Posted Mar 7, 2024 - Sandlake Road north of Cape Kiwanda near McPhillips Beach access and south of the Tierra Del Mar beach access is open to one lane of traffic with an automated stop light regulating traffic. Visitors traveling this route should expect a small delay. The Tillamook County Road Department continues to work towards a solution to resume two-way traffic in the future.
About Clay Myers State Natural Area at Whalen Island
A virtually untouched coastal estuarine ecosystem bounded by the Sand Creek estuary — mixed woodland, grassland, fresh and saltwater wetland and a rare native dune sedgeland. It joined the park system in 2000, the first major addition paid for from the lottery-backed Parks and Natural Resource Fund.