Patos Island Light
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| Location | San Juan Islands, Washington |
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| Coordinates | 48°47′20″N 122°58′17″W / 48.789°N 122.9715°WCoordinates: 48°47′20″N 122°58′17″W / 48.789°N 122.9715°W |
| Year first lit | 1908 |
| Automated | 1974 |
| Foundation | Surface |
| Construction | Wood |
| Tower shape | Square |
| Height | 38 feet (12 m) |
| Original lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
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White light every 6 s; two red sectors marking dangerous shoals |
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Patos Island Light Station
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| Nearest city | Eastsound, Washington |
| Area | 1 acre |
| Built | 1893 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival-Victorian |
| NRHP reference # | 77001355 |
| Added to NRHP | October 21, 1977 |
| Heritage | place listed on the National Register of Historic Places 
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White light every 6 s; two red sectors marking dangerous shoals
Patos Island Lighthouse is an active aid to navigation overlooking the Strait of Georgia at Alden Point on the western tip of Patos Island in the San Juan Islands, San Juan County, Washington, in the United States. The station is the northernmost in the San Juan Islands and marks the division point between the eastern and western passages into the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
In 2013, Patos Island and its lighthouse were included in the US Presidential Proclamation by Barack Obama creating San Juan Islands National Monument, managed by the Bureau of Land Management, part of the US Department of Interior. Limited developments on the island are managed in partnership with Washington State Parks and volunteers with the nonprofit friends group Keeper of the Patos Light. On some maps it is also referred to as Patos Island State Park.
Access to Patos Island is challenging; no public ferry system serves the 200 acre island. Two offshore mooring buoys are available for private boats as permitted through the Washington State Parks. Volunteer opportunities, however, offer regular summer access through the Keepers of the Patos Light.
Through a Washington State Lighthouse Environmental Program (LEP) grant, the Keeper of the Patos Light are developing exhibits for the lighthouse.
The original light station was a post light and third-class Daboll trumpet fog signal. Beginning operation on November 30, 1893, the light was used as a navigational aid to steamships traveling to ports around Georgia Strait such as Vancouver, and up the Inside Passage to Alaska.
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