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Tillamook Rock Lighthouse
The Tillamook Rock is the most fascinating
lighthouse on the Oregon coast.
It is located on a little rock about a mile outside Ecola State park
between Seaside and
Cannon Beach and is also known as Terrible Tilly
for its situation on a rock in the stormy Pacific Ocean.
Because of its terrible location it was the most expensive lighthouse
to operate in the United stated.
It operated from 1881 to 1957 when it was replaced by a little whistle buoy.
It was always battered from continuous bad weather, and the
light keepers lived a strange life in complete solitude.
After it was decommissioned, it changed hands many times,
and owners keep trying to make it a columbarium.. but with
little success...
Tillamook Rock Lighthouse is located 133 feet above sea level and is 62 feet tall.
It is the only privately owned Oregon coast lighthouse on National
Register of Historic Places and the public does not have access to this lighthouse.
Tillamook Rock Lighthouse is visible from Ecola State Park. The park has a Day-use fee of
$3 per vehicle or get a
Oregon Pacific Coast Passport
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