Today’s City Daily Photo theme challenge is “landmark” and one of Sequim’s oldest and most distinctive is the New Dungeness Lighthouse. Opened in 1857 it guides maritime traffic away from the hazard of Dungeness Spit which juts into the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
The lighthouse is a five mile walk down the Dungeness Spit beach. Most people see it at a distance from land. But the New Dungeness Lighthouse Association, which maintains the station, supports a program that allows weeklong stays for volunteer lighthouse keepers (including transport in a four wheel vehicle). Volunteers stay in the Keeper’s Quarters, the building to the right, do light maintenance, and offer tours to visitors who’ve made the long walk to the lighthouse.
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Great lighthouse for your theme day post.
Perfect choice for the theme day! I love lighthouses. 🙂
I would so love to visit that lighthouse. The first image is like out of a dream. Especially with the moody sky behind it. What a great post. Visiting you from City Daily Photo today.
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Nice shot. When I am in lighthouse country I always make side trips to photograph them.
Beautiful lighthouse and beautiful photos !
I love lighthouses, even I don’t know why 🙂
Because I was born in a tiny town on Lake Michigan, I have a very special feeling for lighthouses, fog horns, and the whole milieu. I would volunteer in a heartbeat to spend a week in your landmark. What a special experience that would be. . .the light of my life!!
I like the bleakness of that second photo a lot.
Wow – what fun – and what a great close up of the lighthouse – I’ve not seen one so close and clear.
I have such an affection for lighthouses. This one’s a real beauty.
Lovely pretty building. Just seen lighthouses in Washington and Maine without moving from my chair.
I had a feeling we would see something from Dungeness, though I don’t know it well enough to guess exactly what you would pick.
I’m so bummed I missed theme day! You nailed this one, Kay. Beautiful capture of the lighthouse. Growing up on the Great Lakes, old lighthouses have a special place in this photograpgher’s heart.
thats an interesting concept. are you going to volunteer?