Oregon Coast Real Estate Knowledge Center: Coast Aerial Tours featuring Aerial Image Tours of the Central Oregon Coast Real Estate Market.
South Aerial Guide Overview - Tour One
The City of Newport - Yaquina Bay Lighthouse
Set on top of a hillside bluff overlooking the Yaquina Bay, the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse stands proudly as a restored lighthouse within the confines of the Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site. While the lighthouse operated only for a time period from November 3, 1871 to October 1, 1874, the lighthouse carries a long history of government use and later neglect. Through the spirited campaign of many concerned citizens, the lighthouse was saved from demolition and restored beautifully to its original heritage. The lighthouse was officially re-lit on December 7, 1996 as a privately maintained aid to navigation displaying a fixed white light visible at sea for six miles. The lighthouse is believed to be the oldest structure in Newport and the only existing lighthouse structure in Oregon with the living quarters attached. Also, the lighthouse was listed in the Historic Registry of Historic Places, U.S. Department of the Interior. The lighthouse was designed as a harbor lighthouse and included a fifth-order Fresnel Lens installed as the light optic. Due to its limited visibility out at sea and it light beacon being blocked from visibility by the Yaquina Head Promontory, the lighthouse was decommissioned in 1874 after the lighthouse at Yaquina Head became operational. The lighthouse later was used as crew housing for the workers building the Yaquina Bay Jetty System and then served the U.S. Lifesaving Service as a crew quarters and lookout station. Today, the lighthouse is accessible to the general public for self-guided interpretive tours. The lighthouse tour covers the two main levels featuring time period exhibits highlighting the living and sleeping spaces of the structure. A stairwell leads to the third level and to the watch room exhibit where the tour ends. The lantern house and current light source are not available for public viewing.
Photo looking east over the hillside bluff location of the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse situated at the Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site in the City of Newport Oregon and now officially restored as of December 7, 1996 as a privately maintained aid to navigation displaying a fixed white light visible at six miles out to sea.
Photo overlooking the east side of the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse completed originally in 1871 and believed now to be the oldest structure in Newport as well as being the only existing lighthouse structure with the living quarters attached still standing.
Photo looking east over the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse, now listed in the National Registry of Historic Places and accessible to the general public for interpretive tours showcasing the living quarters of the lighthouse during the early 1870’s time period when Charles H. Pierce and his family occupied the structure during his station duty from 1871 to 1874.


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