Yaquina Head for Teachers

Yaquina Head Education Programs 2025

Reservations for Spring Ranger-led and Teacher led tidepool programs will begin on January 6, 2025. Programs run April 14 – June 12, 2025.

Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area offers several opportunities for educational groups. The 100-acre park hosts some of Oregon’s best tidepools, a 19th century lighthouse, an Interpretive Center with exhibits and videos, and opportunities for birdwatching, wildlife viewing, and hiking. Reservations are required for visiting groups.

Reservations

With over 450,000 visitors a year, Yaquina Head is a busy place. For the safety and enjoyment of all visitors, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requires advance reservations for all visiting school groups. Without a reservation, fees may apply.

With confirmed reservations, there is no entrance fee or charge for educational programs at Yaquina Head.

Teacher’s Packet – Directions, field trip preparation, guidelines, chaperoning, and suggested park activities
Registration Information
2025 Spring Reservation Schedule

Ranger-led Education Programs: April 14 – June 12, 2025. These programs are two hours in length and offer teachers and students the opportunity to participate in guided exploration of the intertidal area using standards linked to state curriculum.

Ranger-Led Registration Form

Teacher-led Education Programs: Year Round. Teachers, professors and other instructors are welcome to explore Yaquina Head with their students by coming prepared with educational outcomes in mind. During the spring season, April 14-June 12, 2025: priority will be given to ranger-led groups as tidepool capacity is limited. Reservations are always required to assure your group can get into the tidepools and fees are waived.

Teacher-Led Registration Form

Every Kid Outdoors: Interagency federal park passes are available to all 4th grade students. These provide free access to National Parks, Bureau of Land Management, US Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, US Army Corps of Engineers, and Bureau of Reclamation Lands. Yaquina Head has free passes for your 4th graders! More information: Every Kid Outdoors or contact the Yaquina Head education staff blm_or_yh_education@blm.gov

The United States Congress designated the Lower White River Wilderness in 2009 and it now has a total of 2,806 acres. All of this wilderness is located in Oregon and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service. The White River rises in the high Cascades in western Wasco County, in the Mount Hood National Forest on the southeast flank of Mount Hood. The headwaters are just below White River Glacier in White River Canyon. Additions to the Mount Hood Wilderness protect upper portions of the river, while the Lower White River Wilderness, southeast of the Mount hood Wilderness and east of highway 26, protects a segment of lower river stretch.

Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area Flickr Album

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Winter Beach Safety

Winter weather along the coast can be dramatic, beautiful and extremely dangerous. Please hold onto car doors when getting in and out. On beaches high surf and sneaker waves can knock walkers off their feet. Never turn your back on the ocean and keep children within arm’s reach.

High winds yank car doors from hands and make walking difficult.
Sneaker waves—sudden tidal surges—can strike at any time knocking walkers off their feet and into the cold Pacific.
High surf leaves little beach exposed for walking.
Never turn your back on the ocean and keep children within arms' reach.

Victorian Holiday Celebration

Join us on Saturday, December 14th, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., for our annual event at the Interpretive Center! Come enjoy fun crafts and musical performances.