Cape Perpetua
Cape Perpetua is a large forested headland projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the central Oregon Coast in Lincoln County, Oregon. The land is managed by the United States Forest Service as part of the Siuslaw National Forest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cleft of the Rock Light and Yachats State Recreation Area.
Cleft of the Rock Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cleft of the Rock Light is a privately owned lighthouse located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of Oregon, 1.8 miles south of Yachats on Cape Perpetua.
Yachats State Recreation Area
Park
Photo: Finetooth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Yachats State Recreation Area is a state park in southern Lincoln County, Oregon, in the central district of the town of Yachats. It is administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Yachats State Recreation Area is situated 1½ miles north of Cape Perpetua.
Smelt Sands State Recreation Site
Park
Photo: Finetooth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Smelt Sands State Recreation Site is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Smelt Sands State Recreation Site is situated 2½ miles north of Cape Perpetua.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yachats.
Yachats
Photo: Little Mountain 5, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yachats is a city of 1,000 people on the Central Oregon Coast. The name comes from the Siletz language and means "dark water at the foot of the mountain".
Cape Perpetua
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland on the central Oregon Coast, the United States
- Category: landform
- Location: Lincoln, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Cape Perpetua from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cape Perpetua” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cape Perpetua”
- Chinese: “佩蓓角”
- French: “cap Perpetua”
- Italian: “Capo Perpetua”
- Japanese: “パーペチュア岬”
- Spanish: “Cabo Perpetua”
- Swedish: “Cape Perpetua”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bray Point and Searose Beach.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Devils Churn and Cape Perpetua Special Interest Area.
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