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SR 112 crosses the Elwha River Gorge on a deck arch bridge located west of Port Angeles. SR 112 begins at the eastern boundary of the Makah Indian Reservation near the mouth of the Sail River. The highway continues west as Bayview Avenue to Neah Bay and Cape Flattery, the northwesternmost point in the contiguous United States. [2]
Ediz Hook is a three-mile-long sand spit that juts north and east into the Strait of Juan de Fuca and forms the natural harbor at Port Angeles. Private operators built navigational warning fires on the spit as early as 1861. [1] The first Ediz Hook lighthouse was built near the tip of the spit [2] in 1865. It was a two-story, schoolhouse-type ...
Cape Flattery) is the northwesternmost point of the contiguous United States It is in Clallam County, Washington on the Olympic Peninsula , where the Strait of Juan de Fuca joins the Pacific Ocean .
The Cape Disappointment Light was the first lighthouse in the state (lit 1856) and is still active. [ 2 ] If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List , [ 3 ] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard ...
Clallam County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington.As of the 2020 census, the population was 77,155, [1] with an estimated population of 77,616 in 2023. The county seat and largest city is Port Angeles; the county as a whole comprises the Port Angeles, WA Micropolitan Statistical Area. [2]
Jordan River has a commanding and unobstructed view of the Strait of Juan De Fuca, from Cape Flattery to Port Angeles and thus was ideal for the deployment of the early warning radar system. This same geographical ocean location also makes the town a surfing destination today.
Cape Flattery Light ; Location: Neah Bay, Washington: Coordinates: 1]: Tower; Constructed: 1854: Foundation: Surface: Construction: Sandstone/brick: Automated: 1977: Height: 65 feet (20 m): Shape: Conical: Markings: White with black lantern and red roof: Heritage: National Treasure : Light; First lit: 1857: Deactivated: 2008: Focal height: 165 feet (50 m): Lens: First order Fresnel lens ...
Designated on May 11, 1994, [2] the sanctuary encompasses 3,189 square miles (2,408 sq nmi; 8,259 km 2) of the Pacific Ocean along the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state, from Cape Flattery in the north to the mouth of the Copalis River, a distance of about 162.5 miles (261.5 km). [1]