Started the day off at the Light House Inn in Crescent City, CA and then we headed out to the light house (Battery Point) there in town, it was low tide so we could walk over to it. It was a slippery walk and if you weren’t careful you could fall in what little water that was there.

Harris Beach State Park

Next, we drove to Harris Beach State Park, over in Brookings, Oregon

This was named after Scottish pioneer George Harris who settled here in the late 1880s to raise sheep and cattle. This park boasts the largest island, called Bird Island. This has a lot of Trails and they are:

Scenic Trails

Cape Lookout Trail — 2.4 miles
Dinah Moe Humm-Kiwa Butte Trails — 7.7 miles
Humbug Mountain trail — 4.4 Miles
Metolius-Windigo Trail — 157 Miles
Oregon Coast Trail — 344 Miles
Saddle Mountain Trail — 2.5 Miles
South Shore Phillips Lake Trail 6.6 Miles
Sterling Mine Ditch Trail 17 Miles

Regional Trails

40 Mile look Trail — 102 Miles
Banks-Vernonia State Trail — 22 Miles
Bear Creek Greenway Trail — 20 Miles
OC&E Woods Line State Trail — 36 Miles
Willow Creek Canyon Trail — 6.4 Miles

So there are a lot of things to do.

Ate at Dairy Queen, there are a lot of them here in Oregon.

Light Houses

Then up to Coquille River LightHouse originally named Bandon Light and it was commissioned in 1895 and it was first lit on February 29, 1896, this guided mariners past the dangerous sandbars into the Coquille River. The town almost went bankrupt after a wildfire swept through the area and destroyed the city of Brandon. The lighthouse started to deteriorate of the next 37 years due to neglect and vandalism.

In 1976 when major restoration began, the light keepers and quarters were too far gone to be repaired so they were removed.

Then up to the Umpqua LightHouse State Park, this was built in 1855 and lit up in 1857. It was prone to flooding which led to the erosion of the of the sand embankment. In 1864 the building collapsed which led to a new lighthouse to be built. However, it wasn’t until 1888 before Congress approved it. The new light house was lit up in 1894. This was built on the same time as Heceta head light and built 100 feet above the river.