Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site

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Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site
Yaquina Bay Lighthouse in the eastern part of the state park (2009)

Yaquina Bay Lighthouse in the eastern part of the state park (2009)

location Lincoln County in Oregon (USA)
surface 13 ha
Geographical location 44 ° 37 '  N , 124 ° 4'  W Coordinates: 44 ° 37 '26 "  N , 124 ° 3' 43"  W
Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site (Oregon)
Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site
Setup date 1948
administration Oregon Parks and Recreation Dept.
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The Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site is located west of the city of Newport in Lincoln County in Oregon in the western United States , directly on the Pacific coast . In the south of the 13 hectare park is the Yaquina Bay , through which the Yaquina River flows, in the east it borders on US Highway 101 , which leads over the Yaquina Bay Bridge over the bay. On the northern edge of the park is the Nye Beach District of Newport, the Newport waterfront is in the immediate vicinity.

history

In 1871 the US Lighthouse Service built a lighthouse on Yaquina Bay, but it was abandoned in 1874 in favor of the Yaquina Head lighthouse . The area around the old lighthouse was transferred to the State of Oregon in 1934 and 1971 by the Lighthouse Service. In the 1930s, a division of the Civilian Conservation Corps established paths and other facilities in the park area. The jetties that protect the entrance to Yaquina Bay from the waves were built between 1888 and 1896. The north of these piers is in the park.

deals

The park is equipped with parking lots, paved paths, covered picnic areas with tables and barbecues as well as public toilets and access to the stand, there is no campsite. A signposted, 4 km long circular path leads through the park. In addition to the beach in the south, part of the park's Pacific coast is wooded cliffs, from up here, as well as from Yaquina Head slightly to the north, the migration of gray whales along the Pacific coast can be observed. There is also a memorial in honor of the fishermen who stayed at sea and the historic Yaquina Bay Lighthouse in the park. Admission to the park, which is maintained by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department , is free.

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?trailid=HGW269-020 circular route through the park
  2. ↑ Fishermen's Memorial Sanctuary ( Memento from November 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_208.php Information on Yaquina Bay State Park from the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department