The Lighthouses of Oregon

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This page currently shows the beginning of Lighthouses of Oregon.  Index data (on the left below) comes from List of ALL Existing U.S. Lighthouses by Bob and Sandra Shanklin.  I am very grateful to Lighthouse Friends for their excellent data on location and directions to lights.  Each lighthouse is linked to (in our editorial opinion) the best reference site for that light.

OR 1 Warrior Rock
latitude 45° 50' 54.9" N longitude 122° 47' 18.1" W

The lighthouse can be reached quickly via a 0.2 mile boat ride from the riverfront marina in Saint Helens. Otherwise, you can drive to the northern part of Sauvie Island and hike three miles to the light.

Photo courtesy Jodi Wright [Webshots]

OR 2 Tillamook Rock Tillamook Rock
latitude 45° 56' 14.6" N longitude 124° 1' 9.9" W

From Highway 101 just north of Cannon Beach, exit west on Beach Loop. After 0.3 miles turn right on 5th Street and drive 0.15 miles to Ecola Park Road. Turn right on Ecola Park Road and follow it to Ecola State Park where the best land-based views of the lighthouse can be found.

Photo courtesy Dan photoman [Flickr]

OR 3 Cape Meares
latitude 45° 29' 11.1" N longitude 123° 58' 40.5" W

From Tillamook, take 3rd Street, also known as Netarts Highway, west to Bayocean Road. Proceed north on Bayocean Road around Tillamook Bay. The road will turn south and become Cape Meares Loop Road, part of the Three Capes Scenic Loop. Roughly 2.2 miles after the road turns south, you will find Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint where the lighthouse is located.

Photo courtesy procyon27 [Webshots]

OR 4 Yaquina Head
latitude 44° 40' 36.6" N longitude 124° 4' 45.6" W

From Highway 101 in Agate Beach, three miles north of Newport, turn west on Lighthouse Drive and follow it to the lighthouse.

Photo courtesy Max Anderson [Flickr]

OR 5 Yaquina Bay
latitude 44° 37' 26,9" N longitude 124° 3' 36.7" W

Take the first exit north of the Yaquina Bay Bridge on Highway 101 in Newport and proceed west into Yaquina Bay State Park, where the lighthouse is located atop a small hill.

Photo courtesy Max Anderson [Flickr]

OR 6 Heceta Head photo Heceta Head
latitude 44° 8' 14.6" N longitude 124° 7' 40.7" W

Roughly eleven miles north of Florence, turn off of Highway 101 into the Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint. After paying a nominal entrance fee, you can hike up the hill to the keeper's quarters and lighthouse.

Photo courtesy aubuctl [Webshots]

OR 7 Umpqua River

Just under a mile south of Winchester Bay, take Lighthouse Road west 0.7 miles from Highway 101 to the lighthouse.  Tours of Umpqua River Lighthouse are offered May 1 through October 30. Call (541) 271-4631 for current schedules and information.

Photo courtesy Mike Weissenborn [Flickr]

OR 8 Cape Blanco photo Cape Blanco
latitude 42° 50' 13.6" N longitude 124° 33' 49.2" W

From Highway 101, 4.5 miles north of Port Orford or 8.5 miles south of Langlois, turn west on Cape Blanco Road and follow it to its end at the lighthouse. The lighthouse is open Thursday through Monday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. from the month of April through October.

Photo courtesy KelliMays [Webshots]

OR 9 Cape Arago
latitude 43° 20' 28.4" N longitude 124° 22' 31.5" W

Located on Chief's Island just off a section of the Oregon coast roughly 10 miles southwest of Coos Bay.  From Highway 101 in Coos Bay, take Newmark Street west. Newmark Street will become Cape Arago Highway. Follow Cape Arago Highway to Sunset Bay State Park. Shortly after you pass the entrance to the camping area and before you reach Shore Acres, there will be a pullout area on your right from which you can get a distant view of the lighthouse.

Photo courtesy elizabea237 [Webshots]

OR 10 Coquille River
latitude 43° 7' 26.3" N longitude 124° 25' 27.5" W

From Highway 101 just over two miles north of Bandon, turn west into Bullards Beach State Park and follow Park Road to where it ends at the Coquille River.

Photo courtesy Jim Akerlun [Flickr]

OR 11 Cleft of the Rock
latitude 44° 17' 1.3" N longitude 124° 6' 40.1" W

On Highway 101, travel to the turnout near milepost 166, 1.8 miles south of Yachats.

Photo courtesy Joerg Gebauer [Flickr]

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OR 12 Pelican Bay (Port of Brookings) Built by Bill and JoAnn Cady in 1990, the lighthouse was activated after both house and tower were relocated to their present location in 1997. Located on a bluff overlooking the port of Brookings-Harbor in Harbor.

If you've read this far, you've probably figured out that I personally have not visited any of the lights on this page.  If you have done so, and have updates to this page, please contact me so we can fix things.

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