State of Oregon Visual Resource Inventory Baseline Report Three Arch Rocks from Cape Meares Viewpoint Oregon Coastal Management Program Dept. of Land Conservation and Development State of Oregon Abstract: The public process to amend Oregon’s Territorial Sea Plan for marine renewable energy resulted in a flood of public comments related to potential adverse impacts to important aesthetic resources. Oregon’s statewide ocean planning goal, Goal 19, also recognizes aesthetics as one of the existing beneficial uses that should be protected. The state has since adopted a framework for visual resource management that includes the conduct of a visual resource scenic quality inventory, adoption of visual class standards, and the determination of how the standards will be applied in a regulatory process. 143 locations were surveyed during the scenic quality evaluation process, for use in determining visual resource class values. Those values, applied to their associated viewsheds and adopted standards will help Oregonians understand the potential impacts of any new proposed development. This report establishes the Visual Resources Inventory Assessment baseline at the time the Territorial Sea Plan Part Five was amended. The sites are presented in this document from the north to the south. Last Updated 4/5/2013 Page | 1 Contents Fort Stevens State Park, Columbia River South Jetty Viewpoint ............................................................................................................................... 8 Fort Stevens State Park, Peter Iredale ................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Delaura Beach .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 10 Sunset Beach, State Recreation Site, End of Fort to Sea Trail ................................................................................................................................... 11 Sunset Beach ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Del Ray Beach, State Recreation Site .................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Gearhart Beach Access ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 14 Seaside 12th Avenue Beach Access ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 The Cove, Seaside ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Ecola State Park, Tillamook Head Trail Viewpoint ....................................................................................................................................................... 17 Ecola Point Viewpoint .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 View Point Terrace, Cannon Beach ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Tolovana Beach, State Recreation Site ............................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Arcadia Beach, State Recreation Site .................................................................................................................................................................................. 21 Hug Point, State Recreation Site ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Leech Avenue, Arch Cape ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 23 Cove Beach .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Oswald West State Park, Cape Falcon Viewpoint .......................................................................................................................................................... 25 Oswald West State Park, Day-Use (Short Sands) ........................................................................................................................................................... 26 Oswald West State Park, Historic Highway Lookout ................................................................................................................................................... 27 Manzanita ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Nehalem Bay State Park, Day Use ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 29 Manhattan Beach, State Recreation Site ........................................................................................................................................................................... 30 Rockaway Beach ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Last Updated 4/5/2013 Page | 2 Twin Rocks, State Natural Site .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 32 Barview Co. Park, Tillamook River North Jetty .............................................................................................................................................................. 33 Bay Ocean (Cape Meares) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Cape Meares, State Scenic Viewpoint, Wildlife Viewing Deck (Cove) ................................................................................................................... 35 Cape Meares, State Scenic Viewpoint, Lighthouse Viewpoint .................................................................................................................................. 36 Cape Meares, State Scenic Viewpoint, View South ........................................................................................................................................................ 37 Oceanside Beach, State Recreation Site ............................................................................................................................................................................. 38 Symons, State Scenic Viewpoint, Beach Access Viewpoint ........................................................................................................................................ 39 Cape Lookout State Park, Headland trail, View North ................................................................................................................................................. 40 Cape Lookout State Park, End of Headland Trail, View South .................................................................................................................................. 41 Tierra del Mar .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 42 Cape Kiwanda, McPhillips Beach Access ........................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Pacific City, Beach Access ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 44 Bob Straub State Park, Day Use Area ................................................................................................................................................................................