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List of lighthouses in Washington

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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.{{cite uscghist|WA}} 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.{{Cite rowlett|wa}}

If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List,{{cite uscgll|6|2012|}} while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.

class="wikitable sortable"
Name

! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Image

! Location

! width="100"| Coordinates

! Year first lit

! Automated

! Year deactivated

! Current Lens

! Focal Height

Admiralty Head Light

| 100px

| Coupeville

| {{coord|48.1608|N|122.6810|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Admiralty Head Light}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=31 |title=Admiralty Head, WA |publisher=LighthouseFriends |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817190948/http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=31 |archivedate=2013-08-17 }}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1861 (Former)
1903 (Current)

| style="text-align: center;"| Never

| style="text-align: center;"| 1922
(Now a museum)

| style="text-align: center;"| None

| style="text-align: center;"| 120 {{convert|120|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Alki Point Light

| 100px

| West Seattle

| {{coord|47.5763|N|122.4206|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Alki Point Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1913

| style="text-align: center;"| 1984

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| VRB-25

| style="text-align: center;"| 039 {{convert|39|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Browns Point Light

| 100 px

| Browns Point

| {{coord|47.3059|N|122.4443|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Browns Point Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1887 (First)
1933 (Current)

| style="text-align: center;"| 1963

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| VRB-25

| style="text-align: center;"| 038 {{convert|38|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Burrows Island Light

| 100px

| Anacortes
(Burrows Island)

| {{coord|48.4779|N|122.7135|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Burrows Island Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1906

| style="text-align: center;"| 1972

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| Optic

| style="text-align: center;"| 057 {{convert|57|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Bush Point Light

|

| Coupeville

| {{coord|48.03087|N|122.60697|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Bush Point Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1894 (Former)
1933 (Current)

| style="text-align: center;"| 1933

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| Unknown

| style="text-align: center;"| Unknown

Cape Disappointment Light

| 100px

| Cape Disappointment

| {{coord|46.2758|N|124.0522|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Cape Disappointment Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1856

| style="text-align: center;"| 1973

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| Fourth-order Fresnel

| style="text-align: center;"| 220 {{convert|220|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Cape Flattery Light

| 100px

| Tatoosh Island

| {{coord|48.3919|N|124.7370|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Cape Flattery Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1857

| style="text-align: center;"| 1977

| style="text-align: center;"| 2009
(Replaced with
skeleton tower)

| style="text-align: center;"| None

| style="text-align: center;"| 165 {{convert|165|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Cattle Point Light

| 100px

| San Juan Island{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=106 |title=Cattle Point, WA |publisher=LighthouseFriends |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505060226/http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=106 |archivedate=2015-05-05 }}

| {{coord|48.4506|N|122.9633|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Cattle Point Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1888 (Former)
1935 (Current)

| style="text-align: center;"| 1950s

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| Unknown

| style="text-align: center;"| Unknown

Clover Island Light

| 100px

| Kennewick

| {{coord|46.217

119.111}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 2010{{cite web|url=http://portofkennewick.org/about/lighthouse-plaza|title=Clover Island Lighthouse & Lighthouse Plaza|work=portofkennewick.org|accessdate=October 4, 2017}}

| style="text-align: center;"| Always

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| LED

| style="text-align: center;"| 062 {{convert|62|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Destruction Island Light

| 100px

| Destruction Island

| {{coord|47.6745|N|124.4869|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Destruction Island Light}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=118|title=Destruction Island, WA|publisher=LighthouseFriends}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1892

| style="text-align: center;"| 1968

| style="text-align: center;"| 2008

| style="text-align: center;"| None

| style="text-align: center;"| 165 {{convert|165|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite map|url=http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/preview/image/18500-03-2004|publisher=NOAA|title=Columbia River to Destruction Island|year=2004|scale=1:180,789|id=18500|access-date=2012-05-07|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073726/http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/preview/image/18500-03-2004|url-status=dead}}

Dofflemyer Point Light

| 100px

| Boston Harbor

| {{coord|47.1405|N|122.9073|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Dofflemyer Point Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1887{{cite web|title=Dofflemyer Point, WA |url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=122 |publisher=LighthouseFriends |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505055940/http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=122 |archivedate=2015-05-05 }} (Former)
1934 (Current)

| style="text-align: center;"| 1987

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| Unknown

| style="text-align: center;"| 030 {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Ediz Hook Light

| 100px

| Port Angeles
(Air Station)

| {{coord|48.1401|N|123.4023|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Ediz Hook Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1865{{cite web|title=Ediz Hook, WA |url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=147 |publisher=LighthouseFriends |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202132528/http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=147 |archivedate=2010-02-02 }} (First)
1908 (Last)

| style="text-align: center;"| Never

| style="text-align: center;"| 1946
(Replaced with
skeleton tower)

| style="text-align: center;"| None

| style="text-align: center;"| Unknown

Grays Harbor Light

| 100px

| Westport

| {{coord|46.8882|N|124.1169|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Grays Harbor Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1898

| style="text-align: center;"| 1945

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| Third-order Fresnel

| style="text-align: center;"| 123 {{convert|123|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Lime Kiln Light

| 100px

| San Juan Island

| {{coord|48.5160|N|123.1524|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Lime Kiln Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1919

| style="text-align: center;"| 1962

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| 375mm

| style="text-align: center;"| 055 {{convert|55|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Marrowstone Point Light

| 100px

| Marrowstone
(Fort Flagler State Park)

| {{coord|48.1016|N|122.6879|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Marrowstone Point Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1888{{cite web|title=Marrowstone Point, WA|url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=109|publisher=LighthouseFriends}} (Former)
1918 (Current)

| style="text-align: center;"| 1962

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| Unknown

| style="text-align: center;"| 028 {{convert|28|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Mukilteo Light

| 100px

| Mukilteo

| {{coord|47.9487|N|122.3062|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Mukilteo Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1906

| style="text-align: center;"| 1979

| style="text-align: center;"| Active
(Also a museum)

| style="text-align: center;"| Fourth-order Fresnel

| style="text-align: center;"| 033 {{convert|33|ft|m|abbr=on}}

New Dungeness Light

| 100px

| Sequim
(Dungeness Spit)

| {{coord|48.1817|N|123.1103|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=New Dungeness Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1857

| style="text-align: center;"| 1994{{cite web|title=New Dungeness, WA |url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=34 |publisher=LighthouseFriends |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323213548/http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=34 |archivedate=2010-03-23 }}

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| VRB-25 acrylic lens

| style="text-align: center;"| 067 {{convert|67|ft|m|abbr=on}}

North Head Light

| 100px

| Ilwaco

| {{coord|46.2989|N|124.0780|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=North Head Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1898

| style="text-align: center;"| 1961

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| VRB-25

| style="text-align: center;"| 194 {{convert|194|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Patos Island Light

| 100px

| Patos Island

| {{coord|48.7890|N|122.9713|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Patos Island Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1893{{cite web|title=Patos Island, WA|url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=103|publisher=LighthouseFriends}} (Former)
1908 (Current)

| style="text-align: center;"| 1974

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| Unknown

| style="text-align: center;"| 052 {{convert|52|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Point No Point Light

| 100px

| Hansville
(Point No Point)

| {{coord|47.9122|N|122.5268|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Point No Point Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1880

| style="text-align: center;"| 1977

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| Plastic

| style="text-align: center;"| 027 {{convert|27|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Point Roberts Light

|

| Point Roberts

| {{coord|48.9715|N|123.0827|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Point Roberts Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| Unknown

| style="text-align: center;"| Unknown

| style="text-align: center;"| Active?

| style="text-align: center;"| Unknown

| style="text-align: center;"| Unknown

Point Robinson Light

| 100px

| Vashon
(Point Robinson)

| {{coord|47.3881|N|122.3744|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Point Robinson Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1887{{cite web|title=Point Robinson, WA |url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=113 |publisher=LighthouseFriends |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505055852/http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=113 |archivedate=2015-05-05 }} (Former)
1915 (Current)

| style="text-align: center;"| 1978

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| Plastic

| style="text-align: center;"| 040 {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Point Wilson Light

| 100px

| Port Townsend

| {{coord|48.1442|N|122.7548|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Point Wilson Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1879 (Former)
1914 (Current)

| style="text-align: center;"| 1976

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| Fourth-order Fresnel

| style="text-align: center;"| 051 {{convert|51|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Semiahmoo Harbor Light

| 100px

| Blaine

| {{coord|48.9923|N|122.7840|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Semiahmoo Harbor Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1905

| style="text-align: center;"| Never

| style="text-align: center;"| 1944
(Demolished)

| style="text-align: center;"| None

| style="text-align: center;"| Unknown

Skunk Bay Light

|

| Port Ludlow

| style="text-align: center;"| Latitude: 47.91925, Longitude: -122.56981

| style="text-align: center;"| 1965
(Faux)

| style="text-align: center;"| Always

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| Unknown

| style="text-align: center;"| Unknown

Slip Point Light

| 100px

| Clallam Bay

| {{coord|48.2645|N|124.251|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Slip Point Light}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=124 |title=Slip Point, WA |publisher=LighthouseFriends |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125033735/http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=124 |archivedate=2012-01-25 }}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1905 (First)
1951 (Last)

| style="text-align: center;"| 1977

| style="text-align: center;"| 2000
(Removed)

| style="text-align: center;"| None

| style="text-align: center;"| 055 {{convert|55|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite map|url=http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/preview/image/18460M-7-1998|publisher=NOAA|title=Strait of Juan de Fuca Entrance|year=1998|scale=1:100,000|id=Chart 18460|access-date=2012-05-09|archive-date=2015-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527010210/http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/preview/image/18460M-7-1998|url-status=dead}}

Smith Island Light

| 100px

| Smith Island

| {{coord|48.3184|N|122.8438|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Smith Island Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1858

| style="text-align: center;"| 1957

| style="text-align: center;"| 1998{{cite journal|journal=Lighthouse Digest|title=And, now there are three: The Demise of the Smith Island Light|first=Sharlene|last=Nelson|date=January 1999|url=http://www.lighthousedigest.com/Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=407}}
(Destroyed)

| style="text-align: center;"| None

| style="text-align: center;"| 097 {{convert|97|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Turn Point Light

| 100px

| Stuart Island

| {{coord|48.6888|N|123.2374|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Turn Point Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1893 (Former)
1936 (Current)

| style="text-align: center;"| 1974

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| 300mm

| style="text-align: center;"| 044 {{convert|44|ft|m|abbr=on}}

West Point Light

| 100px

| Seattle
(West Point)

| {{coord|47.6620|N|122.4357|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=West Point Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1881

| style="text-align: center;"| 1985

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| VRB-25

| style="text-align: center;"| 027 {{convert|27|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Willapa Bay Light

| 100px

| Willapa Bay

| {{coord|46.71|N|124.08|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Willapa Bay Light}}
(Estimate)

| style="text-align: center;"| 1858{{cite book|title=Lost Lighthouses|first1=Tim|last1=Harrison|first2=Ray|last2=Jones|url=https://archive.org/details/lostlighthousesl00timh|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/lostlighthousesl00timh/page/128 128]|quote=willapa bay lighthouse.|publisher=Globe Pequot Press|location=Guilford, Connecticut|year=2000}}

| style="text-align: center;"| Never

| style="text-align: center;"| 1938
(Demolished)

| style="text-align: center;"| None

| style="text-align: center;"| 081 {{convert|81|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite map|url=http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/preview/image/6185-11-1928|publisher=US Dept. of Commerce|year=1928|scale=1:40,000|id=Chart 6185|title=Willapa Bay|access-date=2012-05-10|archive-date=2017-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006013342/http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/preview/image/6185-11-1928|url-status=dead}}

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