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Yachats, Oregon

Everything Yachats is known for

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Rivers & Roads in Song near Yachats

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Yachats.

History of Yachats

Heceta Head Lighthouse: The Most Photographed Lighthouse in America

1894

Heceta Head Lighthouse, first lit in 1894, perches on a dramatic headland 205 feet above the Pacific and is often called the most photographed lighthouse in the United States.

12.1 mi away

Sea Lion Caves: America's Largest Sea Cave

1932

Sea Lion Caves near Florence is the largest sea cave in the United States, a natural cavern twelve stories tall that serves as a year-round home for Steller sea lions.

13.2 mi away

Everything Near Yachats

4 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

  • Cape Perpetua · 1.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Stand on Cape Perpetua and imagine a time when this rugged coastline was a vital navigational landmark. Captain James Cook, charting these waters in 1778, named it in honor of Saint Perpetua's Day. For centuries,…

  • Heceta Head Lighthouse: The Most Photographed Lighthouse in America · 12.1 mi · Historical Marker

    Heceta Head Lighthouse, first lit in 1894, perches on a dramatic headland 205 feet above the Pacific and is often called the most photographed lighthouse in the United States.

  • Heceta Head Light · 12.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Keep an eye out for a spectral resident as you approach Heceta Head Light! The lighthouse, completed in 1894, sits on a dramatic headland, guiding ships along this rugged stretch of the Oregon Coast. Local legend speaks…

  • Sea Lion Caves: America's Largest Sea Cave · 13.2 mi · Historical Marker

    Sea Lion Caves near Florence is the largest sea cave in the United States, a natural cavern twelve stories tall that serves as a year-round home for Steller sea lions.

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