Strawberry Hill Wayside - Coastal Charm in Rugged Landscape!

Strawberry Hill Wayside is a secluded part of Neptune State Scenic Viewpoint stretching for 0.6 miles from one seawall to another. A bluff-top wayside offers parking spaces, picnic tables, and a stunning panoramic view of the endless ocean with powerful waves crashing on the rocky shore.

A walkway down from the parking area with some stairs leads to a rock terrace jutting into the ocean. From this point, you can go for beachcombing on the left to the northern cove-shaped small beach or on the right to a longer but narrower shoreline. This rugged beach features volcanic ledges, caves, cobbles, and sand.

Strawberry Hill is one of the best Oregon spots to explore the coastal landscape with basalt ledges and caves. Here you can catch a whale spouting off in a distance and observe harbor seals on rocks. Also, this site is known for its gorgeous tide pools full of anemones, sea stars, and other sea creatures. Make sure to explore this beach at low tides, do not get caught down by the incoming tides.

Agate Hunting

The beach of Strawberry Hill is located in the heart of the prime agate collecting area that stretches from Yachats for 6 miles south to Carl G. Washburne Memorial State Park. Just like other beaches of the Central Oregon Coast, expect to find agate, jasper, petrified wood, fossil shells, and other interesting rocks. Because this place is a marine reserve, please, stick to surface collecting.

Check Rules and Rockhounding Regulation for Oregon Coast and 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.

Note: A permit is required to collect vertebrate fossils.

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

Attention Fellow Beachgoers

Unfortunately, our beautiful Pacific North West 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 difference long term.

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