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Yaquina Head Light

Newport, OR · Active aid to navigation

No access information published

Those records publish navigation and historic data only — no visitor-access information — so none is shown. Access, if any, is set by the owner or operator.

Access source: Federal records checked: the U.S. Coast Guard AtoN / Light List record for this aid and its National Register of Historic Places record · Checked 2026-11-12

Owner / operator: U.S. Coast Guard (active aid to navigation)

The light

LocationNewport, OR (Lincoln County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number650
Light characteristicFl (2)W 20s
Height of light above water93 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureWhite conical tower, with black cupola and red roof with ball topmark.
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 5/13/1993 · Reference #73002340
Position44.67676, -124.07946 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkLighted throughout 24 hours.

Sources

USCG AtoN file via NOAA MarineCadastre (USCG NAVCEN data); NPS National Register of Historic Places listed-properties database (nps.gov).

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