Yaquina Head

Yaquina Head (English pronunciation: /jəˈkwɪnə/ yə-kwin-ə) is a headland extending into the Pacific Ocean north of Newport, Oregon, United States. It is the site of the Yaquina Head Light, and is managed as Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area by the Bureau of Land Management.

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Protected Areas of Oregon

Federal

National Parks	Crater Lake

National Historic Parks and Sites	Fort Vancouver • Lewis and Clark • Nez Perce

National Monuments	John Day Fossil Beds • Newberry National Volcanic Monument • Oregon Caves

National Forests	Deschutes • Fremont–Winema • Malheur • Mount Hood • Ochoco • Rogue River – Siskiyou • Siuslaw • Umatilla • Umpqua • Wallowa–Whitman • Willamette

National Grasslands	Crooked River National Grassland

National Recreation Areas	Hells Canyon National Recreation Area • Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area • Wildwood Recreation Site

National Wildlife Refuge System	Ankeny • Bandon Marsh • Baskett Slough • Bear Valley • Cape Meares • Cold Springs • Deer Flat • Hart Mountain • Klamath Marsh • Lower Klamath • Malheur • McKay Creek • Nestucca Bay • Oregon Islands • Siletz Bay • Three Arch Rocks • Tualatin River • Umatilla • Upper Klamath • William L. Finley

Wildernesses	Badger Creek • Black Canyon • Boulder Creek • Bridge Creek • Bull of the Woods • Clackamas • Copper Salmon • Cummins Creek • Diamond Peak • Drift Creek • Eagle Cap • Gearhart Mountain • Grassy Knob • Hells Canyon • Kalmiopsis • Lower White River • Mark O. Hatfield • Menagerie • Middle Santiam • Mill Creek • Monument Rock • Mount Hood • Mount Jefferson • Mount Thielsen • Mount Washington • Mountain Lakes • North Fork John Day • North Fork Umatilla • Opal Creek • Oregon Badlands • Oregon Islands • Red Buttes • Roaring River • Rock Creek • Rogue–Umpqua Divide • Salmon–Huckleberry • Sky Lakes • Soda Mountain • Spring Basin • Steens Mountain • Strawberry Mountain • Table Rock • Three Arch Rocks • Three Sisters • Waldo Lake • Wenaha–Tucannon • Wild Rogue

National Landscape Conservation System	Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument • Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area • Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area

Other Protected Areas	Cape Perpetua • Cascade Head Preserve • Christmas Valley Sand Dunes • Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area • Lost Forest Research Natural Area • South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve • Upper and Lower Table Rock

State

State
Parks

North Coast:	Arcadia Beach • Bob Straub • Bradley • Cape Kiwanda • Cape Lookout • Cape Meares • Clay Myers at Whalen Island • Del Rey Beach • Ecola • Elmer Feldenheimer • Fishing Rock • Fort Stevens • Gearhart Ocean • Haystack Hill • Hug Point • John Yeon • Manhattan Beach • Munson Creek Falls • Neahkahnie–Manzanita • Nehalem Bay • Oceanside Beach • Oswald West • Rockaway Beach • Sunset Beach • Sunset Highway Forest • Symons • Tolovana Beach • Tolovana Beach • Twin Rocks • Wilson River Highway Forest

Central Coast:	Agate Beach • Alsea Bay • Beachside • Beaver Creek • Beverly Beach • Boiler Bay • Carl G. Washburne • Collins Creek • D River • Darlingtonia • Devils Lake • Devils Punch Bowl • Driftwood Beach • Ellmaker • Fogarty Creek • Gleneden Beach • Governor Patterson • H.B. Van Duzer • Heceta Head Lighthouse • Jessie M. Honeyman • Joaquin Miller Forest • L. Presley & Vera C. Gill • Lost Creek • Muriel O. Ponsler • Neptune • Neskowin Beach • Ona Beach • Otter Crest • Pritchard • Roads End • Rocky Creek • San Marine • Seal Rock • Smelt Sands • South Beach • Stonefield Beach • Tokatee Klootchman • W. B. Nelson • Whale Watching • Yachats • Yachats Ocean Road • Yaquina Bay

South Coast:	Albert H. Powers • Alfred A. Loeb • Arizona Beach • Bandon • Bolon Island Tideways • Bullards Beach • Cape Arago • Cape Blanco • Cape Sebastian • Conde B. McCullough • Coquille Myrtle Grove • Crissey Field • Elk Creek Tunnel Forest • Face Rock • Floras Lake • Geisel Monument • Golden and Silver Falls • Harris Beach • Hoffman • Humbug Mountain • Hutchinson • Maria C. Jackson • McVay Rock • Ophir • Otter Point • Paradise Point • Pistol River • Port Orford Cedar Forest • Port Orford Heads • Samuel H. Boardman • Seven Devils • Shore Acres • Sisters Rock • Sunset Bay • Sweet Myrtle • Umpqua • Umpqua Lighthouse • Umpqua Myrtle • William M. Tugman • Winchuck • Yoakam Point

Portland Metro:	Banks–Vernonia • Bonnie Lure • Government Island • L. L. "Stub" Stewart • Mary S. Young • Milo McIver • Tryon Creek • Willamette Stone

Columbia River Gorge/ Mount Hood:	Ainsworth • Benson • Bonneville • Bridal Veil Falls • Crown Point • Dabney • Dalton Point • George W. Joseph • Guy W. Talbot • Historic Columbia River Highway • John B. Yeon • Koberg Beach • Lang Forest • Lewis and Clark • Lindsey Creek • Mayer • McLoughlin • Memaloose • Multnomah Falls • Portland Women's Forum • Rocky Butte • Rooster Rock • Seneca Fouts • Shepperd's Dell • Sheridan • Starvation Creek • Viento • Vinzenz Lausmann • Wyeth • Wygant

Willamette Valley:	Alderwood • Bald Peak • Blachly Mountain Forest • Bowers Rock • Cascadia • Champoeg • Detroit Lake • Dexter • Elijah Bristow • Erratic Rock • Fall Creek • Fort Yamhill • Holman • Jasper • Lowell • Luckiamute • Maples • Maud Williamson • Molalla River • North Santiam • Sarah Helmick • Silver Falls • State Capitol • Thompson's Mills • Washburne • Willamette Mission

Southern Oregon:	Ben Hur Lampman • Canyon Creek Forest • Casey • Collier Memorial • Illinois River Forks • Jackson F. Kimball • Joseph H. Stewart • Klamath Falls – Lakeview Forest • OC&E Woods Line • Prospect • Rough and Ready Forest • Stage Coach Forest • TouVelle • Tub Springs • Valley of the Rogue • Wolf Creek Inn

Central Oregon:	Cline Falls • Deschutes River • Dyer • Elliott Corbett • La Pine • Ochoco • Peter Skene Ogden • Pilot Butte • Prineville Reservoir • Redmond–Bend Juniper • Sisters • Smith Rock • The Cove Palisades • Tumalo • White River Falls

Eastern Oregon:	Bates • Battle Mountain Forest • Blue Mountain Forest • Booth • Catherine Creek • Chandler • Clyde Holliday • Crooked Creek • Deadman's Pass • Emigrant Springs • Farewell Bend • Fort Rock • Fort Rock Cave • Frenchglen Hotel • Goose Lake • Hat Rock • Hilgard Junction • Kam Wah Chung • Lake Owyhee • Minam • Ontario • Pete French Round Barn • Red Bridge • Succor Creek • Sumpter Valley Dredge • Ukiah–Dale Forest • Unity Forest • Unity Lake • Wallowa Lake • Wallowa Lake Highway Forest • Wallowa River

State Forests

Clatsop • Elliott • Gilchrist • Santiam • Sun Pass • Tillamook

State
Wildlife Areas

Bridge Creek • Dean Creek • Denman • E.E. Wilson • Elkhorn • Fern Ridge • Irrigon • Jewell Meadows • Klamath • Ladd Marsh • Lower Deschutes • Phillip W. Schneider • Prineville • Riverside • Sauvie Island • Snake River Islands • Summer Lake • Wenaha • White River • Willow Creek

Regions

Portland metro	Blue Lake • Cooper Mountain • Glendoveer • Howell • Oregon Zoo • Oxbow • Smith and Bybee • Mount Talbert

Cities

Portland	Forest Park • Washington Park

Heritage registers: National Register of Historic Places • National Historic Landmarks • National Natural Landmarks • World Network of Biosphere Reserves

Yaquina Head

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