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Moolack Beach (also Moolack Shores), located at 44°42′00″N 124°03′50″W / 44.700°N 124.064°W,[1][2] is a stretch of coastline along the central Oregon coast at and just north of Newport in Lincoln County. The name derives from an American Indian native language word for "elk". The area is rich with geologic history[3] and contains petrified tree stumps, most buried beneath the sands but some visibly poking above, that are thousands of years old.[4][5][6]
Climate/Weather
Moolack Beach reaches high temperatures in the 60's in the summer months and nights in the 40's. During winter, temperatures are usually in the 50's and 30's, respectively. December experiences the greatest amount of Moolack's significant precipitation, while July is driest.[2]
Recreational activities
Moolack Beach offers a variety of outdoor activities, including:[2][7]
Local attractions
Nearby attractions include:[8]
- Agate Beach Golf Course
- Marine Discovery Tours
- Mariner's Square (including Ripley's Believe It or Not, WaxWorks, and Undersea Gardens)
- Mark O. Hatfield Marine Science Center
- Newport Performing Arts Center
- Newport Visual Arts Center
- Oregon Coast Aquarium
- Oregon Coast History Center
- Rogue Ales Microbrewery
- Yaquina Head and Yaquina Bay Lighthouses
See also
- Newport, Oregon
- Oregon Coast Aquarium
- Oregon Coast
- Pacific Northwest
- West Coast of the United States
References
- ^ Brainygeography.com "Moolack Beach Oregon"
- Latitude: 44.7, Longitude: -124.06417
- (Link/source last verified 12 January 2008)
- ^ a b c Going Outside: Beaches "Moolack Beach, Lincoln County, Oregon"
- There's plenty of outdoors recreation available nearby such as swimming, whitewater paddling, hiking, golf, boating, and fishing, so there's no way to get bored.
- The summer months at Moolack Beach come with high temperatures in the 60's. When the night sets in temperatures get down into the 40's. During the winter months highs are in the 50's and overnight lows at Moolack Beach in winter usually get into the 30's. Plenty of precipitation falls at Moolack Beach, the month with most of the rain is December, July meanwhile is the driest month.
- Coordinates: Latitude: 44.7, Longitude: -124.0642
- (Link/source last verified 12 January 2008)
- ^ Newport News Times, "Discovering coastal fossils, minerals and strange stumps" by Jason Evans Of the News-Times. Posted: Jan 10, 2007 - 09:25:17 PST
- Exploring Moolack beach with Oregon's fossil guru, Guy DiTorrice, is an adventure in geologic history.
- Among petrified woods, common at Moolack Beach, is Teredo wood, which is named for the signature Teredo clam-bored holes. Other petrified woods include "softwood species of pines and some hardwoods, including alder, myrtlewood, and oak, as well as petrified palm," DiTorrice said.
- The Holocene Epoch is the current epoch and began 10,000 years ago. The rooted stumps that remain likely belonged to trees living approximately 4,500 years old. Several such stumps are currently visible at Moolack Beach.
- (Link/source last verified 11 January 2008)
- ^ Oregon Coast Beach Connection "Ocean Takes Out Chunk of Central Oregon Coast Cliff"
- There are 4,000-year-old tree stumps buried beneath the sands at this part of Moolack Beach
- "Lots of nice rock showing at Moolack - north of the motel, or turn right after getting onto the beach there," he said.
- (Link/source last verified 11 January 2008)
- ^ Los Angeles Times "Oregon's novel nirvana" by Cherilyn Parsons, Special to The Times. May 7, 2006
- Moolack Beach, farther north, has a petrified forest beneath it, and sometimes the treetops poke through.
- (Link/source last verified 12 January 2008)
- ^ Oregon Coast Beach Connection "Unusual and Unpleasant Unearthed by Oregon Coast Surf"
- There are also similar structures buried beneath the sand at Newport’s Moolack and Beverly beaches, which have not yet been exposed this year. They too are believed to be 4,000 years old.
- (Link/source last verified 11 January 2008)
- ^ Google Books "Moon Coastal Oregon" (Second Edition) by Elizabeth Morris, Mark Morris. Page 110
- Moolack Beach, two miles north of Yaquina Head, is a favorite with kite flyers and agate hunters
- Nearby Moolack Beach and the beach at Seal Rock, north of Waldport, as well as area estuaries and streambeds, are more spots worth a look October-May.
- (Link/source last verified 12 January 2008)
- ^ Moolack Shores Motel, "Local Attractions"
External links
- City of Newport, Oregon
- Get to Know Newport, Oregon
- Moolack Shores Motel
- ABC News "Outside Magazine's Top 10 Beach Getaways" 7. Oregon: Newport, South Beach State Park/Kite flying and Whale Watching
- 750 KXL Radio "Moolack Beach"
- Albany Democrat-Herald "Part 14: Lighthouse at the end of the tunnel" Saturday, January 12, 2008
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