Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment
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.- Type: Military installation
- Description: Coast Guard search and rescue station
- Also known as: “U.S. Coast Guard - Station Cape Disappointment”
- Address: 322 Coast Guard Road, Ilwaco, WA 98624
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cape Disappointment Light and Waikiki Beach.
Cape Disappointment Light
Lighthouse
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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 1,500 feet southwest of Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment.
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 2,800 feet west of Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment.
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 Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment.
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 Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment.
Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment
- Category: military base
- Location: Pacific, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
46.27921° or 46° 16′ 45″ northLongitude
-124.04843° or 124° 2′ 54″ westElevation
52 feet (16 metres)Open location code
84RQ7XH2+MJOpenStreetMap ID
way 875740629OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
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