Boat House
Boat House is a lighthouse in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Echo Mountain stands 274 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Oil House, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH passes 3.3 miles off.
The story
lighthouse in Washington, United States
Dates from 1887.
Wikidata Q432291, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1903
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH
- 14.0 mi off the FAUNTLEROY TO VASHON
- 14.0 mi off the SEATTLE TO VASHON
- 14.0 mi off the SOUTHWORTH TO VASHON
Overlooks nearby
- South Beach Drive Road End · 19 mi
- Beck Road Public Road End · 21 mi
- East Portal View · 21 mi
- Mt. Rainier viewpoint · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Browns Point Historical Society: 0.0 mi
- Fireboat No. 1: 2.4 mi
- Job Carr Cabin Museum: 2.5 mi
- Former Karpeles Manuscript Museum: 3.2 mi
- Working Waterfront Maritime Museum: 3.3 mi
- Browns Point Lighthouse Park: 0.0 mi
- Browns Point Improvement Club: 0.1 mi
- Browns Point Playfield: 0.3 mi
- Jerry Meeker Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Browns Point Athletic Complex: 0.9 mi
- Indian Hill: 1.5 mi
- Gravel Pit Peak: 4.1 mi
- Indian Point: 5.0 mi
- Kinbee Hill: 6.5 mi
- Ford Hill: 9.2 mi
- In Tribute To Gilbert M. Schuster: 2.3 mi
- Top Of The Ocean Monument: 2.3 mi
- Dickman Mill: 2.3 mi
- Tacoma Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Tacoma's First Hospital Site: 2.7 mi
- Point Ruston: 2.7 mi
- Animal Exercise Area: 3.6 mi
- Seals/Sea Lions: 3.6 mi
- Walruses: 3.6 mi
- Magellanic Penguins: 3.6 mi
- Puget Creek Natural Area: 2.7 mi
- Gog-Le-Hi-Te Wetlands Public Access Site: 4.1 mi
- Alexander Avenue Wetland: 4.7 mi
- Parks Tacoma Headquarters: 5.2 mi
- Tacoma Nature Center: 5.2 mi
- Proctor Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Evergreen Tacoma Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Point Defiance Rose Garden: 3.5 mi
- Dahlia Trial Garden: 3.5 mi
- Iris Garden: 3.5 mi
- Dash Point State Park Beach: 1.9 mi
- Owen Beach: 4.0 mi
- Salmon Beach: 4.1 mi
- Sunrise Beach: 6.0 mi
- Sunrise Beach: 6.1 mi
- Shelter 2: 1.7 mi
- Red Wolf Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Rustic Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Fort Nisqually Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Gig Harbor Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Oil House: 0.0 mi
- Keeper's Cottage: 0.0 mi
- Generator Building: 0.0 mi
- Browns Point Lighthouse: 0.0 mi
- Storehouse: 6.4 mi
- Fourth Infantry Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Thirtieth Infantry Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Windy Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Sixth Engineer Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Pigeon Point: 18.7 mi
- Victor Falls: 16.2 mi
- Far Country Falls: 20.9 mi
- Doughty Falls: 21.5 mi
- Coal Creek Falls: 21.6 mi
- North Fork Falls: 21.6 mi
- Garrison Springs: 10.6 mi
- Maplewood Spring: 10.8 mi
- Ellison Spring: 11.7 mi
- Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 12.3 mi
- Clear Creek Springs: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Boat House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echo Mountain | ENE 60° | 274 m | 18.6 mi |
| Indian Hill | E 94° | 167 m | 1.5 mi |
| High Point | N 11° | 158 m | 16.4 mi |
| Kelly Hill | SSW 204° | 140 m | 18.6 mi |
| Bare Hill | SSW 211° | 136 m | 18.5 mi |
| Eastman Hill | S 191° | 132 m | 17.8 mi |
| Folsom Hill | S 190° | 130 m | 17.8 mi |
| Swift Hill | SSW 203° | 130 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:42 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:23 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:30 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 44 | 47 | 52 | 58 | 62 | 67 | 67 | 62 | 54 | 47 | 42 |
| Precip in | 6.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 6.5 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tacoma #1, 4 mi away.
Mean tidal range 8.06 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Tacoma, Commencement Bay, Sitcum Waterway, WA, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 89000208OpenStreetMap- National Register of Historic Places — Browns Point Lighthouse and Keeper's Cottage, reference 89000208, listed 03/29/89.
OpenStreetMap element way/619855165
Day trips start here
- Federal Way · 5 mi
- Tacoma · 5 mi
- Fife · 6 mi
- Gig Harbor · 7 mi
- Vashon Island · 8 mi
- South Sound · 9 mi
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