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 | 48.1608°N 122.6810°W[4] | 1861 (Former) 1903 (Current) |
Never | 1922 (Now a museum) |
None | 120 ft (37 m) |
Alki Point Light | ![]() |
West Seattle | 47.5763°N 122.4206°W | 1913 | 1984 | Active | VRB-25 | 39 ft (12 m) |
Browns Point Light | ![]() |
Browns Point | 47.3059°N 122.4443°W | 1887 (First) 1933 (Current) |
1963 | Active | VRB-25 | 38 ft (12 m) |
Burrows Island Light | ![]() |
Anacortes (Burrows Island) |
48.4779°N 122.7135°W | 1906 | 1972 | Active | Optic | 57 ft (17 m) |
Bush Point Light | Coupeville | 48.03087°N 122.60697°W | 1894 (Former) 1933 (Current) |
1933 | Active | Unknown | Unknown | |
Cape Disappointment Light | ![]() |
Cape Disappointment | 46.2758°N 124.0522°W | 1856 | 1973 | Active | Fourth-order Fresnel | 220 ft (67 m) |
Cape Flattery Light | ![]() |
Tatoosh Island | 48.3919°N 124.7370°W | 1857 | 1977 | 2009[2] (Replaced with skeleton tower) |
None | 165 ft (50 m) |
Cattle Point Light | ![]() |
San Juan Island[5] | 48.4506°N 122.9633°W | 1888 (Former) 1935 (Current) |
1950s | Active | Unknown | Unknown |
Clover Island Light | ![]() |
Kennewick | 46.217°N 119.111°W | 2010[6] | Always | Active | LED | 62 ft (19 m) |
Destruction Island Light | ![]() |
Destruction Island | 47.6745°N 124.4869°W[7] | 1892 | 1968 | 2008[7] | None | 165 ft (50 m)[8] |
Dofflemyer Point Light | ![]() |
Boston Harbor | 47.1405°N 122.9073°W | 1887[9] (Former) 1934[9] (Current) |
1987[9] | Active | Unknown | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
Ediz Hook Light | ![]() |
Port Angeles (Air Station) |
48.1401°N 123.4023°W | 1865[10] (First) 1908[10] (Last) |
Never | 1946[10] (Replaced with skeleton tower) |
None | Unknown |
Grays Harbor Light | ![]() |
Westport | 46.8882°N 124.1169°W | 1898 | 1945 | Active | Third-order Fresnel | 123 ft (37 m) |
Lime Kiln Light | ![]() |
San Juan Island | 48.5160°N 123.1524°W | 1919 | 1962 | Active | 375mm | 55 ft (17 m) |
Marrowstone Point Light | Marrowstone (Fort Flagler State Park) |
48.1016°N 122.6879°W | 1888[11] (Former) 1918[11] (Current) |
1962 | Active | Unknown | 28 ft (8.5 m) | |
Mukilteo Light | ![]() |
Mukilteo | 47.9487°N 122.3062°W | 1906 | 1979 | Active (Also a museum) |
Fourth-order Fresnel | 33 ft (10 m) |
New Dungeness Light | ![]() |
Sequim (Dungeness Spit) |
48.1817°N 123.1103°W | 1857 | 1994[12] | Active | VRB-25 acrylic lens | 67 ft (20 m) |
North Head Light | ![]() |
Ilwaco | 46.2989°N 124.0780°W | 1898 | 1961 | Active | VRB-25 | 194 ft (59 m) |
Patos Island Light | Patos Island | 48.7890°N 122.9713°W | 1893[13] (Former) 1908[13] (Current) |
1974 | Active | Unknown | 52 ft (16 m) | |
Point No Point Light | ![]() |
Hansville (Point No Point) |
47.9122°N 122.5268°W | 1880 | 1977 | Active | Plastic | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Point Roberts Light | Point Roberts | 48.9715°N 123.0827°W | Unknown | Unknown | Active? | Unknown | Unknown | |
Point Robinson Light | Vashon (Point Robinson) |
47.3881°N 122.3744°W | 1887[14] (Former) 1915[14] (Current) |
1978 | Active | Plastic | 40 ft (12 m) | |
Point Wilson Light | ![]() |
Port Townsend | 48.1442°N 122.7548°W | 1879 (Former) 1914 (Current) |
1976 | Active | Fourth-order Fresnel | 51 ft (16 m) |
Semiahmoo Harbor Light | ![]() |
Blaine | 48.9923°N 122.7840°W | 1905 | Never | 1944 (Demolished) |
None | Unknown |
Skunk Bay Light | Port Ludlow | Latitude: 47.91925, Longitude: -122.56981 | 1965 (Faux) |
Always | Active | Unknown | Unknown | |
Slip Point Light | ![]() |
Clallam Bay | 48.2645°N 124.251°W[15] | 1905[15] (First) 1951[15] (Last) |
1977[15] | 2000[15] (Removed) |
None | 55 ft (17 m)[16] |
Smith Island Light | Smith Island | 48.3184°N 122.8438°W | 1858[2] | 1957[2] | 1998[17] (Destroyed) |
None | 97 ft (30 m) | |
Turn Point Light | ![]() |
Stuart Island | 48.6888°N 123.2374°W | 1893 (Former) 1936 (Current) |
1974 | Active | 300mm | 44 ft (13 m) |
West Point Light | ![]() |
Seattle (West Point) |
47.6620°N 122.4357°W | 1881 | 1985 | Active | VRB-25 | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Willapa Bay Light | ![]() |
Willapa Bay | 46.71°N 124.08°W (Estimate) |
1858[18] | Never | 1938[18] (Demolished) |
None | 81 ft (25 m)[19] |
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