Location:
In Umpqua Lighthouse State Park, 6 miles south of ReedportContact Information:
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Umpqua Lighthouse State Park
(541) 271-3611
Umpqua River Lighthouse Website
Tours:
Tours (small fee) are given May through SeptemberFacilities:
None at the lighthouse, camping and restrooms in the state parkGetting to Umpqua River Lighthouse:
Exit US 101 at the signs for the Umpqua Lighthouse. Traveling south on US 101, exit at Salmon Harbor Drive and go a little over a mile to the lighthouse parking lot. Traveling north on US 101, exit and follow the signs, going about 1.7 miles and turning left where marked.Vital Statistics:
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Height: 65 feet
Elevation: 165 feet above sea level
Lens: First-order Fresnel lens, six feet diameter by 10 feet high, weighing two tons. Its 616 prisms were handcut in Paris in 1890. Illumination changed from oil to electricity in 1934
Signature: Two white flashes, one red
Umpqua River Lighthouse History:
The first lighthouse in Oregon Territory, the original Umpqua River Lighthouse was built in 1857 near the mouth of it namesake river. It was destroyed by flood 1861 and rebuilt in its current location between 1891 and 1894. It was automated in 1966.
