Rockaway Beach

Registration: Silver Sands Motel, 215 S. Pacific Street, Rockaway Beach, Oregon

Directions: Hwy 101 to Rockaway Beach. Turn on 2nd Street toward the ocean. Motel is on the hill next to the beach. Ask for the walk registration materials at the front desk.

Remote Start: Register at Silver Sands, then drive 2 blocks to start either walk. NO pets in registration area.

Event Info: Daily, dawn to dusk. Event YRE #1702 consists of 3 loops. Town loop is 10km, rated 1+, with a 2 km option, rated 3. The two 10 km beach loops are rated 1. Choose your distance and your route. Restroom at walk start point. None along the beach loops. Restroom may be available during the summer at the City Park on the Town Loop. Carry water.

The town route is nearly flat, on city streets, sidewalks and country roads through a quiet, resort beach community. Route passes a 'red caboose', currently used as a Visitor Information Center. A short stretch parallels the Port of Tillamook Bay railroad tracks, (excursion train operates during summer between Garibaldi and Rockaway Beach). A 2km option ascends a long steep hill for a magnificent ocean vista.

The other two 10km options are on the Pacific Ocean beach. Walk north 5k and return, and/or south 5k and return. Recommend carrying plastic bags to put over your shoes to cross small streams that drain into the ocean. Great beachcombing, especially after a storm. The south 5k qualifies for the WOC 4A's (arches) because of the view of Twin Rocks.

Do NOT walk on the beach during inclement weather. Read and heed posted beach cautions and rules.