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U.S. Travel Tips: More Reasons to Meander Around Manzanita, on Oregon North Coast - A quiet but quirky sense of the laidback

Wild Tales from Oregon Coast Lighthouses: Giant Holes to Killer Storms - Port Orford, Coos Bay, Bandon, Florence and Seaside / Cannon Beach

Discovering Spring, Summer Along Central Oregon Coast: Hints from Pacific City to Florence - A kind of summer preview from Pacific City, Newport, Depoe Bay, Yachats, Florence

Trails from the Beach to the Lightkeeper’s house to the Heceta Head Lighthouse hosted a steady stream of visitors for the Lighthouses’s 130th anniversary March 30.

Oregon History Made as Coastal Lighthouse Near Florence Celebrates 130 Years - Saturday means tours of the BnB, raffles, live music

The East Brother Light Station is a compound of three buildings on a three-quarter-acre island near the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay.

The East Brother Light Station is a compound of three buildings on a three-quarter-acre island near the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay.

Places with Same Names on Oregon Coast: Rocky, Agate, Haystacks, China, Otter - Agate Beachs, Rocky Point, Haystack Rocks, China Creeks, Otter Points

The East Brother Light Station Bed & Breakfast, located on an island near the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay, offers 5 bedrooms that are rentable by the night. Or, if you’re so inclined to splurge, you can rent the entire inn for a 10 to 12 person “house party.” The B&B is a nonprofit, with proceeds paying for the maintenance of the light station, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The next Friends of the Umpqua Hiking Club hike is scheduled for Feb. 3.