The Oyster River Nature Park is a great place to go for a walk, you have the river on one side and the farm fields on the other side. There are some awesome trails that wander through some very nice trees. You will find Douglas Fir, Big Leave Maple, Western Cedar, Red Alder, Western Hemlock, and a variety of shrubs and flowers. Along the banks of the river, you can see a few giant Cottonwood trees and during the spring there are many white and pink lilies and if you look hard, you can see some tiger lilies.
Many kinds of ducks can be seen flying over the river or floating in the river, and in the estuary, there are large flocks of gulls, Bald Eagles and if you are lucky, you could see deer and out at sea you can see seals and sea lions. The river has a great salmon spawn of Coho, Pink, Chum, and Chinook. Hikers often continue to hike along woodhus slough and end their walk at salmon point.
The beach out in front of salmon point has a great setup for waves when it’s windy, and you can usually see them out riding the waves. The pond behind the trail always has plenty of ducks, herons, and songbirds that you can see, it’s a great bird watching area.
Hello You have a sign at Salmon Point Regarding The Oyster River Nature Park Trail improvement that should be done. Our suggestion is that small loose gravel be compacted on the trail, so that elderly people with Canes can walk on it . Right now it is a lot of large bolders to navigate which is not good for the elderly. Hope this can be done.