Browns Point Lighthouse
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Browns Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Indian Hill stands 167 m to the east, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Generator Building, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH passes 3.2 miles off.
The story
The Browns Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Tacoma on Browns Point at the east entrance to Puget Sound's Commencement Bay, Pierce County, Washington.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1887.
Wikidata Q432291, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1933
- Height
- 10 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 3.2 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 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
- Browns Point Historical Society: 0.1 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
- Indian Hill: 1.5 mi
- Gravel Pit Peak: 4.1 mi
- Indian Point: 5.0 mi
- Kinbee Hill: 6.5 mi
- Ford Hill: 9.1 mi
- Proctor Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Point Defiance Rose Garden: 3.4 mi
- Dahlia Trial Garden: 3.5 mi
- Evergreen Tacoma Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Iris Garden: 3.5 mi
- Point Ruston: 2.6 mi
- Animal Exercise Area: 3.5 mi
- Seals/Sea Lions: 3.5 mi
- Walruses: 3.5 mi
- Magellanic Penguins: 3.5 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
- 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: 2.3 mi
- Tacoma's First Hospital Site: 2.6 mi
- Dash Point State Park Beach: 2.0 mi
- Owen Beach: 3.9 mi
- Salmon Beach: 4.1 mi
- Sunrise Beach: 6.0 mi
- Titlow Beach: 6.3 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
- Fourth Infantry Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Thirtieth Infantry Bluff: 14.5 mi
- Windy Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Sixth Engineer Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Pigeon Point: 18.8 mi
- Victor Falls: 16.2 mi
- Far Country Falls: 21.0 mi
- Doughty Falls: 21.6 mi
- Coal Creek Falls: 21.6 mi
- North Fork Falls: 21.6 mi
- Generator Building: 0.0 mi
- Keeper's Cottage: 0.1 mi
- Storehouse: 6.4 mi
- Ship's Store: 6.4 mi
- Quarters A: 6.4 mi
- Garrison Springs: 10.5 mi
- Maplewood Spring: 10.8 mi
- Ellison Spring: 11.6 mi
- Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 12.3 mi
- Clear Creek Springs: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Browns Point Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Hill | E 94° | 167 m | 1.5 mi |
| High Point | N 11° | 158 m | 16.4 mi |
| Kelly Hill | SSW 203° | 140 m | 18.5 mi |
| Bare Hill | SSW 211° | 136 m | 18.5 mi |
| Eastman Hill | S 191° | 132 m | 17.7 mi |
| Folsom Hill | S 190° | 130 m | 17.8 mi |
| Swift Hill | SSW 203° | 130 m | 18.5 mi |
| Beal Hill | SSW 209° | 128 m | 17.9 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 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 89000208OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Browns Point Lighthouse and Keeper's Cottage, reference 89000208, listed 03/29/89.
OpenStreetMap element way/619855162
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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