Heceta Head Lighthouse

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Another shot of the stunningly beautiful Heceta head lighthouse from Heceta headlands. This location from where I took this shot is actually quite far from the actual lighthouse and you are reliant of a 70-200 for composition here. We actually went all the way up to the lighthouse to check out some of the compositions around the lighthouse.

As you can see from the image, the lighthouse is perched on the slope of a pretty steep hill. There are hiking trails which zig zags its way on to the top of the hill but the dense vegetation makes it very difficult to find a good composition where you can frame the lighthouse along with the sprawling coastal land to the south. Moreover, there are signs posted on some areas requesting visitors to stay on the track while they are restoring some of the hillsides. If you trample on vegetation too much, they die off and expose the entire hillside to erosion and considering the amount of rain Oregon’s coast gets in a year, we decided to heed the instructions posted.

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Another shot of the beautiful Oregon coast, this time from the outlook point overlooking Haceta head lighthouse. I missed this little beauty on our last trip but this was one of my must see places for this trip.

Here is a bit of history as per the Wikipedia page; Heceta Head is named after the Spanish explorer Bruno de Heceta, who explored the Pacific Northwest during the late 18th century. Before him, Heceta Head was a spot of frequent fishing and hunting by the Native American tribes that populated the area. Heceta Head is part of the Siuslaw Indians' traditional land. They hunted sea lions in the area and gathered sea bird eggs from the offshore rocks. In 1888, white settlers moved into the area and claimed 164 acres (66 ha) of the surrounding land. That same year, the U.S. Lighthouse Service approved the building of the lighthouse, and the government bought 19 acres (7.7 ha), out of the 164 acres (66 ha) previously purchased, for the lighthouse structures.

I wish I'd soon be able to come back here during storm season and get some nice sunset shots.