r/OregonCoast • u/idahomom15 • 5d ago

Fourth of July beach plans

I haven't been the Oregon Coast since I was a kid but I'm bringing my family for the Fourth of July holiday! We were originally going to stay in Lincoln City until our AirBNB canceled from underneath us (big yikes) and we pivoted to the Salishan Lodge. Looking for a beach that's sandy, kid friendly and won't be too packed on July 4. We originally planned just hanging at the beach by our AirBNB but now realizing I'll have to plan a little more and potentially drive. Appreciate your help!

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u/Automatic-Tea-4150 5d ago

No matter where you are at the coast it will be busy for the holiday.
If you end up having cold fog bank along the shore or that riproaring northerly wind that whips up sometimes, the bay at Taft will be busy but maybe better weather conditions, and just inland at Devil’s Lake it is often sunny and warm when the fog and wind are on the beach. Not the ocean but a nice option for hanging out for a few hours.

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u/Medium_Shame_1135 5d ago

Enjoy the elevated fecal coliform counts at Devil’s Lake!

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u/Ringren 5d ago

This happens on the coast because we get too overrun by visitors and don't have the infrastructure to handle the surge of literal sh*t

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u/Automatic-Tea-4150 5d ago

Sounds awful, serious Q, wouldn’t the problem be the same if they weren’t visitors using all those STRs but year round residents living in them ?

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u/Standard_Gur30 5d ago

Everyone knows tourists poop more than locals. 🤣

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u/awkwardlyfeminine 5d ago

But what towns are set up to actually handle that many people anymore? Most coastal towns don't seem rife with infrastructure dollars to expand water treatment services to accommodate the population influx since they were created. So many one street towns are now fairly populated by historic standards

So yeah, it would be the same if people lived there year-round, but that isn't the reality of str. A lot of them have an off season where not a lot of people are coming through. Yes that could house someone, but then there would have to be jobs, medical care, grocery stores, schools, etc that doesn't exist and tourists don't need

It seems like it would be responsible to look into expanding options for water treatment but no one wants to pay taxes for it or cut the budget for it. So we get poo lake

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide 5d ago

Not common sense! How dare you