LIGHT IN THE DARK NIGHT – LIGHTHOUSES OF SOUTHERN OREGON

Lighthouses always seem to be high on the list of tourist attractions and the lighthouses of the southern Oregon Coast are no exception.  Most of them stand on outstanding natural locations furthering their value for the casual tourist.  All of them steep with historic and functional value.  Nine lighthouses survive until today with a couple lost to time along the way.  Two private lighthouses have also developed in recent years, but are not open to the public. Here, we start with lighthouses in southern Oregon.

Coquille River lighthouse on the right.

its successor is a light beacon on the left at the mouth of the Coquille River.

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STORMIN’ ON THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST

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Wave churns into the Good Fortune Cove near Cook’s Chasm with the headland of Cape Perpetua rising beyond.

The Oregon Coast is a scenic wonderland long discovered by tourists.  Many tourists take in the long coastline in one long excursion up or down US 101.  While continually spectacular, that is like Americans “seeing” Europe in one or two weeks.  The history and geography of the coast is better taken in parts.  Clatsop County in the north is very different from Lincoln in the middle and Coos and Curry Counties in the south. This trip we travelled to the Central Oregon Coast – Lincoln County, basing ourselves in the county seat of Newport. 

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