Cape Meares

Geographical location

Cape Meares (English Cape Meares ) is a cape on the Pacific coast in northwestern Oregon ( Pacific Northwest ) in the United States.

It is located at the southern end of the bay Tillamook Bay, about 8 km northwest of the city of Tillamook. Cape Meares is named after the British navigator John Meares, the first European who explored the Tillamook Bay.

Nature reserve

A large part of the Cape was designated by the State of Oregon as Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint as a state park and a part of the cape is a Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge under management of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. The Cape is a popular destination view for bird watching and gray whales.

Lighthouse

The smallest with just under 13 meters high lighthouse Oregon went into operation in 1890. The Fresnel lens for the lighthouse was made ​​in Paris and shipped around Cape Horn around to Oregon, where she was then lifted from the ship over the cliffs of time on the Cape. Starting in 1934, stood for the lighthouse electricity available, 1963, he was finally decommissioned. He was inducted into the monument list the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.