List of lighthouses in Washington

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 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) 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) 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) 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 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 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) 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 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) 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 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) 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) 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) 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) 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 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) 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) 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) 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) 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] 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) 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) 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) 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.) 81 ft (25 m)[17] 1858[18] 1938[18] Demolished

Notes

  1. ↑ If there is a second date, it represents the date the most recent tower was lit.
  2. ↑ Current aid by this name is on adjacent skeleton tower.
  3. ↑ 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

  1. 1 2 "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Washington". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Lighthouses of the United States: Washington". Russ Rowlett.
  3. ↑ Light List, Volume VI, Pacific Coast and Pacific Islands (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012.
  4. ↑ "Admiralty Head, WA". LighthouseFriends.
  5. 1 2 "Cattle Point, WA". LighthouseFriends.
  6. 1 2 "Destruction Island, WA". LighthouseFriends.
  7. ↑ Columbia River to Destruction Island (Map). 1:180,789. NOAA. 2004. 18500.
  8. 1 2 "Dofflemyer Point, WA". LighthouseFriends.
  9. 1 2 "Ediz Hook, WA". LighthouseFriends.
  10. ↑ "Marrowstone Point, WA". LighthouseFriends.
  11. ↑ "New Dungeness, WA". LighthouseFriends.
  12. ↑ "Patos Island, WA". LighthouseFriends.
  13. ↑ "Point Robinson, WA". LighthouseFriends.
  14. 1 2 3 4 "Slip Point, WA". LighthouseFriends.
  15. ↑ Strait of Juan de Fuca Entrance (Map). 1:100,000. NOAA. 1998. Chart 18460.
  16. ↑ Nelson, Sharlene (January 1999). "And, now there are three: The Demise of the Smith Island Light". Lighthouse Digest.
  17. ↑ Willapa Bay (Map). 1:40,000. US Dept. of Commerce. 1928. Chart 6185.
  18. 1 2 Harrison, Tim; Jones, Ray (2000). "willapa+bay"+lighthouse Lost Lighthouses. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press.
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