This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Washington as identified by the United States Coast Guard. 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.
If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List, while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.
NameImage Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height Admiralty Head Light Coupeville 1861 (Former) 1903 (Current) Never 1922(Now a museum) None 120 Alki Point Light West Seattle 1913 1984 Active VRB-25 039 Browns Point Light Browns Point 1887 (First) 1933 (Current) 1963 Active VRB-25 038 Burrows Island Light Anacortes(Burrows Island) 1906 1972 Active Optic 057 Bush Point Light Coupeville 1894 (Former) 1933 (Current) 1933 Active Unknown Unknown Cape Disappointment Light Cape Disappointment 1856 1973 Active Fourth-order Fresnel 220 Cape Flattery Light Tatoosh Island 1857 1977 2009 (Replaced withskeleton tower) None 165 Cattle Point Light San Juan Island 1888 (Former) 1935 (Current) 1950s Active Unknown Unknown Clover Island Light Kennewick 2010 Always Active LED 062 Destruction Island Light Destruction Island 1892 1968 2008 None 165 Dofflemyer Point Light Boston Harbor 1887 (Former) 1934 (Current) 1987 Active Unknown 030 Ediz Hook Light Port Angeles(Air Station) 1865 (First) 1908 (Last) Never 1946 (Replaced withskeleton tower) None Unknown Grays Harbor Light Westport 1898 1945 Active Third-order Fresnel 123 Lime Kiln Light San Juan Island 1919 1962 Active 375mm 055 Marrowstone Point Light Marrowstone(Fort Flagler State Park) 1888 (Former) 1918 (Current) 1962 Active Unknown 028 Mukilteo Light Mukilteo 1906 1979 Active(Also a museum) Fourth-order Fresnel 033 New Dungeness Light Sequim(Dungeness Spit) 1857 1994 Active VRB-25 acrylic lens 067 North Head Light Ilwaco 1898 1961 Active VRB-25 194 Patos Island Light Patos Island 1893 (Former) 1908 (Current) 1974 Active Unknown 052 Point No Point Light Hansville(Point No Point) 1880 1977 Active Plastic 027 Point Roberts Light Point Roberts Unknown Unknown Active? Unknown Unknown Point Robinson Light Vashon(Point Robinson) 1887 (Former) 1915 (Current) 1978 Active Plastic 040 Point Wilson Light Port Townsend 1879 (Former) 1914 (Current) 1976 Active Fourth-order Fresnel 051 Semiahmoo Harbor Light Blaine 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 1905 (First) 1951 (Last) 1977 2000(Removed) None 055 Smith Island Light Smith Island 1858 1957 1998(Destroyed) None 097 Turn Point Light Stuart Island 1893 (Former) 1936 (Current) 1974 Active 300mm 044 West Point Light Seattle(West Point) 1881 1985 Active VRB-25 027 Willapa Bay Light Willapa Bay (Estimate) 1858 Never 1938(Demolished) None 081
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