Yaquina Head Light is believed to be the oldest structure in Newport, Oregon and it is located in Yaquina Bay State Park.Yaquina Head Lighthouse can be a spooky place on a dark, cold, windy night. Stories are told of ghosts lurking and ship compasses not working.
At ninety-three feet, Yaquina Head is the tallest tower on the Oregon coast and is a shorter sibling to Pigeon Point Lighthouse, California and Bodie Island Lighthouse, North Carolina, which were built at the same time. The tower’s light shines 162 feet above the ocean and can be seen nineteen miles out to sea.
