Oceanside Beach State Recreation Site

{{Short description|State park in Oregon, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox park

| name = Oceanside Beach State Recreation Site

| photo = Oceanside Oregon.jpg

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| photo_caption = Beach at Oceanside, Oregon

| map = Oregon#USA

| map_width = 220

| type = Public, state

| location = Tillamook County, Oregon

| nearest_city = Oceanside

| coords = {{coord|45.4609358|N|123.9709636|W|region:US-OR_source:gnis-1135117|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coords_ref = {{cite gnis |id=1135117 |name=Oceanside Beach State Recreation Site |access-date=September 26, 2009}}

| area = {{convert|7.3|acre|ha}}

| created =

| operator = Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

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| status = Day use, open year-round

}}

Oceanside Beach State Recreation Site is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon. Administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, the park is open to the public and is fee-free. Amenities at the site, in the unincorporated community of Oceanside, include picnicking, wildlife watching, fishing, windsurfing, and kite flying. It is not uncommon to see paraglider pilots land at the beach on Southwest wind days during the fall, winter and spring. Beachcombing is popular in summer, and agate hunting is best in winter, when ocean currents remove sand. Oceanside is about {{convert|11|mi|km}} west of Tillamook off U.S. Route 101.{{cite web |title=Oceanside Beach State Recreation Site |publisher=Oregon Parks and Recreation Department |url=http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_182.php |access-date=September 26, 2009}}

The {{convert|7.3|acre|ha|adj=on}} site lies between the Pacific Ocean to the west and homes on a steep slope to the east. Cape Meares is to the north and Netarts Bay and Cape Lookout are to the south. About {{convert|0.5|mi|km|1}} offshore is Three Arch Rocks, part of the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge. It supports breeding colonies of tufted puffins and common murres as well as pigeon guillemots, storm-petrels, cormorants, and other birds. The refuge is also a breeding site for Steller sea lions.{{cite book |last=Bannan |first=Jan |title=Oregon State Parks: A Complete Recreation Guide |edition=2nd |publisher=Mountaineers Books |year=2002 |place=Seattle |pages=96–97 |isbn=0-89886-794-0 }} From Oceanside Beach, visitors can walk north through a man-made tunnel in Maxwell Point to see Tunnel Beach.{{cite web|title=Oceanside Beach to Tunnel Beach in Oceanside Beach State Recreation Site|url=https://www.hikespeak.com/trails/oceanside-beach-hike-tunnel-beach-oregon-coast/|website=hikespeak.com|publisher=Hikespeak|accessdate=July 23, 2021}}