Location:
Bullards Beach State Park, two miles north of Bandon
Contact Information:
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P. O. Box 569
Bandon OR 94711
(541) 347-2209
Tours:
Volunteer interpreters give tours into the Coquille River Lighthouse tower during summer. To take the tour, you must be at least four feet tall and wear sturdy, closed shoes
Facilities:
Gift shop inside, camping (RVs and tent cabins) and restrooms in the state park
Getting to Coquille River Lighthouse:
Exit US 101 two miles north of Bandon and just north of the Coquille River Bridge. Drive 2.7 miles through the state park to the Coquille River Lighthouse parking area
Vital Statistics: Coquille River Lighthouse:
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Height: 47 feet
Elevation: About 10-15 feet above the water
Lens: The original Fourth-Order Fresnel lens, illuminated by a Funch Heap lamp, was removed in 1910. A solar-powered lamp now illuminates the tower through a fourth-order Fresnel lens, installed during restoration in 1991.
Signature: On 28 seconds/off 2 seconds, signifying that it was a "harbor light"
Fog Horn: Original DaBall Trumpet with a 5 second blaost followed by 25 seconds of silence replaced by a fog siren in 1910.
Coquille River Lighthouse History:
The last lighthouse built on the Oregon Coast, Coquille River Lighthouse went into service on February 29, 1969. Most of the original $50,000 Congressional appropriation for the Coquille River Lighthouse, made in 1891, was diverted to repair another facility, and only $17,600 was spent to build this small, High Victorian, Italiante-style structure, the smallest lighthouse on the Oregon Coast.
The Coast Guard closed this lighthouse in 1939, replacing it with an unwatched beacon on the end of a nearby jetty.
