Socked in along Hwy 101
View from Cape Perpetua. At its highest point, Cape Perpetua rises to over 800 feet above sea level. On clear days, views extend 37 miles out to sea, and along 70 miles of coastline.
Cold and windy
Devils Churn from above
Devils Churn
Devil's Churn is a long crack in the coastal rock that fills with each ocean wave, occasionally exploding as incoming and outgoing waves collide.
Lunch at Yachats Pub & Grub
You'll just have to believe us on how good the clam chowder was
The Heceta Head Lighthouse and Light Keeper’s home are circa 1894. Both are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The assistant lightkeeper’s house is now a bed and breakfast operated by the U.S. Forest Service
You are following the concrete trail along the cliff that the lightkeepers used to get to work day and night. The wooden boardwalk was replaced in the 1920s with the concrete path. The boardwalk had a handrail to hold onto and help show the way in the fog and at night.
The lighthouse is a working lighthouse. From a height of 205 feet above the ocean, its “first order” Fresnel lens, casts it’s beams some 21 miles out to sea. It is the brightest light on the Oregon coast.
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