Slip Point Light, Maritime navigation landmark on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Clallam County, US

Slip Point Light stood on the Strait of Juan de Fuca at the eastern side of Clallam Bay. Its 1916 square tower, holding a fourth-order clamshell Fresnel lens, and the fog signal building were removed after a 1951 skeleton tower replaced them; that tower was discontinued around 2000. The keeper's 1½-story house, larger than the light itself, is now used by the local sheriff's department.

The station was established in 1905, originally with a simple lantern on the signal building before receiving its own tower in 1916. It was built to address the need for safer navigation through the strait.

The keeper's 1½-story dwelling, larger than the light itself, stood on the far side of the point, so crews crossed a catwalk one-fifth of a mile long to tend the lantern and fog signal. The house now serves the local sheriff's department, and the concrete footings of that catwalk are the visible remains.

The site lies within Clallam Bay Spit Community Beach County Park, on the point marking the eastern side of Clallam Bay off the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The keeper's house is now used by the local sheriff's department, so it is not open to visitors. Look for the concrete footings that once supported the catwalk.

The 1900 appropriation was too small to build the planned station, so the first light was a lantern hung on the front of the fog signal building, lit in September 1905. Keepers reached it from their 1½-story dwelling across the point by a catwalk one-fifth of a mile long. The concrete footings of that catwalk are the only traces left besides the keeper's house.