Cattle Point Light
Location | San Juan Island, Washington |
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Coordinates | 48°27′01″N 122°57′48″W / 48.4504°N 122.9634°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1888 |
Foundation | Surface |
Construction | Concrete |
Height | 34 ft |
Shape | Octagonal |
Light | |
First lit | 1888 |
Focal height | 29 m (95 ft) |
Lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens (removed) |
Range | 7 nmi (13 km; 8.1 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl W 4s |
Cattle Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse on San Juan Island, in the Haro Straights of Washington. It's first light was a lens lantern on a post erected in 1888. In 1921, the US Navy installed a radio compass station The modern 34 foot, octagonal, concrete tower on Cattle Point was erected in 1935. The lighthouse received a temporary makeover in 1984, when it was used as a backdrop for an Exxon television commercial.