List of lighthouses in Oregon

This is a list of current and former lighthouses in Oregon.

Name Image Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Height
Cape Arago Light Coos Bay 43.34123°N 124.37543°W / 43.34123; -124.37543 (Cape Arago Light) 1866 (First)
1934 (Current)		 1966 2006
(Now tribal land)		 None 044 44 ft (13 m)
Cape Blanco Light Port Orford 42.8365897°N 124.5633023°W / 42.8365897; -124.5633023 (Cape Blanco Light) 1870 1980 Active Second-order Fresnel 059 59 ft (18 m)
Cape Meares Light Oceanside
(Cape Meares)		 45.486556°N 123.978389°W / 45.486556; -123.978389 (Cape Meares Light) 1890[1] Never
(Replaced in 1963)		 1963
(Replacement light
deactivated in 2014.[2])		 First-order Fresnel 038 38 ft (12 m)[3]
Cleft of the Rock Light Yachats 44.290479°N 124.110773°W / 44.290479; -124.110773 (Cleft of the Rock Light) 1976[4] Always Active Fourth-order Fresnel 034 34 ft (10 m)
Coquille River Light Bandon 43.123911°N 124.424222°W / 43.123911; -124.424222 (Coquille River Light) 1896 Never
(Relit in 1991)		 1939 Decorative 040 40 ft (12 m)
Desdemona Sands Light Astoria 46.22528°N 123.95361°W / 46.22528; -123.95361[5] 1901 1934 1965
(Demolished)		 None 048 48 ft (15 m)
Heceta Head Light Florence 44.13737°N 124.127835°W / 44.13737; -124.127835 (Heceta Head Light) 1894 1963 Active First-order Fresnel 056 56 ft (17 m)
Pelican Bay Light
(aka: Port of Brookings Light[6]		 Brookings 42.04175°N 124.26279°W / 42.04175; -124.26279 (Port of Brookings Light) 1997
(Private light)		 Always Active Unknown 035 35 ft (11 m)
Point Adams Light Astoria 46.188333°N 123.977778°W / 46.188333; -123.977778 (Point Adams Light (former)) 1875 Always 1899
(Demolished in 1912)		 None 049 49 ft (15 m)
Tillamook Rock Light Seaside
(Tillamook Head)		 45.9375°N 124.019°W / 45.9375; -124.019 (Tillamook Rock Light) 1881[7] Never 1957[8] None 062 62 ft (19 m)
Umpqua River Light Winchester Bay 43.662291°N 124.198476°W / 43.662291; -124.198476 (Umpqua River Light) 1857 (First)
1894 (Current)		 1966 Active First-order Fresnel 061 61 ft (19 m)
Warrior Rock Light Sauvie Island 45.84858°N 122.78835°W / 45.84858; -122.78835 (Warrior Rock Light) 1877 (First)
1970s (Current)		 1930 Active Unknown 025 25 ft (7.6 m)
Willamette River Light Portland 45.65301°N 122.76300°W / 45.65301; -122.76300 1895 1935 1950s
(Burned down)		 None Unknown
Yaquina Bay Light Newport 44.62415°N 124.06290°W / 44.62415; -124.06290 (Yaquina Bay Light) 1871 1996
(Relit)		 Active
(Inactive: 1874–1996)		 250mm 051 51 ft (16 m)
Yaquina Head Light Newport 44.676778°N 124.079417°W / 44.676778; -124.079417 (Yaquina Head Light) 1873[9] 1966[9] Active First-order Fresnel 093 93 ft (28 m)

See also

References
  1. "Historic Light Station Information & Photography: Oregon". U.S. Coast Guard. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  2. "Weather or Not: Go Fly A Kite - www.newslincolncounty.com June 28, 2014".
  3. "Oregon Coast Lighthouses" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  4. Young, Don; Young, Marjorie (2009). Adventure Guide to the Pacific Northwest. Edison, New Jersey: Hunter Publishing. p. 107. ISBN 1-58843-131-2.
  5. "Desdemona Sands Light". Placenames.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  6. "Oregon Almanac: Hydropower Projects to State Motto". Oregon Blue Book. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  7. Cowan, Ron (April 30, 2005). "Loud past, quiet future". Statesman Journal. Salem, Oregon. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  8. Yardley, William (October 24, 2007). "Terrible Tillie, Where the Departed Rest Not Quite in Peace". The New York Times. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  9. "Yaquina Head Lighthouse". Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
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