Yaquina Head

United States, Oregon

Yaquina Head

LocationUnited States, Oregon
RegionOregon
TypeOutstanding Natural Area
Coordinates44.6750°, -124.0764°
Established1980
Area0.38
Nearest CityNewport (4 mi)
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About Yaquina Head

A basalt headland jutting into the Pacific near Newport, Yaquina Head is a BLM-managed Outstanding Natural Area known for its 1873 lighthouse, rich intertidal tidepools, and large nesting colonies of common murres and other seabirds. Formed by ancient Columbia River Basalt lava flows, it offers whale-watching, bird-watching, and short coastal trails through Sitka spruce and Douglas fir.

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