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Florence Oregon - Heceta Beach Pictures
View from big floor to ceiling Living Room windows in Florence, OR ocean front rental house It was actually about a 30 foot drop down to Heceta beach from the sand dune the house was on. (Between this picture and the one below) Down on wide beach in front of house - Great for Oregon Family vacations Could do a great Oregon Coast Picture Album just from this beach area. All Oregon Vacation Beaches & Attractions pictures on this page are Copyrighted but you are welcome to download and use them if the Watermark text remains visible on the image as it is here. Also see High Resolution Downloadable Photo Link near bottom of page. See Oregon Coast Pictures + Lighthouses, Info & Links on a Day Trip to Newport Oregon Beaches & Attractions + Oregon Coast Pictures page Waves were constant - saw a few surfers - cold water temp in upper 50's as compared to 70's water temps in Florida - lot of cloudy days which is normal for Oregon. Walking south on expansive beach - notice sand dunes starting to left - beach got bigger and wider the further south you went. To more Info and pictures on trips to Oregon Vacation Beaches + Oregon Coast Vacations page on another site See below for free downloadable picture files |
Day Trip North to Newport Oregon Beaches + Newport Oregon Attractions & 2 Yaquina Lighthouses Oregon Vacation Beach area on Day Trip up north of Florence to Newport area All pictures on this page are Copyrighted - see below for free downloadable files Wind blows a lot and hard on Coast of Oregon - especially in winter - in some areas distorts trees on coast shoreline. Lot of low clouds and fog along the Oregon Coast on many days - "Normal" Oregon weather. Many Great States were represented on this stretch of side streets on Coastal 101 Hwy. Yaquina Bay Bridge in Newport - about 50 miles north of Flourence - near historic lighthouse. Yaquina Bay Lighthouse in Newport - near north end of above bridge - second oldest standing Lighthouse on Oregon Coast - put in service in 1871 Sandy Pacific Ocean Beach with surf coming in and Yaquina Head Lighthouse in distance at entrance to Yaquina Bay north of Newport See more Lighthouses and Oregon Coast Pictures & Info on a Day Trip to Newport Oregon Beaches & Attractions + Oregon Coast Pictures page See bottom of page for free picture downloads Yaquina Head Lighthouse 3 miles north of Newport - 93-foot high tower is tallest on Oregon coast - 162 feet above sea level - First Illuminated in 1873 - still used. Close to a seabird nesting area. We then drove back south. (See link below for more Oregon and other light Houses) Automated 1,000 Watt lighthouse light bulb replaced old oil burning wicks - When bulb burns out, mechanism automatically rotates new bulb into position and radios message to Oregon Parks Commission to come put in new back up bulb. Original Fresnel lens is 8 foot tall, 6 foot across, weighs about 2000 pounds. 258 individual lens prisms held together in metal frame focus beam so light can be seen up to 21 miles out at sea. Back to Top of this Page |
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