Dungeness Spit

Dungeness Spit is 8.9 km long and juts out from the northern edge of the Olympic Peninsula in north-eastern Clallam County, Washington, USA, into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It encloses a body of water called Dungeness Bay. It is the longest natural sandspit in the United States. The spit is entirely within the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge and home to the Dungeness Lighthouse. Visitors are allowed to hike all the way to the tip, where the lighthouse has been keeping guard since 1857. The extreme tip, however, like the Dungeness Bay side of the spit, is closed to public entry to protect important wildlife habitat. The refuge is a sanctuary for over 250 species of birds, 41 species of land mammals and eight species of water mammals.