Cape Disappointment Light
The Cape Disappointment Light is a lighthouse on Cape Disappointment near the mouth of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Washington, United States
- Also known as: “Cape Disappointment Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment and Waikiki Beach.
Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment
Military installation
United States Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment, situated near Cape Disappointment, Washington, at the mouth of the Columbia River, is the largest United States Coast Guard search and rescue station on the Northwest Coast, with 50 crewmembers assigned. Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment is situated 1,500 feet northeast of Cape Disappointment Light.
Waikiki Beach
Beach
Cape Disappointment State Park is a public recreation area on Cape Disappointment, located southwest of Ilwaco, Washington, on the bottom end of Long Beach Peninsula, the northern headlands where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean. Waikiki Beach is situated 2,600 feet northwest of Cape Disappointment Light.
North Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Head Lighthouse is an active aid to navigation overlooking the Pacific Ocean from North Head, a rocky promontory located approximately two miles north of Cape Disappointment and the mouth of the Columbia River, near Ilwaco, Pacific County, in the U.S. state of Washington. North Head Lighthouse is situated 2 miles northwest of Cape Disappointment Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ilwaco and Seaview.
Ilwaco
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ilwaco is a city of about 1000 people in southwestern Washington State. It is on Baker Bay, at the mouth of the Wallacut and Chinook Rivers, behind Cape Disappointment.
Seaview
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Seaview is an unincorporated community in Pacific County, Washington. It is located near Long Beach and had a population for its 98644 ZIP code at the 2010 census of 473 people.
Chinook
Village
Chinook is a census-designated place in Pacific County, Washington, United States. The population was 457 at the 2020 census. Chinook is situated 5 miles east of Cape Disappointment Light.
Cape Disappointment Light
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Pacific, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.27584° or 46° 16′ 33″ northLongitude
-124.05209° or 124° 3′ 8″ westElevation
125 feet (38 metres)Open location code
84RQ7WGX+85OpenStreetMap ID
way 414755757OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=maritimeOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Cape Disappointment Light” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “失望角燈塔”
- Dutch: “Cape Disappointment Light”
- Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Cape Disappointment”
- French: “phare du cap Disappointment”
- French: “Phare du cap Disappointment”
- Russian: “Маяк Кейп-Дисаппойнтмент”
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