Dining in the town of Yachats

 The town of Yachats has some good restaurants and some with interesting stories. The Drift Inn being one of them. We had a wonderful lunch here plus got to read the story of Lester who once owned the inn, along with the continuing story of the inn today. Want to go where the locals go, this is the place, good food, good drinks, friendly people, and good music.

Heceta Head Lighthouse

The next lighthouse to see going down the coast from Yachats is the Heceta Head Lighthouse. It sit on top of Heceta Head 1000 feet high.

This was one of my favorites, you got a little hike to get to it 1/2 mile and wonderful views.

There are some nice trails around the lighthouse, the hobbit trail being on of them.

Cape Perpetua Park & Yachats

One of my favorite areas so far on this trip has been Cape Perpetua, which is just 2 miles south of Yachats. There has been many beautiful locations along the coast but for some reason this spot just seem to capture it all.

  There are hiking trails, tide pools, lava rock, beach, 500 year old spruce and a lookout point which is the highest in the Oregon coast.

Yachats known as the "Gem of the Oregon Coast.

The next place we are staying on the trip down the coast is in the town of Yachats (mile 164.4). It is a small little town, population 703 located in the Central Coast along the Yachats River.

Before arriving Yachats we passed through the town of Newport Beach which is a large town compared to where we have been so far. Everything you want is located there. I enjoyed visiting the  the historic district of Nye Beach, which dates back to the 1800's.

Yaquina Bay Bridge

Yaquina Bay Lighthouse is located just passed Newport beach.