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Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard
Notes:
For some years the two previous Cape Arago lighthouses stood along with the present one. The 1866 tower was dynamited in 1937; the 1909 building was destroyed in the 1960s. This lighthouse was renovated by the Coast Guard in 1993.
Tower Height: 44
Height of Focal Plane: 100
Characteristic and Range: Three white flashes every 30 seconds.
Description of Tower: White, octagonal concrete tower attached to fog signal building.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Integral concrete fog signal building.
Earlier Towers?
1866: Octagonal iron tower; 1909: Octagonal wooden tower attached to keeper's quarters.
Date Established: 1866
Date Present Tower Built: 1934
Date Automated: 1966
Optics: 1866: Fourth order Fresnel lens (now at U.S. Coast Guard North Bend Station), now VRB-25 solar powered optic.
Fog Signal: Automated horn.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Directions:
The shore opposite this lighthouse can be reached via a footpath in Sunset Bay State Park, at 10965 Cape Arago Highway in Coos Bay. For information on this park call 541-888-4902.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Keepers: Frederick Amundsen, William Denning.
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