Type:
Year Established:
1873
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1907
Download:
Yaquina Head 2008 Chad Kaiser.jpg (851.01 KB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2008
Photo Credit:
Chad Kaiser
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
3 MILES N. OF YAQUINA BAY ENTRANCE
Latitude:
44° 40'35"
Longitude:
124° 04'40"
City / Town:
NEWPORT
U.S. State:
Oregon
Location County:
LINCOLN
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
BLM / Friends of Yaquina Lighthouses
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1873
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Tower Foundation:
BRICK
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
161
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
81
Tower Shape:
CONICAL ATTACHED TO WORKROOM
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1873
Keeper's Quarters Style:
DUPLEX
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
Other Structures:
WHIP ANTENNA (1993), 1873 CISTERN, 1889 OIL HOUSE, 1927 WATER TANK; DESTROYED: ASST KEEPERS, STABLE, 1886 BARN, 1889 OIL HOUSE, 1881 WATER TOWER, 1896 WAGON SHED, 1900 CISTERN, 1922 KEEPERS DWELLING, 1938 KEEPERS DWELLING
OPTICS
Current Optic:
FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Original Optic Type:
FIRST ORDER, FIXED, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1873
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017