Wade Creek Beach — Attraction in Newport

Nice little beach with a parking area right off highway 101. There's a room for a few cars here, and then there's a semi steep trail that takes you from the parking area down to the beach. It's pretty wide and it's not a terrible hike down, but if you don't do well on slopes just be aware you have to come back up. The beach itself is wide with good views north and then South down the beach toward Yaquina Head and the lighthouse. There's all sorts of cool this to explore here, since like many beaches on the Oregon Coast the beach stretches for miles in either direction. Not the easiest access compared to some of the state parks nearby since you have to hike down, but it's...

We got some of our best Oregon rock finds to date from this beach! There's so much Agate, Jasper and fossils in the gravel bars along the shore there, especially in the places where there were little creeks coming out of the cliffs.

There's a really easy path down to the water, unlike Moolack beach. The beach is also a lot wider here, with several places that have so many cobbles that you can hunt for days and never go through it all. We hit our rock quota of a gallon of rocks every day we went. We even found a couple of (low quality) agates that were the size...

The location shown for the parking lot wasn't quite accurate but we figured it out. My partner has physical disabilities that make hiking/beach access very challenging and he cannot do difficult hikes. He found this place pretty easy to access. The trail to get down to the beach is probably like 200ft long and in good condition. Easiest beach access we've found in the area by far. It was not busy and very nice! We are so glad we...