I am an out-of-state transplant looking to explore all of Washington and its beauty. Last weekend, we decided to head up to the Dungeness Spit and make the walk out to the lighthouse! That trek is definitely not for the faint of heart -- it's an 11-mile round trip walk, making sure you have plenty of water and light snack or lunch. The tide should absolutely be taken into consideration before making the journey out there. It was a beautiful walk and such an interesting experience at the lighthouse. Hats off to all of the volunteers who dedicate their time to making that experience so special. Thank you for restoring and preserving the lighthouse for everyone to enjoy and experience. It truly made the trip unforgettable. read more

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The longest walk I've ever done to get to a lighthouse. It's about 5 miles to and back, not including the walk from the parking lot. Direct sunlight, so wear a hat and sunblock. The nice part is you're next to the waters and there's sea shells and neat rocks to find along the way. Once you get to the lighthouse, you can go up to observe the views, and there's a bathroom. It's just a very long walk! read more

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I am the park manager of the County campground adjacent to the spit and Lighthouse. I called Chad who is responsible for the maintenance and running of the lighthouse to Simply ask about access down to the beach. Some not so fine local citizens though it would be cool to pick up one of our heavy plastic picnic tables and throw it over the fence and then proceeded to drag it to the bluff and throw it over the bluff at which I had to now go down and retrieve. Chad was awesome!! He went Way Beyond anything I could have imagined and was willing to drop everything he was doing because the tide was perfect and he himself would take one of his trucks and drive us down and help us get the table. That was totally unexpected and way beyond anything I could have imagined. He puts the meaning in good neighbor. Thanks Chad!!! read more

New Dungeness Lighthouse - You can see the picnic table upside down with the metal legs aiming up near the bottom of this 100 ft cliff. - Landmarks & Historical Buildings Near Me

Definitely worth the hike to the lighthouse. 5.5 miles one way or 11 miles round trip. Took me about five hours including the lighthouse tour. Beach is clean and waves crashing is loud so kind of cool. Staff at park entrance are friendly and will answer questions if you have them. $3 to enter the park. read more

I love this lighthouse. It's beautiful, well maintained by a non-profit & an army of volunteers. It has a wildlife preserve on one side. So, make sure you don't disturb it while hiking. It's a 10 mile round-trip hike. A lighthouse keeper can show you around & tell you the history if you're interested. There's a small museum with the original lens and other memrobilia that floated yp from tsunamis around the world. Also, there's a visitor's restroom & picnic tables. read more

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Way up there in the cold wind there is a lighthouse you need to see. I found Dungeness Lighthouse on internet and although the pictures were amazing there is no comparison to the real thing. The restorations of these vintage place are amazing, it is like Lighthous were just assembled and shipped to the Dungeness Spit. They have done a wonderful job blending the Lighthouse, guesthouse, and preserve the nature to provide a wonderful visual and sensical experience. The view are what it is all about and there are some wonderful scenery of a kind examples of man's desire to hit the open trails in search of this place. One of the very best Lighthouse of this kind you will see in North America. You wonder how and why these Lighthouse wound up in Washington. Enjoy the hike and the experience you will be glad you did. read more

First time going to this lovely lighthouse full of history. The volunteers were friendly and super sweet. Thank you for giving us a tour & thank you volunteers for keeping the lighthouse beautiful! Hope to come back- read more

Long walk but I love lighthouses so worth it for me get walk along beach 5 miles one way.

I see all of the posts are from people who hike out to the lighthouse. But we paid to stay out there for a week. We reserved the whole house which advertised it can sleep 8. We didn't want to rent a room with a bunch of strangers even before Covid19. So we rented out the whole house which you have to do a year and a half ahead of time. Both of our out of state friends couldn't make it which under the circumstances was probably a good thing. We went out there with another local couple. We thought about inviting another local couple but BOY are we glad we didn't. It's really a house meant for only 2 couples. It's a 3 bedroom 2 bath house, with 2 twin beds in the basement with no bathroom. I am too old to share a bathroom with another couple. Oh and we were "lucky" the buildings were shut down because of Covid. If not, spending $2500 for the house for a week would have meant that all we would have done is work all week with no time for ourselves. Work, work, work. Including throwing my back out mowing the acre of lawn. They make enough money to buy a riding mower, but NO they require those who work there to push a mower. It was really a wonderful time if you didn't have to work so much. The eagles were amazing. But just know what you are getting into and go to You Tube and watch how hard you have to work after spending money to be there. Be prepared. Otherwise it was an amazing experience! read more

We motored by this lighthouse on our whale watching tour. There were lots of wood piled up on this peninsula. The lighthouse was cute from our vantage point. They said that one person can win a trip here for a week to do the duties of a worker. It would be an adventure for sure! read more