Point No Point Lighthouse… Warning… Marking… Beauty…
Point No Point is another of the white jewels along Puget Sound built to warn sailors and ships during foggy and low visibility conditions. Point No Point is the oldest light on the Sound, built in 1879, ten years prior to Washington becoming a state. It sits on the northeastern tip of the Kitsap Peninsula on a spit the local Native Americans called ‘Hahd-skus,’ meaning ‘Long-Nose.’ The light was automated in 1977, and in 2006 the Fresnel lens was replaced by a plastic beacon which is mounted on the railing outside the lantern room, quieting the continual rotation and intermittent light bursts emitted for years.
My husband and I enjoy a day trip to Hansville several times a year for a picnic and run on the beach with our dog. Often while there, you can see large container or breakbulk ships on their way to off-load cargo in Seattle or Tacoma, the Victoria Clipper, tugs with barges and pleasure craft. I love the view of the deep ultra-marine blue waters, Mount Baker in the distance and gulls begging for scraps.
Always wanted to make it up here, since I stayed at a Point No Point up on Vancouver Island. Alas, one of the many PNW Bucket List items that didn’t get done before I moved back to Massachusetts.
I’ve never been to MA, I’ll bet there are some gorgeous lighthouses there too! You’ll have to have a picnic here if you come back for a visit, it is worth the view, I guarantee it.
How I would love to be on the beach there, running my old dog, Maggi. Love photos of lighthouses; have a wonderful coffee-table book on lighthouses in the US and will check if yours is in it. I was born in a small town along Lake Michigan, and the sea (the Great Lakes area Really, Really big, too!) is part of my DNA. Now I live not too far from Lake Superior and make several trips a year to Duluth for the same reason…to see the lighthouses along the shore. Aren’t they wonderful structures with such great histories?!
Our Lucy (a year old Welsh Corgi mix) loves to run, and run, oh and run! ;-) I’ve seen some photos of the lights on the Great Lakes… they are lovely. When I worked on the Seattle waterfront years ago we had many yachts come through from the Asia on their way to ports in the Great Lakes… it really is like an inland ocean!
a beautiful building. :)
Thanks.. yes it really is a lovely view…
Great job you’re doing covering the Puget Sound and PNW with your photoblog, Madge. Always wonderful images and interesting, informative posts. Thanks for sharing your perspective!
Thanks, Raf… I’m enjoying the photo-blog experience immensely, and those of you who are kind commentors are a delight!
Beautiful pic Madge! I love lighthouse photos.
I’ll bet you have some very pretty ones up your way too!
Nice shot! I’ve been consulting my map of Washington State lighthouses and had wondered about this one. I understand they have overnight accommodations and also that this is the national headquarters of the U.S. Lighthouse Society. Looks like a neat spot, though a short tower compared to some!
It is a short tower compared to most, but I guess height isn’t everything… as long as the light is visible where needed, right?
I would love to see a real lighthouse. I like the title of your post today also.
Thanks, Michaele… come on out to the Pacific NW for a visit! ;-)
I always thought they were taller.
Most are taller… but I would assume that as long as the light is visible where needed they don’t have to be giants!
Beautiful!!!!
Thank you, Susan! :-)