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History
& Photos
Your
first stop should be the Yaquina Lights site, the web home
for a Newport-based whose mission is "restoration and preservation
of Yaquina Bay and Yaquina Head Lighthouses and surrounding areas,
and to interpret their natural and cultural histories.
The
Oregon
State Parks
site includes essential visitor info and QuickTime movies of
the lighthouse.
A fun
page by the Sherwin-Williams
company
details the recent paint restoration of the lighthouse, plus
an excellent history of the structure.
The
Keepers
of the Light
pages includes many lighthouses from the West Coast, including
Yaquina Bay.
The
Oregon
Lighthouses
page has plenty of Yaquina Bay info and a couple of pictures.
The
Lighthouse Getaway Network has a Yaquina
Bay Lighthouse
page, and many other lighthouses.
Get
details about aquina Bay Lighthouse hauntings on the Oregon
Legacy page.
Find
a nice thumbnail gallery of Oregon lighthouses on Pete's
Lantern Room,
and lots of details on the U.S. Lighthouse
Society.
There's
good info, photo and a map of the Newport area on Yeastman's
Corner.
Visit
Lorne's
Lighthouses
for images and info on several Oregon lighthouses, including
Yaquina Bay.
College of the Siskiyous has a page devoted
to the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse.
Info
and three
thumbnailed images on Brian Taylor's vacation pages.
A photo,
brief info and other lighthouse pages at Mitch's
Lighthouse Corner.
The
National Park Service has a historic
resource inventory page for the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse.
Touring
Nearby Attractions
The
Newport
Chamber Visitor Information pages are a good starting point for touring,
restaurant and lodging info.
The
Oregon
Coast Aquarium
is a world-class exhibition of North Pacific marine life, including
sea lion and sea otter rookeries, aviary, tide pools, kelp forest
tanks and a walk-through deep sea tank thick with sharks and
rays.
The
BLM manages the Yaquina
Head Outstanding Natural Area, which features the Yaquina Head lighthouse,
trails to rocky beaches and tide pools and a one-of-a-kind tide
pool trail for wheelchair users.
The
historic Old
Newport Bayfront
is a glimpse into the roots of this town, and a fine place to
sample fresh seafood, shop the boutiques or even visit the kitchy
wax museum and "Ripley's Believe it or Not".
The
picturesque U.S.
Coast Guard Station at Yaquina Bay is just over the hill from the
lighthouse, and adjacent to the historic Newport bayfront.
Stuff
to Buy
Carol
Thompson has lovely Yaquina
Bay Lighthouse Notecards on her site.
Gallery
Direct art sells a framed watercolor
painting
of the lighthouse.
Scaasis Original Lighthouses as small replicas
of the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse.
Harbour Lights sells limited edition replicas of
the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse
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