North Head

North Head is a cliff in Pacific, Washington and has an elevation of 177 feet. North Head is situated nearby to the locality Fort Canby, as well as near the hamlet Oceanview.

Type: Cliff with an elevation of 177 feet
Description: cape on the Pacific Ocean in Pacific County, Washington, United States of America
Also known as: “Point Lewis”

Places of Interest

Highlights include North Head Lighthouse and Waikiki Beach.

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.

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 1½ miles southeast of North Head.

Cape Disappointment Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Cape Disappointment Light is a lighthouse on Cape Disappointment near the mouth of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. Cape Disappointment Light is situated 2 miles southeast of North Head.

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

Suburb

Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Long Beach is a beachfront city in southwestern Washington State. It is the largest city on the Long Beach Peninsula, claimed to be the longest continuous beach in the United States. Seaview is situated 2½ miles northeast of North Head.

Long Beach

Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Long Beach is a beachfront city in southwestern Washington State. It is the largest city on the Long Beach Peninsula, claimed to be the longest continuous beach in the United States.

North Head

Categories: cape and landform
Location: Pacific, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

46.29881° or 46° 17′ 56″ north

Longitude

-124.079° or 124° 4′ 44″ west

Elevation

177 feet (54 metres)

Open location code

84RQ7WXC+GC

GeoNames ID

5805214

Wikidata ID

Q49469831

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“North Head” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “North Head (pangpang sa Estados Unidos, Washington)”
Cebuano: “North Head”

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