WayfarrowTurn Point Light
Lighthouse · San Juan County, Washington
Turn Point Light is a lighthouse in San Juan County, Washington. Washington has 31 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 4 of them in San Juan County.
It was built in 1936, in the interwar years, making it the 19th oldest of the 21 in Washington with a recorded construction date; its light sits 43 feet above the water; the light characteristic is recorded as Fl W 2.5s (a white flash every 2.5 seconds), with a range of about 8 nautical miles.
Status check, 2026-11: The station opened in 1893 but the current square concrete tower dates from 1936; sources disagree on its height (16 ft vs 20 ft), so I left height null. It stands at 48.6892° N, 123.2370° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Focal height | 43 ft |
| Light characteristic | Fl W 2.5s |
| Range | 8 nautical miles |
| Coordinates | 48.68920, -123.23700 |
Nearby places
- Lime Kiln Lightlighthouse · San Juan County · 12.6 mi
- Patos Island Lighthouselighthouse · San Juan County · 13.9 mi
- Cattle Point Lightlighthouse · San Juan County · 20.7 mi
- Point Roberts Lightlighthouse · Whatcom County · 20.7 mi
- Burrows Island Lightlighthouse · Skagit County · 28.1 mi
- Semiahmoo Harbor Lightlighthouse · Whatcom County · 29.4 mi
- Smith Island Lightlighthouse · Island County · 31.3 mi
- Samish Islandghost town · Skagit County · 32.8 mi
- Atlantaghost town · Skagit County · 33.2 mi
- Washington Colonyghost town · Whatcom County · 34.7 mi
- New Dungeness Lightlighthouse · Clallam County · 35.6 mi
- Whitneyghost town · Skagit County · 38.8 mi
Questions
Where is Turn Point Light?
Turn Point Light is in San Juan County, Washington, at 48.6892, -123.2370.
How many lighthouses are in San Juan County?
San Juan County, Washington has 4 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.
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