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Tillamook Rock Light is a deactivated lighthouse on the northern Oregon Coast of the United States. It is located approximately 1.2 miles offshore from Tillamook Head, and 20 miles south of the mouth of the Columbia River near Astoria, situated on less than an acre of basalt rock in the Pacific Ocean

Location: Tillamook Head, Clatsop County, US
Address: WXPJ+WF, Cannon Beach, OR
Coordinates: 45°56′15″N 124°01′08″W
Construction: concrete (foundation), basalt (tower), brick (tower), iron (tower)
Height: 62 ft (19 m)
Shape: square (tower), round (lantern)
First lit: 21 January 1881
Deactivated: 1957
Focal height: 133 ft (41 m)
Lens: first order Fresnel lens
Range: 18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi)

I saw this lighthouse on February 23 2024

The lighthouse is owned by Eternity at Sea Columbarium. Grounds/dwelling/tower closed.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 9, 1981

Access: Car -Ecola State Park where the best land-based views of the lighthouse can be found.

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