New Dungeness Lighthouse
Dungeness Spit
First lit: 1857
Automated: 1994
48.18174 -123.10962
The New Dungeness lighthouse was one of the first built in Puget Sound. It stands at the very end of a sand spit that sticks five miles out into the treacherous Straits of San Juan de Fuca.
Also known as Shipwreck Spit, the narrow bit of land had a long history as a battleground between the various local tribes. Once established, the light often guided warring tribes to its base for their bloody battles. Though the lightkeepers were never harmed, they were often living in a lighthouse surrounded by corpses.
