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This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Washington as identified by the United States Coast Guard .[1] There are eighteen active lights in the state; three are standing but inactive, three were supplanted by automated towers, and two have been completely demolished. Two lights, one of them still active, serve as museums.
The Cape Disappointment Light was the first lighthouse in the state (lit 1856) and is still active.[2]
If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List ,[3] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.[1]
Name
Location
Coordinates
Image
Focal Height
Built[note 1]
Automated
Deactivated
Status
Admiralty Head Light
Coupeville, Washington
48°09′39″N 122°40′52″W / 48.1608°N 122.6810°W / 48.1608; -122.6810 (Admiralty Head Light ) [4]
120 120 ft (37 m)
1860/1903
1922
Inactive/museum
Alki Point Light
Alki Point, Seattle
47°34′35″N 122°25′14″W / 47.5763°N 122.4206°W / 47.5763; -122.4206 (Alki Point Light )
039 39 ft (12 m)
1887/1913
1984
Active
Browns Point Light
Browns Point, Washington
47°18′21″N 122°26′39″W / 47.3059°N 122.4443°W / 47.3059; -122.4443 (Browns Point Light )
File:Browns Point Lighthouse.jpg
038 38 ft (12 m)
1887/1933
1963
Active
Burrows Island Light
Burrows Island in Rosario Strait
48°28′40″N 122°42′49″W / 48.4779°N 122.7135°W / 48.4779; -122.7135 (Burrows Island Light )
057 57 ft (17 m)
1906
1972
Active
Cape Disappointment Light
Cape Disappointment
46°16′33″N 124°03′08″W / 46.2758°N 124.0522°W / 46.2758; -124.0522 (Cape Disappointment Light )
220 220 ft (67 m)
1856
1962
Active
Cape Flattery Light
Tatoosh Island
48°23′31″N 124°44′13″W / 48.3919°N 124.7370°W / 48.3919; -124.7370 (Cape Flattery Light )
165 165 ft (50 m)
1857
1977
2009[2]
Inactive[note 2]
Cattle Point Light
San Juan Island [5]
48°27′02″N 122°57′48″W / 48.4506°N 122.9633°W / 48.4506; -122.9633 (Cattle Point Light )
095 94 ft (29 m)
1888/1935[5]
Active
Destruction Island Light
Destruction Island
47°40′28″N 124°29′13″W / 47.6745°N 124.4869°W / 47.6745; -124.4869 (Destruction Island Light ) [6]
165 165 ft (50 m)[7]
1891
1968
2008[6]
Inactive
Dofflemyer Point Light
Boston Harbor, Washington
47°08′26″N 122°54′26″W / 47.1405°N 122.9073°W / 47.1405; -122.9073 (Dofflemyer Point Light )
030 30 ft (9.1 m)
1887/1934[8]
1987[8]
Active
Ediz Hook Light
Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles
48°08′24″N 123°24′08″W / 48.1401°N 123.4023°W / 48.1401; -123.4023 (Ediz Hook Light )
1865/1908[9]
1946[9]
House moved to Port Angeles ; replaced with light on skel. tower
Grays Harbor Light
Westport, Washington
46°53′18″N 124°07′01″W / 46.8882°N 124.1169°W / 46.8882; -124.1169 (Grays Harbor Light )
123 123 ft (37 m)
1898
Active
Lime Kiln Light
San Juan Island
48°30′58″N 123°09′09″W / 48.5160°N 123.1524°W / 48.5160; -123.1524 (Lime Kiln Light )
055 55 ft (17 m)
1919
1962
Active
Marrowstone Point Light
Fort Flagler
48°06′06″N 122°41′16″W / 48.1016°N 122.6879°W / 48.1016; -122.6879 (Marrowstone Point Light )
028 28 ft (8.5 m)
1888/1918[10] [note 3]
1962
Active
Mukilteo Light
Mukilteo, Washington
47°56′55″N 122°18′22″W / 47.9487°N 122.3062°W / 47.9487; -122.3062 (Mukilteo Light )
033 33 ft (10 m)
1906
1979
Active/museum
New Dungeness Light
Dungeness Spit
48°10′54″N 123°06′37″W / 48.1817°N 123.1103°W / 48.1817; -123.1103 (New Dungeness Light )
067 67 ft (20 m)
1857
1994[11]
Active
North Head Light
Ilwaco, Washington
46°17′56″N 124°04′41″W / 46.2989°N 124.0780°W / 46.2989; -124.0780 (North Head Light )
194 194 ft (59 m)
1898
1961
Active
Patos Island Light
Patos Island
48°47′20″N 122°58′17″W / 48.7890°N 122.9713°W / 48.7890; -122.9713 (Patos Island Light )
052 52 ft (16 m)
1893/1908[12]
1974
Active
Point No Point Light
Point No Point, Washington
47°54′44″N 122°31′36″W / 47.9122°N 122.5268°W / 47.9122; -122.5268 (Point No Point Light )
027 27 ft (8.2 m)
1879
1977
Active
Point Robinson Light
east point of Maury Island
47°23′17″N 122°22′28″W / 47.3881°N 122.3744°W / 47.3881; -122.3744 (Point Robinson Light )
040 40 ft (12 m)
1887/1915[13]
1978
Active
Point Wilson Light
Point Wilson north of Port Townsend, Washington
48°08′39″N 122°45′17″W / 48.1442°N 122.7548°W / 48.1442; -122.7548 (Point Wilson Light )
051 51 ft (16 m)
1879/1914
1977
Active
Semiahmoo Harbor Light
Semiahmoo Bay near Blaine, Washington
48°59′32″N 122°47′02″W / 48.9923°N 122.7840°W / 48.9923; -122.7840 (Semiahmoo Harbor Light )
1905
1944
Replaced with automated light
Slip Point Light
Clallam Bay
48°15′52″N 124°15′04″W / 48.2645°N 124.251°W / 48.2645; -124.251 (Slip Point Light ) [14]
055 55 ft (17 m)[15]
1905/1951[14]
1977[14]
ca. 2000[14]
Tower demolished; keeper's dwelling remains
Smith Island Light
Smith Island
48°19′06″N 122°50′38″W / 48.3184°N 122.8438°W / 48.3184; -122.8438 (Smith Island Light )
097 97 ft (30 m)
1858[2]
1957[2]
1998[16]
Replaced by automated tower
Turn Point Light
NW point of Stuart Island
48°41′20″N 123°14′15″W / 48.6888°N 123.2374°W / 48.6888; -123.2374 (Turn Point Light )
044 44 ft (13 m)
1893/1936
1974
Active
West Point Light
West Point in Seattle
47°39′43″N 122°26′09″W / 47.6620°N 122.4357°W / 47.6620; -122.4357 (West Point Light )
027 27 ft (8.2 m)
1881
1984
Active
Willapa Bay Light
north of entrance to Willapa Bay
46°43′N 124°05′W / 46.71°N 124.08°W / 46.71; -124.08 (Willapa Bay Light ) (est.)
081 81 ft (25 m)[17]
1858[18]
1938[18]
Demolished
Notes
^ If there is a second date, it represents the date the most recent tower was lit.
^ Current aid by this name is on adjacent skeleton tower.
^ Light was moved to concrete tower in 1902; it as moved again to the roof of the 1918 fog signal building at an unknown date.
References
^ a b "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Washington" . United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
^ a b c d "Lighthouses of the United States: Washington" . Russ Rowlett.
^ Light List, Volume VI, Pacific Coast and Pacific Islands (PDF) . Light List. United States Coast Guard . 2012.
^ "Admiralty Head, WA" . LighthouseFriends.
^ a b "Cattle Point, WA" . LighthouseFriends.
^ a b "Destruction Island, WA" . LighthouseFriends.
^ Columbia River to Destruction Island (Map). 1:180,789. NOAA. 2004. 18500.
^ a b "Dofflemyer Point, WA" . LighthouseFriends.
^ a b "Ediz Hook, WA" . LighthouseFriends.
^ "Marrowstone Point, WA" . LighthouseFriends.
^ "New Dungeness, WA" . LighthouseFriends.
^ "Patos Island, WA" . LighthouseFriends.
^ "Point Robinson, WA" . LighthouseFriends.
^ a b c d "Slip Point, WA" . LighthouseFriends.
^ Strait of Juan de Fuca Entrance (Map). 1:100,000. NOAA. 1998. Chart 18460.
^ Nelson, Sharlene (January 1999). "And, now there are three: The Demise of the Smith Island Light" . Lighthouse Digest .
^ Willapa Bay (Map). 1:40,000. US Dept. of Commerce. 1928. Chart 6185.
^ a b Harrison, Tim; Jones, Ray (2000). "willapa+bay"+lighthouse Lost Lighthouses . Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press.