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
Image
Location
Coordinates
Year first lit
Automated
Year deactivated
Current Lens
Focal Height
Admiralty Head Light
Coupeville
48°09′39″N122°40′52″W / 48.1608°N 122.6810°W / 48.1608; -122.6810 (Admiralty Head Light)[4]
1861 (Former) 1903 (Current)
Never
1922 (Now a museum)
None
120 120 ft (37 m)
Alki Point Light
West Seattle
47°34′35″N122°25′14″W / 47.5763°N 122.4206°W / 47.5763; -122.4206 (Alki Point Light)
1913
1984
Active
VRB-25
039 39 ft (12 m)
Browns Point Light
Browns Point
47°18′21″N122°26′39″W / 47.3059°N 122.4443°W / 47.3059; -122.4443 (Browns Point Light)
1887 (First) 1933 (Current)
1963
Active
VRB-25
038 38 ft (12 m)
Burrows Island Light
Anacortes (Burrows Island)
48°28′40″N122°42′49″W / 48.4779°N 122.7135°W / 48.4779; -122.7135 (Burrows Island Light)
1906
1972
Active
Optic
057 57 ft (17 m)
Bush Point Light
Coupeville
48°01′51″N122°36′25″W / 48.03087°N 122.60697°W / 48.03087; -122.60697 (Bush Point Light)
^ ab"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Washington". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
^ abcdRowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Washington". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
^Light List, Volume VI, Pacific Coast and Pacific Islands(PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012.
^"Admiralty Head, WA". LighthouseFriends. Archived from the original on 2013-08-17.
^"Cattle Point, WA". LighthouseFriends. Archived from the original on 2015-05-05.
^"Clover Island Lighthouse & Lighthouse Plaza". portofkennewick.org. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
^ ab"Destruction Island, WA". LighthouseFriends.
^Columbia River to Destruction Island (Map). 1:180,789. NOAA. 2004. 18500. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
^ abc"Dofflemyer Point, WA". LighthouseFriends. Archived from the original on 2015-05-05.
^ abc"Ediz Hook, WA". LighthouseFriends. Archived from the original on 2010-02-02.
^ ab"Marrowstone Point, WA". LighthouseFriends.
^"New Dungeness, WA". LighthouseFriends. Archived from the original on 2010-03-23.
^ ab"Patos Island, WA". LighthouseFriends.
^ ab"Point Robinson, WA". LighthouseFriends. Archived from the original on 2015-05-05.
^ abcde"Slip Point, WA". LighthouseFriends. Archived from the original on 2012-01-25.
^Strait of Juan de Fuca Entrance (Map). 1:100,000. NOAA. 1998. Chart 18460. Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
^Nelson, Sharlene (January 1999). "And, now there are three: The Demise of the Smith Island Light". Lighthouse Digest.
^ abHarrison, Tim; Jones, Ray (2000). Lost Lighthouses. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press. p. 128. willapa bay lighthouse.
^Willapa Bay (Map). 1:40,000. US Dept. of Commerce. 1928. Chart 6185. Archived from the original on 2017-10-06. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
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