The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in zip code is 1, to 1. The ratio of registered sex offenders to all residents in this zip code is lower than the state average. Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 4 0 now married , 4 unmarried Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: now married , unmarried. Church in zip code Pacific Bible Church A. Cemetery: Ilwaco Cemetery 1.
Park in zip code Cape Disappointment State Park 1. Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: Size of family households: 2-persons , 17 3-persons , 4-persons , 44 5-persons , 12 6-persons , 5 7-or-more-persons. Size of nonfamily households: 1-person , 7 2-persons , 6 3-persons. Population in 1, Jump to a detailed profile or search site with. Cities: Ilwaco, WA This zip code: 0.
Profiles of local businesses. Business Search - 14 Million verified businesses Search for: near:. Males: Zip code compared to state average: Median household income below state average. Median house value below state average. Unemployed percentage significantly below state average. Plans for a second lighthouse, North Head Lighthouse, were drafted in because of poor visibility of the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse to southbound ships.
In , the North Head Lighthouse was completed. In , Cape Disappointment was armed with smoothbore cannons to protect the mouth of the Columbia River from Civil War threats. The fort continued to be improved until the end of World War II.
Gun batteries and other structures still sit on the cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean. In , the U. The 2. Cape Disappointment also housed a Civilian Conservation Corps camp from to The men enrolled in the program restored the fort and improved roads and trails. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. Other interpretive opportunities, such as the Fort Columbia Interpretive Center, are also in the vicinity.
Children under the age of seven are not permitted. Appropriate footwear is required, no flip flops or shoes without heel straps. Federal and state passes are not accepted for admission. Call the center at for more information.
Skip to Main Content. Loading Close. Do Not Show Again Close. Cape Disappointment State Park. Park features Cape Disappointment is a 2,acre camping park on the Long Beach Peninsula, fronted by the Pacific Ocean and looking into the mouth of the Columbia River. Launching a boat at a state park requires one of the following: An annual launch permit Natural Investment Permit; or An annual Discover Pass and a daily launch permit; or A one-day Discover Pass and a daily launch permit.
Annual permits may be purchased at State Parks Headquarters in Olympia, at region offices, online and at parks when staff is available. Additional information can be found in the Boating Program. Campsite check-in time is p. Campsite check-out time is 1 p. Roofed accomodations Cape Disappointment has 3 cabins, 14 yurts and 2 vacation houses available for rent.
In park Firewood Park store Courtesy phone. Concessions The Cape "D" Store carries a variety of items to meet your camping needs, including: firewood, ice, a variety of groceries, clothing, games and toys, fishing gear, RV supplies and propane. It looked like the entrance to a ruined temple — vine maples in place of vines — like something out of "Indiana Jones. This bunker had long been abandoned. As I stepped inside, only one thought crossed my mind: I really should have brought a flashlight.
Detail of one of many old batteries at Fort Stevens State Park. The military batteries at Fort Stevens date back to the Civil War. The concrete bunker is Battery , an old military installation at Cape Disappointment on the southwest Washington coast. One of many gun batteries built at strategic locations at the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon and Washington, it now sits abandoned as a modern American ruin.
The old batteries are fascinating historic attractions, but touring the abandoned structures can be an enormously unnerving experience. Built between the Civil War and World War II, the batteries were responsible for protecting the Columbia River, which by that time had become a vitally important shipping channel for the white settlements that had taken over the Pacific Northwest. Not that the mouth of the Columbia was every really "safe. The U. Coast still has to guide ships past the notorious sand bars at the entrance to the river.
But the military wasn't focused on nature as much as hostile foreign powers. Three forts were erected at the mouth of the river between and Fort Stevens on the Oregon side with Fort Columbia and Fort Canby on the Washington side. Together, they were considered a "triangle of fire" that would offer protection. The first guns went into the forts during the Civil War, when the U. Construction continued in the early 20th century and through World War I, building up the forts into major installations.
The forts remained manned through the end of the war, and while tensions remained high, none ever actually fired on enemies. Fort Stevens, however, did take fire from a Japanese submarine in what was the only attack on a continental U.
In June , the submarine surfaced at the mouth of the Columbia River and fired on Battery Russell. The military was disturbed by the Japanese attack, but people in Astoria and Seaside reportedly went about their business, unperturbed.
A doorway leads inside the darkness within a battery at Fort Stevens.
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