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Browns Point Light

Tacoma, WA · Active aid to navigation

No access information published

Those records publish navigation and historic data only — no visitor-access information — so none is shown. Access, if any, is set by the owner or operator.

Access source: Federal records checked: the U.S. Coast Guard AtoN / Light List record for this aid and its National Register of Historic Places record · Checked 2026-11-12

Owner / operator: U.S. Coast Guard (active aid to navigation)

The light

LocationTacoma, WA (Pierce County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number17090
Light characteristicFl W 5s
Height of light above water35 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureWhite concrete tower.
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 3/29/1989 · Reference #89000208
Position47.30591, -122.44428 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkLight obscured from 217° to 002°.

Sources

USCG AtoN file via NOAA MarineCadastre (USCG NAVCEN data); NPS National Register of Historic Places listed-properties database (nps.gov).

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