List of lighthouses in Oregon explained

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	43.3412°N -124.3754°W	1866 (First) 1934 (Current)	1966	2006 (Now tribal land)	None	044 44feet
Cape Blanco Light		Port Orford	42.8366°N -124.5633°W	1870	1980	Active	Second-order Fresnel	059 59feet
Cape Meares Light		Oceanside (Cape Meares)	45.4866°N -123.9784°W	1890^[1]	Never (Replaced in 1963)	1963 (Replacement light deactivated in 2014.^[2])	First-order Fresnel	038 38feet^[3]
Cleft of the Rock Light		Yachats	44.2905°N -124.1108°W	1976^[4]	Always	Active	Fourth-order Fresnel	034 34feet
Coquille River Light		Bandon	43.1239°N -124.4242°W	1896	Never (Relit in 1991)	1939	Decorative	040 40feet
Desdemona Sands Light		Astoria	46.2253°N -123.9536°W^[5]	1901	1934	1965 (Demolished)	None	048 48feet
Heceta Head Light		Florence	44.1374°N -124.1278°W	1894	1963	Active	First-order Fresnel	056 56feet
Pelican Bay Light (aka: Port of Brookings Light^[6]		Brookings	42.0418°N -124.2628°W	1997 (Private light)	Always	Active	Unknown	035 35feet
Point Adams Light		Astoria	46.1883°N -123.9778°W	1875	Always	1899 (Demolished in 1912)	None	049 49feet
Tillamook Rock Light		Seaside (Tillamook Head)	45.9375°N -124.019°W	1881^[7]	Never	1957^[8]	None	062 62feet
Umpqua River Light		Winchester Bay	43.6623°N -124.1985°W	1857 (First) 1894 (Current)	1966	Active	First-order Fresnel	061 61feet
Warrior Rock Light		Sauvie Island	45.8486°N -122.7884°W	1877 (First) 1970s (Current)	1930	Active	Unknown	025 25feet
Willamette River Light		Portland	45.653°N -122.763°W	1895	1935	1950s (Burned down)	None	Unknown
Yaquina Bay Light		Newport	44.6242°N -124.0629°W	1871	1996 (Relit)	Active (Inactive: 1874–1996)	250mm	051 51feet
Yaquina Head Light		Newport	44.6768°N -124.0794°W	1873^[9]	1966	Active	First-order Fresnel	093 93feet

See also

• Lists of Oregon-related topics

External links

• Illustrated map showing location, range, photos, height, visiting hours, etc.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historic Light Station Information & Photography: Oregon. U.S. Coast Guard. November 20, 2014.
2. Web site: Weather or Not: Go Fly A Kite - www.newslincolncounty.com June 28, 2014 . January 10, 2018 . November 29, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129034653/http://www.newslincolncounty.com/archives/117871 . dead .
3. Web site: Oregon Coast Lighthouses. 2. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. January 2, 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141228132745/http://www.oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=main.loadFile&load=_siteFiles%2Fpublications%2F2013Lighthouse.pdf. December 28, 2014.
4. Book: Young, Don . Young, Marjorie . 107. Edison, New Jersey. Hunter Publishing. 2009. Adventure Guide to the Pacific Northwest. 978-1-58843-131-8.
5. Web site: Desdemona Sands Light. Placenames.com. 2008-11-23. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120215005817/http://www.placenames.com/us/p1119879/. 2012-02-15.
6. Web site: Oregon Almanac: Hydropower Projects to State Motto. Oregon Blue Book. Oregon Secretary of State. November 20, 2014.
7. News: Loud past, quiet future . https://archive.today/20130203054303/http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050501/LIFE/505010305/1051 . dead . February 3, 2013 . April 30, 2005 . Cowan, Ron . Statesman Journal . Salem, Oregon . November 11, 2014 .
8. News: Terrible Tillie, Where the Departed Rest Not Quite in Peace. Yardley, William. The New York Times. October 24, 2007. November 11, 2014.
9. Web site: Yaquina Head Lighthouse. Bureau of Land Management. November 11, 2014. May 22, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210522024847/https://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/yaquina/lighthouse.php. dead.