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Point Wilson Light

Port Townsend, 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

LocationPort Townsend, WA (Jefferson County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number16475
Height of light above water49 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureWhite octagonal tower with a black roof, on top of a white building with a red roof.
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 3/24/1971 · Reference #71000870
Position48.14416, -122.75480 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkLighted throughout 24 hours.

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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