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Patos Island Light

East Sound, 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

LocationEast Sound, WA (San Juan County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number19825
Light characteristicFl W 6s
Height of light above water38 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureWhite square tower on building.
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 10/21/1977 · Reference #77001355
Position48.78900, -122.97136 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkRed from 011.5° to 059.5°, covers 6 fathom shoal. Red from 097° to 114°, covers Rosenfeld Rock.

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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