I had never been to Longnook Beach, or even heard of it, until I read a post about it a couple of weeks ago. We decided to go and find it.  Looking down from the high dunes, it is a gorgeous beach. Wow! (Click on blog link for other photos.)

There are cement barriers that block cars from entering the parking lot. It makes sense since the beach is no longer accessible because erosion has made the dunes much too steep.

You can see from the sign driving in that the beach is closed.