Big Stump Beach is an extension and just south of Patterson Park, or just north of Beachside State Park and is an iconic mark of the Oregon Coast and deemed one of the Coast’s mysteries because it is a redwood stump which is known to be confined to the area south of Brookings.  However it appears this redwood grew here, and people have been visiting it since long before the white settlers arrived.  In fact, the local Native Americans honored the Big Stump with an offering of white stones or shells as they passed by. Google search of "Big Stump Beach" will yield a list of lodgings near this landmark. Everyone, it seems, loves a mystery.

 

If you look south from Patterson park the silhouette of the Big Stump appears to look like two people, but as you approach you’ll fin a weathered and hollowed out stump.  A great backdrop for a family photo, or crawl up in the stump for another shot.  Lab testing has shown that the tree has been through several earthquakes and tsunamis over the centuries. 

 

Access to this beach, if you’re not staying at a lodging host right in front of the stump is a mile walk south from Patterson Park or a mile north of Beachside State Park.  A shorter walk to Big stump beach can be accessed by a steep trail off of Hwy 101 from a pullout. 

 

After big storms buoys and treasures can be found washed up on beaches, and your lodging host has found an inordinate amount of treasures on Big Stump Beach.  The rule is that if it washes up, you can take it so it doesn’t get tangled on sea life.  The exception is beach and drift wood. 

No Public bathrooms with running water;

No Picnic tables and multiple beach access;

Dog friendly;

Sand-dunes and sandy shores;

Fishing allowed from shore

No parking.

Walking Directions (at low tide):  Walk south one mile from Patterson Park or north one mile from Beachside State Park.  There are several lodging hosts directly in front of Big Stump Beach, which will allow private access.