White light every 6 s; two red sectors marking dangerous shoals
Patos Island Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city
Eastsound, Washington
Area
1 acre
Built
1893 (1893)
Architectural style
Greek Revival-Victorian
NRHP reference No.
77001355[2]
Added to NRHP
October 21, 1977
Patos Island Lighthouse is an active aid to navigation overlooking the Strait of Georgia at Alden Point on the western tip of Patos Island in the San Juan Islands, San Juan County, Washington, in the United States.[3] The station is the northernmost in the San Juan Islands and marks the
division point between the eastern and western passages into the Strait of Juan de Fuca.[4]
In 2013, Patos Island and its lighthouse were included in the US Presidential Proclamation[5] by Barack Obama creating San Juan Islands National Monument,[6] managed by the Bureau of Land Management, part of the US Department of Interior. Limited developments on the island are managed in partnership with Washington State Parks and volunteers with the nonprofit friends group Keeper of the Patos Light.[7] On some maps it is also referred to as Patos Island State Park.[8]
Access to Patos Island is challenging; no public ferry system serves the 200 acre island. Two offshore mooring buoys are available for private boats as permitted through the Washington State Parks.[9] Volunteer opportunities, however, offer regular summer access through the Keepers of the Patos Light.[7]
Through a Washington State Lighthouse Environmental Program (LEP) grant, the Keeper of the Patos Light are developing exhibits for the lighthouse.
^"Patos Light". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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^"Presidential Proclamation -- San Juan Islands National Monument". whitehouse.gov. 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
^"San Juan Islands National Monument Oregon/Washington BLM". www.blm.gov. Archived from the original on 2017-03-08. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
^ ab"Keepers of the Patos Light - Keepers of the Patos Light". Keepers of the Patos Light. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
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^"Patos Island Marine State Park | Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission". parks.state.wa.us. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
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