Cape Blanco Lighthouse - Oregon
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy
N 42° 50.217 W 124° 33.817
10T E 372214 N 4743894
The Cape Blanco Lighthouse at Cape Blanco State Park, Oregon.
Waymark Code: WM80M2
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 01/03/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
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From the guidebook:
At 161 m. is the junction with a gravel road.
Right on this road through rhododendron and azalea thickets and over lupine-covered hills to . . . . . . CAPE BLANCO LIGHTHOUSE, 5.5 m. stands on the most westerly point of Oregon. Bricks for the structure were made on the spot in 1870. Captain Martin D’Aguilar saw and named the cape, in 1603, after his ship had become separated in a storm from that of his captain, Sebastian Viscaino. Flores, D’Auilar’s pilot, named the point Blanco (Sp., white) because of its chalky appearance.
---Oregon: End of the Trail

The road to this site is now paved and the lighthouse is a prime feature in Cape Blanco State Park.
More info on the lighthouse link

Book: Oregon: End of the Trail

Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 384

Year Originally Published: 1940
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