Oregon Coast: Heceta Head Lighthouse

After our hour-long stop at Sea Lion Caves, we continued just barely north to Heceta Head Lighthouse which we had seen from the Caves. Stopping to photograph this most photogenic lighthouse was next on my list of things to do en route to Yachats. There is a pull-out about a kilometer south of the lighthouse that makes a good spot to shoot some photos, so I pulled over there before heading to the parking lot for the lighthouse beneath the Cape Creek Bridge.

The sea fog coming in on the strong sea breeze was intermittent, one moment brilliantly sunny and the next totally gray. I took advantage of the fog to get what I think is a wonderful shot of the lighthouse doing its job, standing as a sentinel in the mist.

Heceta Head Lighthouse from Pull-Out

Heceta Head in the Fog

Cape Creek Bridge from Parking Lot

Cape Creek Bridge from Side of Heceta Head

Sea Stacks at Heceta Head Parking

Along the Beach, Large Swaths of
European Sea-Rocket, Cakile maritima

Sea-Rocket Detail, Rarely This Fuschia

Beachside Mats of Silverweed, Argentina anserina

Lighthouse Keeper's Home, Now a B&B

Gorgeous Himalayan Blackberry Blooms, Rubus bifrons
Super Invasive, Super Delicious, but No Ripe Fruit

Mats of Oregon Manroot Vines Blooming, Marah oreganus

Manroot Close-up, Looking Like Cucumber Vines
Also Called Western Wild-Cucumber

European Honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum

Stunning Rosa rugosa

Coyote Brush, Baccharis pilularis

Pearly Everlasting, Anaphalis margaritacea

Beautiful Crocosmia, Sadly Invasive

Water Parsley, Oenanthe sarmentosa

From the lighthouse, it already being 5:45 and pushing into Happy Hour, we decided to go straight into Yachats rather than stopping elsewhere along the coast, saving those stops for later.