Heceta Head Light

Heceta Head Light is a lighthouse on the 13 miles north of , and 13 miles south of in the United States. It is located at Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint, a state park, midway up a 205-foot-tall headland.
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in Oregon, United States
  • Also known as: Heceta Head Lighthouse

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sea Lion Caves.

Cave
is a connected system of sea caves and open to the Pacific Ocean in the U.S. state of . They are located 11 miles north of on U.S. Highway 101, about midpoint on the 400 miles of . is situated 1 mile south of Heceta Head Light.

Heceta Head Light

Latitude
44.13743° or 44° 8′ 15″ north
Longitude
-124.12821° or 124° 7′ 42″ west
Elevation
164 feet (50 metres)
Height
56 feet (17 metres)
Open location code
84PQ4VPC+XP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 405049972
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
8483423
Wiki­data ID
Q5696191
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Hebrew—“Heceta Head Light” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Heceta Head Light”. Photo: Howcheng, Public domain.