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Managing Organization:
Cape Disappointment State Park
Telephone: 360-642-3078
Website: http://www.parks.wa.gov/parkpage.asp?selectedpark=Cape%20Disappointment&pageno=1
Notes:
The keeper's quarters at this lighthouse are available for overnight stays and can be rented for weddings and other events. The station onwed by the U.S. Coast Guard and is leased to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission.
Tower Height: 65
Height of Focal Plane: 194
Characteristic and Range: Two white flashes every 30 seconds (7.5 seconds between flashes)
Description of Tower: White, conical brick tower with sandstone base and cement plaster overlay.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1898 two-story brick keeper's house, duplex assistant keeper's house, two garages, two oil houses, chicken coop, storage building.
Date Established: 1898
Date Present Tower Built: 1898
Date Automated: 1961
Optics: 1898: First order Fresnel lens (removed 1930), originally in Cape Disappointment Light, now on display at the at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center at Fort Canby. Fourth order lens now at the Columbia Maritime Museum in Astoria OR.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation, vacation rental housing.
Open To Public? Yes.
Directions:
The park is located in Pacific County 2.5 miles southwest of Ilwaco off Highway 101. The lighthouse is open for guided tours daily during the summer season and Friday through Sunday for limited hours during the winter months. A small fee is charged for the tour.
Mapquest URL: Click here to get a map to this lighthouse!
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Keepers: Mabel E. Bretherton (second assistant, early 1900s)
Nearby Lodging: The lighthouse keeper's quarters can be rented overnight and the structure itself is available for weddings and special events by prior arrangement. For scheduling information, call Fort Canby State Park at 360-642-3078 or see www.parks.wa.gov/vacationhouses/ . There is also camping available in the park; call 800-452-5687, or the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf at 800-858-9659.
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