For Release: Immediate
Date: October 20, 2015
Contacts:
Jay Moeller, Acting Yaquina Manager, (541) 574-3145
Trish Hogervorst, Public Affairs (503) 375-5657
Celebrate Halloween at Yaquina Head
Newport, OR The Bureau of Land Management at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area
invites visitors to celebrate Halloween at the Interpretive Center. Continuing a 19th century
tradition, the lighthouse keepers will dress in their wives’ clothing and the wives will dress in the
lighthouse keepers’ uniforms. Children who tell a joke or riddle for the rangers will receive a
treat.
The park entrance fee is $7.00/vehicle (3-Day Pass). Accepted passes include Yaquina Head
Annual Pass, Oregon Pacific Coast Passport, and Federal Annual, Golden Age, Military, Access,
Volunteer and Every Kid in a Park Passes.
The Interpretive Center will be open for trick-or-treating Halloween day from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. Beginning, Sunday, November 1st, the Interpretive Center will be open 10:00 a.m. until 4:00
p.m. All other areas of the park will be open from 8:00 a.m. to dusk.
For more information about Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area contact the BLM at (541)
574-3100 between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Additional information is available online
at: http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/yaquina
BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National
System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of
sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's mission is to manage and conserve the public lands for the use and
enjoyment of present and future generations under our mandate of multiple-use and sustained yield. In Fiscal Year 2014, the BLM
generated $5.2 billion in receipts from public lands.
Having fun with the century-old tradition at Yaquina Head Lighthouse of exchanging clothing with a family
member of the opposite gender on Halloween.
BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National
System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of
sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's mission is to manage and conserve the public lands for the use and
enjoyment of present and future generations under our mandate of multiple-use and sustained yield. In Fiscal Year 2014, the BLM
generated $5.2 billion in receipts from public lands.