Haceta Head Lighthouse

Posted by Monte Stevens (Westerville, United States) on 17 November 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

I went into my archives to find this image from a trip I made back in 2003 to the West Coast. It was just after I had bought my first DSLR and wanted to get out and use it. The lighthouse is a working lighthouse. From a height of 205 feet above the ocean, its “first order” Fresnel lens, casts it’s beams some 21 miles out to sea. It is the brightest light on the Oregon coast. It is said to be the most photographed lighthouse in the United States. The Heceta Head Keeper’s House, which is just off to the right of the image, is perched on a cliff with a magnificent view of the Pacific Ocean and the beach below. Paths from the Keeper’s House lead both to the beach and to the lighthouse.

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