Point Wilson Lighthouse
Point Wilson Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Tyler Peak stands 1,933 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Vicars, a historic site 0.3 miles away. PORT TOWNSEND TO KEYSTONE passes 2.0 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Point Wilson Light is an active aid to navigation located adjacent to Fort Worden State Park near Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Washington. It is one of the most important navigational aids in the state, overlooking the entrance to Admiralty Inlet, the waterway connecting the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound. The lighthouse was listed on the Washington State Heritage Register and the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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Dates from 1879.
Wikidata Q2671728, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1879
What to expect
- Operated by
- U.S. Coast Guard
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the PORT TOWNSEND TO KEYSTONE
- 2.2 mi off the JCT SR 101 TO KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE VIC PORT TOWNSEND
- 3.9 mi off the JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP
- 4.7 mi off the JCT SR 19 VIC PORT HADLOCK TO VIC FORT FLAGLER STATE PARK
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Walker North Viewpoint · 26 mi
- Mt. Walker Viewpoint · 26 mi
- South Point · 26 mi
- Ralph E. White Memorial Obsercation Deck · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- North Beach County Park: 1.3 mi
- Bobby McGarraugh Park: 1.3 mi
- Chetzemoka Park: 1.5 mi
- Sather Park: 1.6 mi
- Memorial Field: 1.9 mi
- Morgan Hill: 1.4 mi
- Jorgenson Hill: 7.6 mi
- Scenic Heights: 9.0 mi
- Big Skidder Hill: 15.4 mi
- Gierin Hill: 15.5 mi
- Salish Sea Circle: 2.0 mi
- Wings Mural: 2.1 mi
- Whale Wheel: 6.1 mi
- Kraken: 11.0 mi
- Mermaid: 11.1 mi
- Fort Flagler State Park: 4.0 mi
- Pratt Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve: 5.0 mi
- Kettles Trail System: 5.3 mi
- Smuggler's Cove: 8.7 mi
- Battery Vicars: 0.3 mi
- Battery Kinzie: 0.3 mi
- Battery Randol: 0.6 mi
- Battery Ash: 0.6 mi
- Battery Stoddard: 0.7 mi
- Memory's Vault: 0.6 mi
- Alexander Blockhouse: 6.1 mi
- Ancient Cedar: 9.4 mi
- Sunshine Herb & Lavender Farm: 11.5 mi
- 7 Cedars Casino: 14.5 mi
- Coast Artillery Museum: 0.8 mi
- Jefferson County Museum: 2.0 mi
- Bell Tower: 2.0 mi
- Fort Flagler Museum: 4.4 mi
- Island County Museum: 6.1 mi
- North Beach: 1.3 mi
- Glass Beach: 1.8 mi
- Portage Beach: 7.9 mi
- Double Bluff Beach: 15.8 mi
- Double Bluff County Park: 15.9 mi
- North Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Blowers Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Pratts Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Double Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Foulweather Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Admiralty Head Lighthouse: 3.6 mi
- Smith Island Keepers House: 12.8 mi
- New Dungeness Lighthouse Reservation: 16.6 mi
- Oil House: 19.2 mi
- Office: 19.2 mi
- Rhododendron Gardens: 1.0 mi
- Master Gardener Park: 2.9 mi
- Educational Gardens: 8.7 mi
- Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens: 9.9 mi
- Meerkerk Gardens: 9.9 mi
- McGees: 7.1 mi
- Skagit City: 24.4 mi
- Whitney: 24.7 mi
- Rosario Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Green Point Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
- Ludlow Falls: 15.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Point Wilson Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Peak | SW 228° | 1,933 m | 24.7 mi |
| Mount Townsend | SW 216° | 1,914.1 m | 23.7 mi |
| Mount Townsend-North Peak | SW 217° | 1,893 m | 23.5 mi |
| Welch Peaks | SW 215° | 1,862.3 m | 24.7 mi |
| Maynard Peak | SW 229° | 1,547 m | 22.9 mi |
| Dirty Face Ridge | SW 221° | 1,524 m | 23.0 mi |
| Little River Peak | SW 218° | 1,501 m | 22.3 mi |
| Three O'Clock Ridge | SW 229° | 1,493 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:43 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:27 | 21:16 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 15:26 | 16:20 |
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 | 42 | 43 | 46 | 50 | 55 | 59 | 63 | 63 | 60 | 52 | 46 | 42 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Townsend, 2 mi away.
Mean tidal range 5.34 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station PORT TOWNSEND, WA, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 71000870OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Point Wilson Lighthouse, reference 71000870, listed 03/24/71.
OpenStreetMap element way/54928227
Day trips start here
- Port Townsend · 2 mi
- Coupeville · 6 mi
- Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve · 6 mi
- Whidbey Island · 8 mi
- Greenbank · 9 mi
- Oak Harbor · 11 mi
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