Nehalem Bay State Park
About
Nehalem Bay State Park is a state park in Oregon, about 2.3 miles from the town of Manzanita. The land is managed as city land. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from the nearby Tillamook weather station show July and August highs around 68 to 69°F with only about seven wet days a month, while winter months bring highs in the low 50s and rain on most days. Several other outings sit close by. Loop A Washrooms, a mountain biking spot, is about a mile away. The Elk Run Trail and the Nehalem River Dike Trail are both within about 3 miles, and paddlers can head to Foley Creek, roughly 4.3 miles off.
Park size
881 acres
Inside this park
Location
Nehalem Bay State Park
Oregon
Data source: USGS PAD-US 4.1 (Protected Areas Database, public domain)
Facts about this place
When to go
Best time to go: May–Oct. The mildest months here, with typical highs of 61–69°F and lows of 43–50°F.
Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Tillamook, OR weather station, 16 mi away. High / low in °F.
- Jan52° high37° low
- Feb53° high36° low
- Mar55° high37° low
- Apr57° high39° low
- May61° high44° low
- Jun64° high48° low
- Jul68° high50° low
- Aug69° high50° low
- Sep68° high47° low
- Oct63° high43° low
- Nov56° high39° low
- Dec51° high36° low
Where it is
- Nehalem Bay State Park · State park
- Nearest town
- Manzanita, Oregon · 2.3 mi
- Managed by
- City Land
Nearby
- Loop A WashroomsMountain biking1.1 mi
Elk Run TrailHikingPhoto: dogplusplus, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)2.8 mi- Nehalem River Dike TrailHikingPhoto: dogplusplus, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)3 mi
Headwaters TrailHikingPhoto: Sam Beebe/Ecotrust, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)3.9 mi- Foley CreekCanoeing4.3 mi
- Short Sand CreekCanoeing6.1 mi
- Coal CreekCanoeing7.9 mi
Miami RiverCanoeingPhoto: Finetooth, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)8.1 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
