
	Where results make sense

Topic: Yaquina Head Lighthouse

Related Topics

Lighthouses in the United States

Lesser Antilles

Kurupt

Georgetown, Guyana

British Guiana

French Guiana

Politics of Guyana

Siddhartha Gautama

Prolog

Longest word in English

Caribbean Sea

In the News (Thu 17 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Oregon/Washington \| Bureau of Land Management (BLM) \| US Department of the Interior (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Along with the construction of the lighthouse, a large dwelling for two keepers and their families was built east of the tower.
		When the lighthouse was constructed in 1872 the children of lighthouse keepers and lighthouse visitors were not permitted to climb the 114 stairs in the tower to the watch room because the US Lighthouse Service feared they would trip and fall on the steep stairs or squeeze between the posts of the handrails.
		The Yaquina Head Lighthouse retains it's historic stairs and handrails and thus the safety of children climbing the stairs is still a concern.
	www.blm.gov /or/resources/recreation/yaquina/lighthouse.htm (641 words)

	Yaquina Head Lighthouse, Oregon at Lighthousefriends.com
		Yaquina Head Lighthouse can be a spooky place on a dark, cold, windy night.
		Yaquina Head Lighthouse has always been popular with visitors, whether seen or unseen.
		The lighthouse is open for climbing from 9:00 until 4 p.m in the summer.
	www.lighthousefriends.com /light.asp?ID=133 (1056 words)

	Yaquina Head Light (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Yaquina Head's rock outcropping and 93 foot tower are visible for several miles along the Pacific Coast Highway.
		The history of Yaquina is as shrouded in mystery as the cape is in foul weather.
		Today the lighthouse is the centerpiece of Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area, and is one of the most-visited lights on the west coast, with over 400,000 visitors each year.
	www.lighthousegetaway.com /lights/yaquina.html (140 words)

	More information about the Yaquina Head Light House (lighthouse)
		Wave-battered Yaquina Head is a jutting finger of highly resistant basalt, created from mollen lava spewed from deep crevices in the earth's surface inland.
		On the cliffs of Yaquina Head can be seen nesting gulls and other seabirds, and the nearby offshore islet becomes nearly covered with common murres, cormorants, and a few tufted puffins during the nesting season.
		According to BLM's Steve Gobat, manager of Yaquina Head, "One time we had a group of second or third graders down at the natural tidepools, when all of a sudden there was a commotion in the nearby waves.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /buildings/lighthouses/yaq-head/info/info.htm (790 words)

	Yaquina Head Lighthouse
		There is a popular misconception that the lighthouse was built at the wrong location - one story states that the lighthouse was built at its present location since supplies were easier to unload.
		The lighthouse was built using designs from Pigeon Point in California, making it the tallest in Oregon.
		Directions: Yaquina Head Lighthouse is just north of the Town of Newport, off US 101 - four miles north of the Yaquina Bay light.
	www.rudyalicelighthouse.net /NWLts/YaqHead/YaqHead.htm (654 words)

	YAQUINA HEAD LIGHTHOUSE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		There are rumors that the lighthouse is haunted with a ghost that walks the spiral stairs of the tower.
		The head keeper and his family were headed to Newport for the evening, when the keeper noticed that the light had not been lit.
		The lighthouse and work center attached to the tower are all that remain today of the station.
	www.angelfire.com /va3/keepthelightsshining/Oregon/YaquinaHeadLight.html (308 words)

	Yaquina Bay Lighthouse History
		The Yaquina Bay Lighthouse was built in 1871, soon after the City of Newport was established as a local fishing and fur trade outpost on the north shore of Yaquina Bay.
		Though the Yaquina Bay lighthouse was deteriorating rapidly at this point in it's history, tourists traveling the new coast highway rediscovered the lighthouse grounds, with its sweeping views of the ocean, Newport harbor and Yaquina Bay Bridge.
		By 1946, the lighthouse was seen as a blight on the park by the Highway Department, and was scheduled to be razed by the Highway Commission.
	www.splintercat.org /YaquinaBayLighthouse/YaquinaBayHistory.html (1143 words)

	Yaquina Lights
		We invite you to visit Yaquina Head Lighthouse, where these questions and more will be answered, as you tour this historic structure, however the lighthouse will remain closed during the renovation expected to take several months.
		Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area is the home of "Quarry Cove." This former rock quarry is now converted to a man-made system of living tidepools.
		Yaquina Bay also listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is believed to be the oldest remaining structure in Newport.
	www.yaquinalights.org /yhead.html (589 words)

	Northwest Paranormal Times - The Yaquina Bay Lighthouse
		The Yaquina Bay lighthouse, now restored after nearly a century of disuse was built to mark the entrance to Yaquina Bay in 1871.
		A lighthouse was built at the entrance to the bay instead, where the weather was tolerable.
		The lighthouse is built as a two story house for the lighthouse keeper’s family to live in, with the lighthouse itself on top.
	home.comcast.net /~nwparanormal/haunted/yaquina/yaquina.html (837 words)

	Yaquina Bay Lighthouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Yaquina Bay Lighthouse is one with a history although as a lighthouse, it history was rather brief at three years.
		The structure was built in 1871 and was discontinued in 1874 after the Yaquina Head Lighthouse started operation.
		The odd thing is that the Yaquina Head Lighthouse was built at the wrong location, and should have been several miles north.
	www.lorneslights.com /OR/or107.html (170 words)

	Newport News-Times: Yaquina Head Lighthouse exterior restoration begins
		Yaquina Head Lighthouse, equipped with its original first order fixed Fresnel lens, has been operated continuously as an aid to navigation since its inauguration on Aug. 20, 1873.
		The lighthouse will be closed to the public for the duration of the project.
		The Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area will be open as usual every day from sunrise to sunset.
	www.newportnewstimes.com /articles/2005/12/07/news/news01.txt (338 words)

	Beautiful Yaquina Head Lighthouse, Newport, Oregon
		Yaquina Head Lighthouse, one of the most beautiful lighthouses in America, is a classic seacoast, 'tower' illuminated in 1873, its first-order Fresnel lens still shines.
		Yaquina Head Lighthouse has been a tourist attraction since it was activated in 1873.
		It's the tallest lighthouse along the Oregon Coast and its automated light still serves as an aid to navigation.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /buildings/lighthouses/yaq-head/yaquina.htm (271 words)

	Yaquina Head Lighthouse
		Yaquina (pronounced "yah-KWINN-ah") Head is the tallest lighthouse on the Oregon coast.
		The Yaquina Head lighthouse winks in the distance.
		In the neighborhoods surrounding the Yaquina Head lighthouse, this is a typical view at dusk.
	www.nightbeacons.net /or/yaquina.php (137 words)

	Newport News-Times: Facelift planned for Yaquina Head lighthouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The lighthouse at Yaquina Head will receive a paint job this coming summer to return the structure to its original colors, Joe Ashor, manager of the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area, told the Newport City Council this week.
		The BLM took a survey of visitors to the Yaquina Head Visitors Center and, he said, "found 80 percent of the comments favored the historic color.
		The Bureau of Land Management, which manages the lighthouse and the Outstanding Natural Area, received a specific appropriation from Congress, as part of the BLM budget, to let out a contract for major refurbishment of the lighthouse.
	www.newportnewstimes.com /articles/2005/03/23/news/news22.txt (497 words)

	Oregon Lighthouses
		The only privately-owned Oregon lighthouse, it sits 1.2 miles offshore and is used as a columbarium (a storage for ashes of the deceased).
		The current structure is identical to the Heceta Head Lighthouse and overlooks the beach's sand dunes.
		Cape Blanco is the oldest lighthouse on the Oregon coast.
	www.byways.org /browse/byways/2143/places/11691 (415 words)

	Oregon.com Oregon Light House Experience Oregon Coast Lighthouses
		Hiking: Trailheads from the main parking are to the lighthouse and viewpoints overlooking offshore islets inhabited by sea lions and nesting seabirds.
		Noteworthy: Yaquina Bay Lighthouse is the second oldest standing lighthouse structure on Oregon's coast.
		This lighthouse is not open to the public, but good views are available from the trail at Sunset Bay State Park south of the lighthouse.
	www.oregon.com /trips/lighthouses.cfm (703 words)

	Lighthouse pictures from Oregon. See beautiful pictures of lighthouses including Cape Arago, Heceta Head, Yaquina Head ...
		Oregon's oldest lighthouse, it was commissioned in 1870 to aid shipping of gold and lumber.
		Cape Meares lighthouse, 10 miles west of Tillamook, is the shortest on the Oregon coast at 38 feet.
		The second of 2 Newport lighthouses, Yaquina Head is the tallest on the Oregon coast at 93 ft. It was illuminated in 1873 and stands 162 above sea level.
	www.americaswonderlands.com /lighthouse_pictures.htm (742 words)

	Discover Newport . About Newport . Lighthouses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Yaquina Bay Lighthouse is located at the mouth of the Yaquina River in Yaquina Bay State Park, near the north end of the Yaquina Bay Bridge.
		Built in 1871, the lighthouse was decommissioned three years later in 1874 after the construction of the Yaquina Head Lighthouse just north of Newport was completed in 1873.
		With over 400,000 visitors a year, the Yaquina Head Lighthouse is one of the most visited lighthouses on the west coast.
	www.discovernewport.com /about/lighthouses.asp (196 words)

	Oregon Coast Attractions and Recreation
		Yaquina Head Lighthouse is located just north of Newport.
		Heceta Head Lighthouse is one of the most visited destinations on the coast, located in Lane County between Florence and Yachats, Oregon.
		Cape Arago Lighthouse is not accessible by the public but can be viewed from a distance on Cape Arago Highway on the way to Shore Acres State Park and Botanical Gardens.
	www.oregonnative.com /oregon-lighthouses.htm (179 words)

	Yaquina Head Lighthouse - Newport, Oregon @ US-Lighthouses.com
		Yaquina Head Lighthouse - Newport, Oregon @ US-Lighthouses.com
		All the building supplies for this light were dropped ashore here at Yaquina Head, soon after the builders began assembling the light, they realized it was in the wrong spot.
		It was too late to turn back, so they finished the light anyway which made the Yaquina Bay light redundant.
	www.us-lighthouses.com /displaypage.php?LightID=199 (128 words)

	Oregon Historic Photograph Collections : Browse
		Yaquina Bay State Park, on the north head of the mouth of Yaquina Bay in Newport in Lincoln County on July 5, 1958.
		The north shore of Yaquina Bay in Newport in Lincoln County, Oregon, 1940.
		Yaquina bridge is recognize by the arch on the north side of the bridge.
	photos.salemhistory.org /cdm4/browse.php?&CISOSORT=title\|r&CISOSTART=1,21 (1014 words)

	Oregon Coast Beach Connection News: Oregon Lighthouse Still Under Wraps – For Now
		Joe Ashor, a manager with the Bureau of Land Management, which oversees Yaquina Head, said the work has been going on since December and is expected to be done with by the middle of July.
		The normal pattern for the Yaquina Head Lighthouse is one blink, two seconds of darkness, another blink, then fourteen seconds of darkness.
		The BLM expects the lighthouse to be open to tours again in July, perhaps sooner.
	www.beachconnection.net /news/litre0606_026.htm (865 words)

	45 - Oregon Lighthouses as Stock Photos or framed lighthouse pictures
		A lighthouse is a monument to a maritime heritage.
		The Coquille River Lighthouse in Bandon is unique because it currently has a solar-powered system to operate its light.
		The beautiful Cape Meares Lighthouse is in deep contrast to "Terrible Tilly", the nickname given the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, bashed by storms and waves.
	www.strengthinperspective.com /mpfindor/mpgal45/mpgal45.html (244 words)

	Yaquina Head Lighthouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Yaquina Head Lighthouse is located north of Newport on what is today a 100 acre government-protected preserve under BLM management.
		The 93-foot lighthouse, the second oldest in Oregon, was built in 1873.
		The grounds of the preserve are a favorite area to view seals, whales, seabirds, and storms.
	home.earthlink.net /~autrey/yaquinahead.html (71 words)

	magazineUSA.com \| Oregon \| Yaquina Head Lighthouse
		History Jutting into the Pacific Ocean, Yaquina Head is battered and scoured by waves, wind and rain.
		The lava then cooled to form basalt rock which refuses to be worn away as quickly as the surrounding sandstone and other rock.
		It is managed by the Bureau of Land Management to protect its unique scenic, scientific, educational and recreational values for your enjoyment and the enjoyment of future generations.
	www.magazineusa.com /us/states/show.aspx?state=or&doc=50 (819 words)

	Yaquina Wheels Bicycle Club - Ride the Oregon Coast
		Registration and all routes start and finish at the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area Visitor Center where free parking and restrooms are available.
		At the beginning of the course, all participants will ride past both the historic Yaquina Head Lighthouse and the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse at just past the 5-mile mark.
		We are again working hard to get the course ready for another great day; the course will be even better than it was in 2005; have a look at how hard we are working...
	www.yaquinawheels.org /Century.html (160 words)

	Have you ever climbed the stairs of a lighthouse
		Heceta Head State Park (which includes Devils Elbow) is located in a cove at the mouth of Cape Creek.
		The public is invited to tour the Lighthouse and Keeper's House and to hear holiday music by local musical groups.
		The lighthouse and keeper's house are featured in the PBS Television series "Legendary Lighthouses." Video tapes of those programs are available from the "Lighthouse Depot." These fine folks helped fund this excellent program on PBS.
	www.peak.org /~arnoldbeachhaven/lighthouse.htm (850 words)

	Beach Connection's Oregon Coast: Newport Virtual Tour (Yaquina Head Lighthouse)
		Purportedly, a lighthouse keeper assistant named Higgins died on a fall on the winding, twisting stairway.
		Thereafter, other lighthouse keepers were afraid to wander up the steps alone, should they encounter the presence of their otherworldly predecessor.
		Apparently, they left it such a mess – smothered in cobwebs and other spooky fixings – that the BLM had to threaten a lawsuit to get them to come and clean it up.
	www.beachconnection.net /vtour_newp19.htm (171 words)

	Henry Photographic Services - Windows of the West: Yaquina Head Lighthouse
		About halfway down the coast of Oregon, the picturesque Yaquina Head Lighthouse welcomes you to Newport, a town known for its dungeness crab, shrimp, oysters and glorious harbor under the Yaquina Bay Bridge.
		Lighthouses are a noteworthy part of the west and so I have included this photo taken in 1996 from my series, "Land of the Midnight Sun." Yaquina Head remains a favorite lighthouse for me. It sits atop a great headland that overlooks the Pacific Ocean with incredible views to behold.
		I will be returning during the summer of 1999 to reshoot the lighthouse.
	members.tripod.com /shenry3/03.html (116 words)

	Internet Public Library: Lighthouses: A Photographic Journey
		Located at the entrance to Yaquina Bay along the Pacific coast, its tower is the tallest in Oregon.
		This light was known as the Cape Foulweather Light in its early days due, apparently, to the misplacing of names on early maps.
		Yaquina Head was actually labled Cape Foulweather at one time.
	www.ipl.org /div/light/PAC/YaquinaHead.html (155 words)

	Oregon/Washington \| Bureau of Land Management (BLM) \| US Department of the Interior (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area is located on a narrow point of land jutting due west into the Pacific Ocean at the north end of Newport, Oregon.
		The light in the Yaquina Head lighthouse is again operating and the 134-year old historic landmark, midway along the Oregon Coast, has been reopened to visitors.
		For driving directions to and from the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area, click here.
	www.blm.gov /or/resources/recreation/yaquina/index.htm (202 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)