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Cape Blanco Lighthouse in Port Orford, Oregon, was built in 1870 on the site originally covered by spruce forest that had to be cleared.

  • It was constructed using locally made bricks, in order to warn ships away from the reefs and to offer a position fix for navigators.
  • This isolated historic lighthouse is the Oregon’s oldest continually operating light, the most westerly lighthouse, the light with the highest focal plane above the sea at 256 feet and Oregon’s first lighthouse with a woman keeper - Mabel E. Bretherton.
  • Be sure to stop by the gift shop.
  • Check out this Video of the lighthouse.

Cape Blanco Lighthouse is about 20 minutes from Main Street Port Orford.


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