Atlas · Oregon
Every lighthouse in Oregon
12 entries — coastal lights, river lights, and historic stations. Search a place, use your current location, or narrow by region, access, and difficulty.
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- Tier 1–3
- Editorial browse cues for prominence and context—not circuits, checklists, or achievements.
- Active aid
- The light currently serves navigation. It does not mean the tower, grounds, or interior are open to visitors.
- Public / restricted access
- Some approved visitor access versus a legal viewpoint, special arrangement, or no ordinary public entry. Always check the official guidance.
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Cape Meares Lighthouse
Oceanside, North Coast
Cape Meares first shone on January 1, 1890. Its compact tower holds a first-order Fresnel lens, a reminder that a short building could carry a powerful coastal signal.
Yaquina Head Lighthouse
Newport (Agate Beach), Central Coast
Yaquina Head first lit in 1873. Its 93-foot brick tower rises above a basalt headland north of Newport. The original first-order lens links today’s automated beacon to the work of its resident keepers.
Yaquina Bay Lighthouse
Newport, Central Coast
Yaquina Bay served for only three years after its 1871 opening before Yaquina Head took over. Its wooden house-and-tower form preserves a different scale of lighthouse life from the taller tower to the north.
Heceta Head Lighthouse
Florence, Central Coast
Heceta Head first lit in 1894. The surviving assistant keepers’ house sits beside the uphill approach. The head keeper’s house was later demolished, while the light became automated in 1963.
Umpqua River Lighthouse
Winchester Bay, South Coast
Oregon’s first Umpqua lighthouse station began in 1857 and was lost to erosion. The present tower opened in 1894. Its red-and-white lens gives this station a distinctive place in the coast’s optical history.
Coquille River Lighthouse
Bandon, South Coast
Coquille River marked Bandon’s river entrance from 1896 until 1939. Its tower and attached signal building survived after the keeper’s house was removed, and restoration gave the station a new public life.
Cape Blanco Lighthouse
Port Orford / Sixes, South Coast
Cape Blanco began service in 1870. Keepers James Langlois and James Hughes spent decades here. Today the closed tower and preservation work are part of the story visitors encounter on the grounds.
Warrior Rock Lighthouse
St. Helens, Columbia River / Portland metro
Warrior Rock brings lighthouse history inland to the Columbia River. The station began in 1889; a concrete tower replaced its earlier wooden structure. A 1969 barge collision damaged the light and led to repairs.
Cape Arago Lighthouse
Charleston, South Coast
Cape Arago’s station began in 1866, but the surviving tower dates to 1934. Deactivated in 2006, it returned to tribal ownership in 2013. Its Fresnel lens is preserved at the Coos History Museum.
Cleft of the Rock Lighthouse
Yachats, Central Coast
Maritime author James Gibbs built Cleft of the Rock as a private lighthouse inspired by Canada’s Fiddle Reef Light. It later served as a private navigation aid; its public listing and operating status changed over time.
Pelican Bay Lighthouse
Brookings / Harbor, South Coast
Pelican Bay is a modern private light near Brookings. Its residential setting is essential to understanding it: a lighthouse record does not imply a public attraction or a right to enter.
Tillamook Rock Lighthouse
Cannon Beach / Seaside, North Coast
Tillamook Rock began service in 1881 and closed in 1957. Its exposed offshore setting made construction, supply and keeper life unusually difficult. Later use as a columbarium added another chapter to “Terrible Tilly.”