area is also rich in marine fossils, including shells and vertebrate remains. However, collecting vertebrate fossils requires a special permit, and digging tools, rock picks, and metal detectors are prohibited in Oregon State Parks.

The best time for rock hunting is between November and April when winter storms and king tides remove top layers of sand.

Cautions: Beware of changing tides, rip currents, driftwoods, sneaker waves and never turn your back to the ocean.

Beverly Beach’s creek-side campground offers a variety of options to choose from. You can pick among 53 full hook-up sites (27 of those even got cable TV!), 76 electrical sites with water, 128 tent sites, 21 yurts, and more!

The campground provides everything you need to enjoy your stay at this fantastic Pacific beach spot. It offers flush toilets, showers, firewood for sale, an RV dump station, playground, picnic shelters you can reserve for your events, and more. Make your reservation at least 6 months in advance through Oregon State Parks.

Numerous lodging and vacation rentals are available just two miles north of Newport for those who prefer a more comfortable stay.

Lodging in Newport

Affordable vacation rentals for short and long term stay in Newport

Attention Fellow Beachgoers

Unfortunately, our beautiful Pacific Northwest beaches are stained with trash, especially plastic. We at Oregon Discovery, as well as other unaffiliated groups of nature lovers, made a commitment to do our part in keeping our beaches clean, but we need your help too!

Every time you go out to enjoy nature at your favorite spot, please bring a garbage bag or two and help us pick up garbage. Even picking up a little bit here and there will make a huge long-term difference.

Please help us save our beautiful nature for generations to come!