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Tillamook Rock Light House is the most remote lighthouse in Oregon.
It sits on a basalt outcropping just off the Oregon Coast, off shore from
Ecola State Park, which is just to the north of Cannon Beach, Oregon.
The lighthouse, with its 62 foot light tower, is 133 feet above the
waves. Construction took 3 years, and the station was completed in 1881.
Sadly, in 1957, it was replaced by a buoy.
The story is that the first surveyor on the island was swept off into
the ocean shortly after landing, never to be seen again... waves
consistently sweep over the island, and keeper logs note that 100+ pound
boulders have crashed through the windows and ceiling of the structures. |
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The lighthouse really sets the scene at Cannon Beach, visible even from
Haystack Rock, although its not much more than a bump on the horizon at
that distance...
As you head further north, however, the view of the light station is
vastly improved. |
