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Coquille River Lighthouse
Bandon, Oregon
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Updated in September 2012
Name: Coquille River Lighthouse / Bandon Lighthouse
Nearest City: Bandon, Oregon
Location: At the entrance to Coquille River
Body of water: Coquille River & Pacific Ocean
Style of lighthouse: Octagonal
Lens & Location: 4th Order Fresnel Lens in the lantern room
Other Lens: Original 4th Order Fresnel Lens removed
Lighthouse Website:
Organizations: Oregon Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society
Groups to join: United States Lighthouse Society
Owned by: Oregon State Parks
Managed by: Bullards Beach State Park
National Register of Historic Places: Since 1974
Do the grounds have lodging: No
Web Cams: No
On a license plate: No
On a USPS Stamp: No
Haunted: No

Other Lighthouse Information:
The Coquille River lighthouse is in Bullards Beach State Park. It was vandalized over the years and in 1976 two groups came together to help. The Oregon State Parks and the Army Corps of Engineers replaced bricks, repaired the roof, and painted it. Then it was opened to the public. In 1991 a solar powered light was put in the lantern room. In 2007 $ 600,000 worth of work was done to the exterior to fix the damage done by storms. Next it was painted with the colors that were found under layers of stucco. The townspeople feel the colors are incorrect. There's a non-profit Coquille River Lighthouse Keepers Foundation out there. Often volunteers lead tours of the lighthouse and one can climb the tower. During the holidays one might see the lighthouse decorated with Christmas lights.

The Lighthouse Hunters Experience:
In 2006 we enjoyed hanging out at this lighthouse in the afternoon taking pictures of ourselves on the dune grass covered sand dune beach. While in the town of Bandon, OR we saw the lighthouse across the Coquille River.

Photographed it: June 15, 2002 / June 6, 2006

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Latitude: 43.1239 Longitude: -124.42427

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Coquille River Lighthouse
Photo taken on June 6, 2006
Coquille River Lighthouse
Photo taken on June 6, 2006
Coquille River Lighthouse
Photo taken on June 6, 2006
Coquille River Lighthouse
Photo taken on June 6, 2006
Coquille River Lighthouse
Photo taken on June 6, 2006
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