# 57717: Subject: Buxton Point (Cape Point), North Carolina

Submitted by Gerry, BFHP

• Fished on 4/14/2009
• Report received: 4/14/2009

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The National Park Service has closed access to the Point. This is about 3 to 4 weeks earlier then last year.

Similar to last years closure the NPS picked the narrowest section of the beach approaching the Point and closed off a small section of it. This stops all access to the Point by off-road vehicles.

The official reason for this closure is:

"On April 14, 2009, approximately 0.2 of a mile south of Ramp 44 along the ocean shoreline, National Park Service staff observed American Oystercatcher breeding behavior which resulted in the closure. The width of the beach is very narrow in the area commonly known as “the bypass” and the required consent decree buffer of 150-meters to the north and south resulted in a full beach closure. There currently is not an alternative ORV access route to Cape Point."

Looking over the closed section I could not see any indication of any birds at all.

Gerry is the creator and editor of the Bass Fishing Home Page. He frequently fishs the Virginia's Occoquan Resevoir and Potomac River.