Cape Blanco State Park
Subnational Park · Sixes, Oregon
A treeless, wind-scoured headland that is the westernmost point of the Oregon mainland, nine miles north of Port Orford. The lighthouse on its tip was authorised after the government bought the land in 1867 and took three years to build, with the bricks made on site because shipping them round the cape was dearer. Two keepers between them served the light for eighty years. Below the headland the Sixes River runs out to a black-sand beach, and inland stands the 1898 Hughes House, built by the rancher who supplied the lighthouse builders.
Cape Blanco Road, Sixes, Oregon, 97476, United States
The park and day-use areas are open daily, dawn to dusk, year round, with an Oregon State Parks day-use parking fee or annual pass. ⚠ THE LIGHTHOUSE AND THE 1898 HUGHES HOUSE ARE VOLUNTEER-STAFFED, OPEN ONLY IN SEASON AND ONLY ON CERTAIN DAYS - the park being open does not mean the buildings are. The campground and horse camp are seasonal and booked separately. The headland is exposed to extreme wind in every month of the year.
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