Admiralty Head Lighthouse
Admiralty Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Bon Jon Peak stands 1,414 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Casey, a historic site 0.3 miles away. PORT TOWNSEND TO KEYSTONE passes 0.4 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Admiralty Head Light is a deactivated aid to navigation located on Whidbey Island near Coupeville, Island County, Washington, on the grounds of Fort Casey State Park. The restored lighthouse overlooks Admiralty Inlet. It was the companion to the Point Wilson Light, which sits four miles away on Admiralty Inlet's western shore.
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Dates from 1903.
Wikidata Q2288135, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the PORT TOWNSEND TO KEYSTONE
- 0.4 mi off the JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP
- 3.0 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 3.4 mi off the CLINTON FERRY ZONE VIC WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 20 VIC KEYSTON FERRY ZONE
Overlooks nearby
- Ralph E. White Memorial Obsercation Deck · 27 mi
- Mount Walker North Viewpoint · 28 mi
- Mt. Walker Viewpoint · 28 mi
- South Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Driftwood Park: 2.0 mi
- Lion's Club Park: 3.9 mi
- Cooks Corner Park: 4.1 mi
- Captain Coupe's Park & Boat Launch: 4.1 mi
- Coupeville Town Park: 4.2 mi
- Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve: 3.6 mi
- Pratt Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Fort Flagler State Park: 4.4 mi
- Kettles Trail System: 4.8 mi
- Smuggler's Cove: 7.4 mi
- Whale Wheel: 4.2 mi
- Salish Sea Circle: 4.6 mi
- Wings Mural: 4.8 mi
- Kraken: 8.9 mi
- Mermaid: 8.9 mi
- Fort Casey: 0.3 mi
- Jacob and Sarah Ebey Blockhouse: 3.1 mi
- Battery Vicars: 3.8 mi
- Battery Kinzie: 3.9 mi
- Battery Lee: 4.1 mi
- Memory's Vault: 4.2 mi
- Alexander Blockhouse: 4.2 mi
- Ancient Cedar: 8.0 mi
- Corn Maze: 13.6 mi
- Sunshine Herb & Lavender Farm: 15.0 mi
- Morgan Hill: 4.6 mi
- Scenic Heights: 6.8 mi
- Jorgenson Hill: 8.8 mi
- Monkey Hill: 14.3 mi
- Troxel Hill: 16.4 mi
- Island County Museum: 4.2 mi
- Coast Artillery Museum: 4.3 mi
- Jefferson County Museum: 4.6 mi
- Fort Flagler Museum: 4.6 mi
- Bell Tower: 4.8 mi
- Rhododendron Gardens: 4.5 mi
- Master Gardener Park: 6.0 mi
- Educational Gardens: 6.2 mi
- Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens: 7.7 mi
- Meerkerk Gardens: 7.8 mi
- North Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Blowers Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Pratts Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Double Bluff: 14.4 mi
- Foulweather Bluff: 15.6 mi
- North Beach: 4.8 mi
- Glass Beach: 5.4 mi
- Portage Beach: 9.2 mi
- Double Bluff Beach: 14.7 mi
- Double Bluff County Park: 14.8 mi
- Point Wilson Lighthouse: 3.6 mi
- Smith Island Keepers House: 13.3 mi
- Point No Point Lighthouse: 18.6 mi
- Office: 18.6 mi
- Oil House: 18.6 mi
- McGees: 10.4 mi
- Skagit City: 21.2 mi
- Whitney: 22.0 mi
- Ehrlich: 24.5 mi
- Rosario Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Green Point Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Smokey Point Southbound Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- Smokey Point Northbound Rest Area: 22.6 mi
- Ludlow Falls: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Admiralty Head Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bon Jon Peak | SW 221° | 1,414 m | 24.3 mi |
| Green Mountain | SSW 213° | 1,340 m | 24.8 mi |
| Mount Zion | SW 223° | 1,299 m | 22.4 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SW 232° | 1,049 m | 22.5 mi |
| Burnt Hill | WSW 244° | 680 m | 22.1 mi |
| Big Skidder Hill | SW 218° | 646 m | 18.3 mi |
| Lookout Hill | SW 236° | 574 m | 19.6 mi |
| Devils Mountain | NE 53° | 520 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:43 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 20:26 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 15:26 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 42 | 45 | 49 | 54 | 58 | 61 | 62 | 58 | 51 | 44 | 40 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coupeville 1 S, 3 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Admiralty Head, WA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/837502022
Day trips start here
- Coupeville · 4 mi
- Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve · 4 mi
- Port Townsend · 5 mi
- Whidbey Island · 5 mi
- Greenbank · 7 mi
- Camano Island · 8 mi
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