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Desdemona Sands Light

Lighthouse · Clatsop County, Oregon

Caption: Desdemona Sand Light Station, Oregon. View from westward. Date: 1902 District: 17
Caption: Desdemona Sand Light Station, Oregon. View from westward. Date: 1902 District: 17 · Department of Commerce. Bureau of Lighthouses. 1913-7/1/1939 / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Desdemona Sands Light is a lighthouse in Clatsop County, Oregon. Oregon has 15 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 3 of them in Clatsop County.

Its light sits 23 feet above the water; the light characteristic is recorded as Fl W 4s (a white flash every 4 seconds), with a range of about 12 nautical miles; it was deactivated in 1965.

Current sources show this lighthouse no longer stands. Status check, 2026-11: Completed in 1902 (not 1901) and taken down in the 1940s; sources give 1942 or 1945. A replacement beacon was removed in 1964, and only broken pilings remain. It stands at 46.2253° N, 123.9536° W.

Key facts

Focal height23 ft
Light characteristicFl W 4s
Range12 nautical miles
Deactivated1965
Coordinates46.22528, -123.95361

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Questions

Where is Desdemona Sands Light?

Desdemona Sands Light is in Clatsop County, Oregon, at 46.2253, -123.9536.

How many lighthouses are in Clatsop County?

Clatsop County, Oregon has 3 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.