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This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Minnesota as identified by the United States Coast Guard.There are five active lights in the state; one light is inactive but has been converted to a museum, and one is in ruins.
Illustrated map Archived 2013-10-22 at the Wayback Machine showing location, range, photos, height, visiting hours, ... List of lighthouses in Oregon.
Heceta Head Light is a lighthouse on the Oregon Coast 13 miles (21 km) north of Florence, and 13 miles (21 km) south of Yachats in the United States. It is located at Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint, a state park, midway up a 205-foot-tall (62 m) headland. Built in 1894, the 56-foot (17 m)-tall lighthouse shines a beam visible for ...
Inside the top of the lighthouse U.S. Coast Guard 36 Foot Motor Lifeboat at Umpqua Lighthouse Museum. Located at the mouth of Winchester Bay, Oregon, the first Umpqua River Light was built in 1855 and lit in 1857. Built along the river channel, the original light was vulnerable to seasonal flooding.
Articles about lighthouses in the U.S. state of Oregon. For a manually maintained list, complete with yet-to-be-written articles, see Lighthouses in the United States . Subcategories
Between the afternoon of January 9 and noon on January 10, 2010, an unknown vehicle reportedly drove down a blocked maintenance road to the lighthouse viewing area. A number of rounds were fired, breaking 15 of the lighthouse's windows and several parts of the historic Fresnel lens. Additional rounds were fired into a (no longer active) Coast ...
The Yaquina Head Light, also known early in its existence as the Cape Foulweather Lighthouse (though Cape Foul Weather is 4 miles to the north) is a lighthouse on the Oregon Coast of the United States, established in 1873. It is located in Lincoln County, near Newport at Yaquina Head. The tower stands 93 feet (28 m) tall, and is the tallest ...
Point Adams Light was a lighthouse near the mouth of the Columbia River on the Oregon Coast of the United States.The lighthouse was designed by Paul J. Pelz, who also designed Point Adams's sister stations, Point Fermin Light in San Pedro, California, East Brother Island Light in Richmond, California, Mare Island Light, in Carquinez Strait, California (demolished in the 1930s), Point Hueneme ...