Cleft of the Rock Light is a privately owned lighthouse located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of Oregon, 1.8 miles (2.9 km) south of Yachats on Cape Perpetua.
Cleft of the Rock Light is designed after Fiddle Reef Light, which operated from 1898 to 1958 in Oak Bay, British Columbia, a suburb of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
[2][3] The Cleft's tower contains a stair railing from the original keeper's dwelling at Yaquina Head Light.
[4] The grounds and tower are closed to the public,[5] however they are visible from U.S. Route 101 near mile marker 166.
[6] His daughter and son-in-law—who lived at the property for 27 years with Gibbs—intended to maintain the lighthouse[citation needed] as an official aid to navigation.