Visiting Newport on the Beautiful Oregon Coast

Coastal towns in the Pacific Northwest are different from coastal towns in other areas.  The climate is wetter than most people think of when they imagine a beach vacation, for starters.  This is not a place you go to swim in the water in your bikini, at least not for too long.  The water is just too cold.  And you can find better places to get a suntan.  What you will find are beaches that are always changing, and always wonderful in different ways.  You can go to the same beach on different days and be in a seemingly entirely different place.  The water, the cloud cover, the light.  All give changing views.  You can go to beaches in a place like Florida and get a tan, but it gets old quickly.  You can explore the beaches around Newport and experience alot more variety.  . In 1967 Oregon enacted “Oregon’s Beach Bill” which declared that the beaches belong to the people of Oregon. Free and uninterrupted use of all beach areas is an Oregon right. Some of the State Parks charge for parking and/or use.  The two lighthouses in the Newport area are interesting  in their own right, especially the one on Yaquina Head, with its unique natural area.  At 93 feet it is Oregon's tallest lighthouse.