Point No Point Lighthouse
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Point No Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Mount Townsend stands 1,914 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Office, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 101 VIC DISCOVERY BAY TO KINGSTON FERRY ZONE passes 4.8 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Point No Point Light is an operational aid to navigation on the northeastern tip of the Kitsap Peninsula on the west side of Puget Sound, at Point No Point where Admiralty Inlet joins Puget Sound, near the small community of Hansville, Kitsap County, in the U.S. state of Washington. Point No Point Light is considered the oldest lighthouse on Puget Sound and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Dates from 1879.
Wikidata Q7208098, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1879
- Height
- 20 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- U.S. Coast Guard
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC DISCOVERY BAY TO KINGSTON FERRY ZONE
- 5.7 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC SHELTON TO JCT SR 104 VIC PORT GAMBEL
- 6.6 mi off the CLINTON FERRY ZONE VIC WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 20 VIC KEYSTON FERRY ZONE
- 8.2 mi off the EDMONDS TO KINGSTON
Overlooks nearby
- Ralph E. White Memorial Obsercation Deck · 8 mi
- Agate Street Road End · 13 mi
- Sanwick Place Road End · 14 mi
- Whitty Way Public Road End · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Point No Point Access Site: 0.3 mi
- Buck Lake Access Site: 1.5 mi
- Dave Mackie Park: 4.3 mi
- Site U: 5.3 mi
- Frank D. Robinson Beach: 5.6 mi
- foulweather Bluff Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Maxwelton Outdoor Classroom: 5.2 mi
- Deer Lagoon Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Glendale Trust Land: 6.7 mi
- Possession Point State Park: 6.9 mi
- Of Sea and Shore Museum: 4.7 mi
- My Girl Drive-In & Museum: 7.9 mi
- Edmonds Historical Museum: 9.9 mi
- South Whidbey Historical Museum: 10.4 mi
- Whidbey Island Historical Museum: 10.4 mi
- Old Cabin: 6.3 mi
- Viewpoint: 6.3 mi
- Power Pole 1: 6.3 mi
- Gate 2: 6.3 mi
- Road T to lot 3?: 6.3 mi
- Heronswood Garden: 6.3 mi
- Willow Creek Habitat Demonstration Garden: 10.0 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 10.2 mi
- Rob Shouten Gallery Sculpture Garden: 10.4 mi
- Kruckeberg Botanic Garden: 11.7 mi
- Cottonwood Stone Circle: 7.0 mi
- Dolmen: 7.1 mi
- Labyrinth: 7.1 mi
- Friendship Tree: 9.6 mi
- Beach Landing: 9.6 mi
- Ancient Cedar: 10.8 mi
- Flying Squirrel Trampoline Park: 14.4 mi
- AR Workshop Mill Creek: 14.7 mi
- Trieste II: 15.3 mi
- DSRV Mystic: 15.3 mi
- Foulweather Bluff Beach: 3.5 mi
- Double Bluff County Park: 4.3 mi
- Double Bluff Beach: 4.7 mi
- Marina Beach: 9.5 mi
- Olympic Beach: 9.5 mi
- Jorgenson Hill: 12.6 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 16.3 mi
- Little Skidder Hill: 18.1 mi
- Morgan Hill: 18.3 mi
- Big Skidder Hill: 18.6 mi
- Double Bluff: 4.3 mi
- Foulweather Bluff: 4.4 mi
- Scatchet Head: 5.0 mi
- Teekalet Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Top of bluff: 10.4 mi
- Office: 0.0 mi
- Oil House: 0.0 mi
- Ladder Storage: 10.5 mi
- Oil House: 10.5 mi
- Quarters B: 10.5 mi
- Richmond Beach Saltwater Park: 12.1 mi
- Lion's Centennial Pavilion: 19.8 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 20.6 mi
- Eagledale Park: 20.9 mi
- Camp Kelly: 21.3 mi
- Silver Lake Rest Area (closed): 14.5 mi
- Smokey Point Southbound Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Smokey Point Northbound Rest Area: 23.6 mi
- Ludlow Falls: 8.4 mi
- Rocky Brook Falls: 23.4 mi
- Licton Springs: 17.1 mi
- Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Point No Point Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Townsend | W 263° | 1,914.1 m | 24.9 mi |
| Hamilton Mountain | WSW 254° | 1,552.3 m | 24.5 mi |
| Little River Peak | W 267° | 1,501 m | 24.4 mi |
| Bon Jon Peak | W 268° | 1,414 m | 23.3 mi |
| Green Mountain | W 260° | 1,340 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mount Crag | WSW 245° | 1,315 m | 24.0 mi |
| Mount Zion | W 272° | 1,299 m | 22.4 mi |
| Buck Mountain | WSW 241° | 1,149 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:42 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:25 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 15:27 | 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 | 41 | 42 | 45 | 49 | 55 | 59 | 64 | 64 | 60 | 52 | 45 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Everett Snohomish CO AP, 11 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Hansville, WA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 78002758OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Point No Point Light Station, reference 78002758, listed 08/10/78.
OpenStreetMap element way/1089552426
Day trips start here
- Hansville · 1 mi
- Port Gamble · 5 mi
- Freeland · 7 mi
- Puget Sound · 7 mi
- Kingston · 8 mi
- Clinton · 9 mi
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