Point Roberts

Point Roberts is a cape in Whatcom, Washington. Point Roberts is situated nearby to the neighborhood South Beach, as well as near Dogwood Park.

Type: Cape
Description: cape in Whatcom County, Washington, United States of America
Also known as: “Punta de Cepeda” and “Punta de Zapeda”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Point Roberts Airpark and Point Roberts–Boundary Bay Border Crossing.

Point Roberts Airpark

Aerodrome

Photo: USGS, Public domain.

Point Roberts Airpark is an airport with a single grass runway, located in the town of Point Roberts, Washington. The airport and the adjacent marina provide the only access to the rest of Washington state without first having to pass through British Columbia.

Point Roberts–Boundary Bay Border Crossing

Government office

Photo: Wbaron, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Point Roberts–Boundary Bay Border Crossing connects the communities of Point Roberts, Washington, and Tsawwassen, British Columbia on the Canada–US border.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Point Roberts and Maple Beach.

Point Roberts

Photo: Pauljohngriffin, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Point Roberts is a small community in the Northwest Washington region of the state of Washington, a tiny piece of the U.S. where the only road in or out is through Canada.

Maple Beach

Neighborhood

Point Roberts is a pene-exclave of the US state of Washington on the southernmost tip of the Tsawwassen peninsula, south of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Boundary Bay

Neighborhood

Named for, and located adjacent to the bay of the same name, Boundary Bay is a residential neighbourhood in the community of Tsawwassen. Directly south of the neighbourhood, and across the international border, is the residential neighbourhood of Maple Beach, Washington, in Point Roberts, Washington.

Point Roberts

Category: landform
Location: Whatcom, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

48.97156° or 48° 58′ 18″ north

Longitude

-123.08369° or 123° 5′ 1″ west

Elevation

164 feet (50 metres)

Open location code

84WRXWC8+JG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6228819692

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

5808481

Wikidata ID

Q137847843

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as South Beach and Dogwood Park.

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Highlights include Lighthouse Marine Park and Group Camp E.

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