Grays Harbor Lighthouse
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Grays Harbor Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Scar Hill stands 272 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is South Oil House, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. 105 SPUR TO SHORE OF GRAYS HARBOR passes 0.3 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Grays Harbor Lighthouse (Westport Light) is a lighthouse located on Point Chehalis on the southern side of the entrance to Grays Harbor, Westport, Grays Harbor County, Washington, in the United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q5598355, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1898
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the 105 SPUR TO SHORE OF GRAYS HARBOR
- 2.1 mi off the JCT SR 105 VIC WESTPORT TO JCT SR 101 VIC ABERDEEN
- 2.1 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC RAYMOND TO SHORE OF GRAYS HARBOR
- 9.1 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC HOQUIAM TO TAHOLAH
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grenville · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grays Harbor Lighthouse Grounds: 0.1 mi
- Grand Army of the Republic Ball Park: 0.3 mi
- Harriett Dorland Municipal Park: 0.7 mi
- Harms Little League Fields: 0.7 mi
- Rydman Field: 0.9 mi
- Making Memories: 8.5 mi
- Resurgence: 14.8 mi
- Pollinator Park: 15.2 mi
- Kape’ Jiluupak: 15.2 mi
- S. Joseph: 15.3 mi
- Historic Coast Guard Station: 1.4 mi
- McCausland Hall: 1.4 mi
- Westport Maritime Museum: 1.4 mi
- Destruction Island Lens Exhibit Hall: 1.4 mi
- Coastal Interpretive Center: 4.5 mi
- Fort Chehalis Monument: 0.7 mi
- Street of Flags Veterans Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Fishermen's Memorial: 1.7 mi
- memorial placard: 14.8 mi
- As you were: 16.1 mi
- Pot Shed Nursery: 5.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 12.8 mi
- Randall Street Community Garden: 15.9 mi
- Community Garden: 21.6 mi
- Stearns Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Brackenridge Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Copalis Head: 18.3 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 21.1 mi
- Washaway Beach: 10.4 mi
- Pocket Beach: 16.1 mi
- Sunset Beach: 23.3 mi
- Saddle Hill: 11.9 mi
- Langley Hill: 15.7 mi
- Scar Hill: 20.1 mi
- Events on Emerson: 12.6 mi
- Kurt Cobain's Childhood Home: 16.0 mi
- World's Largest Oyster: 21.1 mi
- South Oil House: 0.0 mi
- North Oil House: 0.0 mi
- Weatherwax Nature Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Leadbetter Point, Wilapa National Wildlife Refuge: 18.0 mi
- Joe G. Batinovich Picnic Ground: 16.3 mi
- Butte Creek Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Seahaven: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grays Harbor Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scar Hill | E 96° | 272 m | 20.1 mi |
| Saddle Hill | N 1° | 88 m | 11.9 mi |
| Langley Hill | N 360° | 75 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:49 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 20:28 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 15:39 | 16:31 |
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 | 43 | 44 | 46 | 49 | 53 | 57 | 59 | 60 | 58 | 52 | 46 | 43 |
| Precip in | 11.5 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 8.0 | 11.7 | 11.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grayland, 6 mi away.
Mean tidal range 7.01 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Westport, Point Chehalis, WA, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 77001333OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Grays Harbor Light Station, reference 77001333, listed 11/02/77.
OpenStreetMap element way/559675720
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