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Dan's Lighthouse Page
The List of All U.S. Lighthouses


Here is a list of all the lighthouses that I know of in the United States. There are over 600 lighthouses listed here (half of them are in the Great Lakes). I have also included the year that the lighthouse was established and a brief description of its location. If you find any discrepancies, please let me know and I'll check into it.


Alabama | Alaska | California | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Illinois | Indiana
Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | New Hampshire
New Jersey | New York | North Carolina | Ohio | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina
Texas | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin | - | Puerto Rico | Virgin Islands



This is all the information for these lights I have at this time
so please do not write me asking for directions to any of these lights.




Alabama (3)
Mobile Middle Bay Light (1885)Mobile Harbor / Mobile Bay
Mobile Point (Rear Range) Light (1873)Mobile Bay Entrance
Sand Island Light (1873)Off Mobile Point South of Fort
Alaska (13)
Cape Decision Light (1932)Sumner Strait / Shakan Bay
Cape Hinchinbrook Light (1934)Entrance to Prince William Sound
Cape Sarichef Light (1950)Unimak Pass thru Aleutian Islands
Cape Spencer Light (1925)Entrance to Cross Sound / Icy Strait
Cape St. Elias Light (1916)South End of Kayak Island
Eldred Rock Light (1905)Lynn Canal
Five Finger Islands Light (1935)Frederick Sound
Guard Islands Light (1924)Tongass Narrows Entrance / Clarence Strait
Mary Island Light (1937)Mary Island / Revillagigedo Channel
Point Retreat Light (1923)Admiralty Island / Lynn Canal
Scotch Cap Light (1950)SW End of Unimak Island / Aleutians
Sentinel Island Light (1935)Lynn Canal / Auk Bay
Tree Point Light (1935)Revillagigedo Channel
California (33)
Alcatraz Island Light (1909)Alcatraz Island / San Francisco Bay
Anacapa Island Light (1932)Entrance to Santa Barbara Channel
Battery Point (Crescent City) Light (1856)Battery Point Island
Cape Mendocino Light (old) (1868)Relocated From Coast to Shelter Cove
Carquinez Strait Light (1910)Relocated From Carquinez Strait Entrance
East Brother Island Light (1874)Off Point San Pablo / San Francisco Bay
Farallon Island Light (1855)Southeast Farallon Island
Fort Point Light (1864)San Francisco Harbor Entrance
Lime Point Light & Fog Signal Station (1900)San Francisco Bay Entrance
Los Angeles Harbor Light (1913)San Pedro Breakwater - Angels Gate
Oakland Harbor Light (1903)Relocated From Oakland Harbor Entrance
Piedras Blancas Light (1879)Northern Entrance to San Simeon Bay
Pigeon Point Light (1872)Southern Approach to San Francisco Bay
Point Arena Light (1908)2 Miles North of Point Arena
Point Bonita Light (1877)Point Bonita / San Francisco Bay Entrance
Point Cabrillo Light (1909)Between Point Arena & Cape Mendocino
Point Conception Light (1882)West Entrance Santa Barbara Channel
Point Fermin Light (1874)Point Fermin / San Pedro Harbor
Point Hueneme Light (1941)East Entrance Santa Barbara Channel
Point Loma Light (new) (1891)Southern End of Point Loma
Point Loma Light (old) (1855)Cabrillo National Monument
Point Montara Light (1928)Southern Approach to San Francisco Bay
Point Pinos Light (1855)South Entrance to Monterey Bay
Point Reyes Light (1870)Gulf of the Farallones
Point Sur Light (1889)Moro Rock, Big Sur District
Point Vicente Light (1926)Palos Verdes / North of Los Angeles Harbor
Punta Gorda Light (1912)12 Miles South of Cape Mendocino
San Luis Obispo (Port Harford) Light (1890)San Luis Obispo Bay
Southampton Shoals Light (1905)Relocated From San Francisco Harbor
St. George Reef Light (1892)6 Miles Off Point St. George
Table Bluff Light (1892)Relocated From Humboldt Harbor
Trinidad Head Light (1871)Trinidad Harbor
Yerba Buena Island (Goat Island) Light (1875)Island in San Francisco Bay
Connecticut (20)
Black Rock Harbor (Fayerweather Island) Light (1823)South End Fayerweather Island
Bridgeport Breakwater (Tongue Point) Light (1895)West Side of Harbor Entrance
Faulkners Island Light (1802)Long Island Sound
Five Mile Point (Old New Haven) Light (1845)Harbor Entrance, Long Island Sound
Great Captain Island Light (1868)Western Long Island Sound
Greens Ledge Light (1902)Long Island Sound, Norwalk Islands
Latimer Reef Light (1884)Fishers Island Sound
Lynde Point (Saybrook) Light (1839)Connecticut River, Long Island Sound
Morgan Point Light (1868)West Side of Mouth of Mystic River
New London Harbor Light (1801)West Side of Harbor Entrance
New London Ledge Light (1909)Thames River, New London Harbor Entrance
Peck Ledge Light (1906)Long Island Sound, Norwalk Islands
Penfield Reef Light (1874)Black Harbor Entrance, Long Island Sound
Saybrook Breakwater Light (1886)Connecticut River, Long Island Sound
Sheffield Island (Norwalk) Light (1868)Sheffield Island, Entrance to Norwalk River
Southwest Ledge (New Haven Breakwater) Light (1877)Reef at New Haven Harbor Entrance
Stamford Harbor (Chatham Rocks) Light (1882)Stamford Harbor Entrance, Chatham Rock
Stonington Harbor Light (1840)East Side of Harbor
Stratford Point Light (1881)Long Island Sound, Housatonic River
Stratford Shoal (Midle Ground) Light (1877)Long Island Sound
Delaware (10)
Bellevue Range Rear Light (1909)Bellevue Range Rear Light
Brandywine Shoal Light (1914)Delaware Bay
Delaware Breakwater Light (1926)Lewes Harbor, Delaware Bay Entrance
Fenwick Island Light (1859)Delaware / Maryland Border
Fourteen Foot Bank Light (1888)Delaware Bay, Bowers Beach
Harbor of Refuge South Breakwater Light (1826)Lewes Harbor, Delaware Bay Entrance
Liston Rear Range Light (1877)Delaware River
Marcus Hook Rear Range Light (1918)Delaware River Channel
Old Mispillion Light (1873)Mispillion River, Delaware Bay
Reedy Island Rear Range Light (1910)Mouth of Delaware River
Florida (26)
Alligator Reef Light (1873)4 Miles East of Indian Key
Amelia Island Light (1820)Entrance To St. Mary's River
American Shoal Light (1880)Florida Keys
Anclote Key Light (1887)Anclote Key at Anclote River
Boca Grande Light (1890)Gaspirilla Island, Gulf of Mexico
Cape Canaveral Light (1868)Cape Canaveral
Cape Florida (Cape Braggs) Light (1845)Southern Point of Key Biscayne
Cape San Blas Light (1885)Cape San Blas
Cape St. George Light (1852)Little St. George Island, Gulf of Mexico
Carysfort Reef Light (1852)Carysfort Reef, Florida Keys
Crooked River (Carrabelle) Light (1895)Crooked River
Dry Tortugas (Loggerhead Key) Light (1858)Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas Islands
Egmont Key Light (1858)Tampa Bay Across from Fort Desoto
Fowey Rocks Light (1878)Off Key Biscayne
Hillsboro Inlet Light (1907)North Side of Hillsboro Inlet
Jupiter Inlet Light (1860)Loxahatchee & Indian River
Key West Light (1846)Whiteheads Point
Pensacola Light (1859)Entrance to Pensacola Bay
Ponce de Leon Inlet (Mosquito) Light (1887)South of Daytona Beach
Sand Key Light (1853)7 Miles SW of Key Wesy, Florida Keys
Sanibel Island Light (1884)Point Ybel, Sanibel Island
Sea Horse (Cedar Keys) Light (1854)Sea Horse Key, Gulf of Mexico
St. Augustine Light (1874)Anastasia Island
St. Johns River (Mayport) Light (1859)Entrance to St. Johns River
St. Marks Rear Range Light (??)Appalache Bay, St. Marks River
Tortugas Harbor (Fort Jefferson) Light (1876)Garden Key, Dry Tortugas Islands
Georgia (6)
Cockspur Island Light (1857)Savannah River N. of Tybee Island
Little Cumberland Island Light (1838)North End Little Cumberland Island
Sapelo Island Light (1820)South End Sapelo Island
Savannah Light (1964)Savannah River Entrance
St. Simons Island Light (1872)St. Simons Sound
Tybee Island Light (1867)Savannah River Entrance
Hawaii (8)
Barbers Point Light (1933)Kalaeloa / Oahu Island
Cape Kumukahi Light (1934)Easternmost Point Hawaii Island
Diamond Head Light (1918)Diamond Head / Oahu Island
Kilauea Point Light (1913)North of Kilauea / Kauai Island
Makapuu Point Light (1909)Waimanalo / Oahu Island
Molokai (Kalaupapa) Light (1909)Kalaupapa Peninsula / North Shore
Nawiliwili Harbor Light (1933)Ninini Point / Kauai Island
Pauwela Point Light (1937)Kahului Bay / Maui Island
Illinois (4)
Chicago Harbor Light (1893)Chicago Harbor Entrance / Lake Michigan
Chicago Harbor Southeast Guidewall Light (1938)Chicago Lock / Mouth of Chicago River
Grosse Point Light (1873)Lake Michigan / Evanston
Waukegan Harbor (Little Fort) Light (1889)End of South Pier / Lake Michigan
Indiana (5)
Buffington Breakwater Light (1926)End of Breakwall at Buffington Harbor
Gary Breakwater Light (1911)End of West Pier / Gary
Indiana Harbor East Breakwater Light (1935)Indiana Harbor / Lake Michigan
Michigan City East Pier Light (1904)Outer Pierhead / Lake Michigan
Old Michigan City Light (1858)Lake Michigan / Michigan City
Louisiana (17)
Calcasieu Rear Range Light (1876)Calcasieu River
Chandeleur Island Light (1896)Outer Rim of Chandeleur Sound
Franks Island Light (1823)Franks Island
New Canal Light (1901)Lake Pontchartrain Canal Entrance
Oyster Bay (Bayou) Light (1903)Easternmost Entrance Atchafalaya Bay
Pass A L'Outre Light (1855)Head of Passes / Mississippi River Delta
Pass Manchac Light (1868)West Shore of Lake Pontchartrain
Point Au Fer Reef Light (1916)Eugene Island / Atchafalaya Bay
Port Pontchartrain Light (1855)Lake Pontchartrain
Sabine Pass Light (1856)Louisiana Side of Sabine Pass / NE Texas Border
Ship Shoal Light (1859)10 Miles South of Last Island
South Pass Front Range Light (1947)Mississippi River
South Pass Rear Range Light (1881)Entrance to Mississippi River
Southwest Pass Entrance Light (1962)Southwest Pass Entrance
Southwest Reef Light (1858)Relocated From Atchafalaya Bay
Tchefuncte River Rear Range Light (1868)North Side Lake Pontchartrain
West Rigolets Light (1855)Rigolets Channel
Maine (64)
Baker Island Light (1855)Mt. Desert Island / Somes Sound Approach
Bass Harbor Head Light (1858)Mount Desert Island
Bear Island Light (1889)Bear Island / Northeast Harbor
Blue Hill Bay Lights (1857)Green Island / Blue Hill Bay
Boon Island Light (1855)Boon Island Off York Beach
Browns Head Light (1857)NW End of Vinalhaven Island
Burnt Coat Harbor Light (1872)Hockamock Head / Swans Island
Burnt Island Light (1821)Boothbay Harbor Entrance
Cape Elizabeth Light (East Tower) (1874)Casco Bay Entrance
Cape Neddick (Nubble) Light (1879)Off Cape Neddick / York Harbor
Cuckolds (The) Light (1907)Cape Newagen / Booth Bay Approach
Curtis Island Light (1896)Camden Harbor Entrance / Penobscot Bay
Deer Island Thorofare Light (1857)Mark Island / Deer Island Thorofare
Dice Head Light (Old) (1829)Penobscot River Mouth
Doubling Point (Kennebec River) FR Light (1898)Arrowsic Island / Kennebec River
Douintbling Point (Kennebec River) RR Light (1898)Arrowsic Island / Kennebec River
Doubling Point Light (1899)Arrowsic Island / Kennebec River
Eagle Island Light (1858)Eaet Penobscot Bay
Egg Rock Light (1875)Entrance to Frenchmans Bay Near Winter Harbor
Fort Point Light (1857)Entrance to Penobscot River
Franklin Island Light (1855)Muscongus Bay
Goat Island Light (1859)Goat Island / Cape Porpoise Harbor
Goose Rocks Light (1890)Eeat Entrance Fox Islands Thorofare
Great Duck Island Light (1890)Blue Hill Bay Approach
Gridle Point Light (1874)Gilkey Harbor
Halfway Rock Light (1871)Casco Bay Off Bailey Island
Hendricks Head Light (1875)Sheepscot River Entrance
Heron Neck Light (1854)Green's Island
Indian Island Light (1874)Indian Island / Rockport Harbor
Isle Au Haut (Robinson Point) Light (1907)Robinson Point
Libby Island Light (1848)Machias Bay Entrance
Little River Light (1876)Little River Island / Cutler Harbor
Lubec Channel Light (1890)Lubec Channel
Marshall Point Light (1857)Port Clyde Harbor Entrance
Matinicus Rock Light (Twin Towers) (1857)6 Miles South of Matinicus Island
Monhegan Island Light (1850)Monhegan Island
Moose Peak Light (1851)Mistake Island / Eastern Bay
Mount Desert Rock Light (1847)South of Mount Desert Island
Narraguagus (Pond Island) Light (1853)East Side Pond Island / Narraguagus Bay
Nash Island Light (1874)SE Mouth of Pleasant Bay
Owls Head Light (1852)West Penobscot Bay / Rockland Harbor
Pemaquid Point Light (1835)Entrance to Muscongus Bay
Perkins Island Light (1898)Perkins Island / Kennebec River
Petit Manan Light (1855)Off Petit Manan Point
Pond Island Light (1855)Kennebec River Entrance West Side
Portland Breakwater (Bug) Light (1875)Portland Harbor
Portland Head Light (1791)Portland Harbor / Casco Bay
Prospect Harbor Point Light (1891)Prospect Harbor Point
Pumpkin Island Light (1854)Eggemoggin Reach / Penobscot Bay
Ram Island Ledge Light (1905)Portland Harbor / Casco Bay
Ram Island Light (1883)Ram Island / Boothbay Harbor
Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light (1902)Jameson Point / Rockland Harbor
Saddleback Ledge Light (1839)Isle Au Haut Bay
Seguin Island Light (1857)Kennebec River / South of Georgetown
Spring Point Ledge Light (1897)Portland Harbor
Squirrel Point Light (1898)Arrowsic Island / Kennebec River
Tenants Harbor Light (1857)Southern Island
Two Bush Island Light (1897)Two Bush Channel / Penobscot Bay Approach
West Quoddy Head Light (1858)West Quoddy Head / Bay of Fundy
Whaleback Ledge Light (1872)Portsmouth Harbor / Piscataqua River
Whitehead Island Light (1852)Whitehead Island / Penobscot Bay Southern Entrance
Whitlocks Mill Light (1910)St. Croix River South Bank
Winter Harbor Light (1856)Mark Island / Winter Harbor
Wood Island Light (1858)East SideE Wood Island / Saco River Mouth
Maryland (23)
Baltimore Light (1908)South Entrance to Craighill Channel / Chesapeake Bay
Bloddy Point Bar Light (1882)South of Kent Island / Upper Chesapeake Bay
Concord Point (Havre De Grace) Light (1827)Susquehanna River / Chesapeake Bay
Cove Point Light (1828)Cove Point / Patuxent River Entrance
Craighill Channel Lower Front Range Light (1873)Chesapeake Bay / 2.4 Miles South of Rear Range
Craighill Channel Lower Rear Range Light (1873)South of Back River / Chesapeake Bay
Cutoff Channel Front Range Light (1938)Craighill Channel / Chesapeake Bay
Cutoff Channel Rear Range Light (1886)Craighill Channel / Chesapeake Bay
Drum Point Light (1883)Moved to Museum from Patuxent River
Fort Washington Light (1882)Potomac River
Hambrooks Bar Light (1902)Choptank River
Hooper Island Light (1902)Middle Hooper Island / Chesapeake Bay
Hooper Strait Light (1879)Relocated from Tangier Sound
Piney Point Light (1836)Potomac River West of Piney Point
Point Lookout Light (Old) (1830)Entrance to Potomac River
Point No Point Light (1905)Potomac River Entrance / Chesapeake Bay
Pooles Island Light (1825)Aberdeen Proving Ground
Sandy Point Shoal Light (1883)Upper Chesapeake Bay at Bay Bridge
Seven Foot Knoll Light (1855)Moved to Baltimore Inner Harbor
Sharps Island Light (1882)SW of Tilghman Island / Chesapeake Bay
Solomons Lump Light (1895)Kedges Straits
Thomas Point Shoal Light (1875)Chesapeake Bay / South River Entrance
Turkey Point Light (1833)Elk River Entrance / Chesapeake Bay
Massachusetts (50)
Annisquam Harbor Light (1897)Wigwam Point / Ipswich Bay
Bakers Island Light (1821)Bakers Island / Salem Harbor Approach
Bass River Light (1855)Bass River Harbor
Bird Island Light (1819)Sippican Harbor off Buzzard's Bay
Borden Flats Light (1881)Taunton River / Mount Hope Bay
Boston Harbor Light (1784)Little Brewster Island / Boston Harbor
Brant Point Light (1901)Nantucket Island
Butler Flats Light (1898)New Bedford Channel / Acushnet River
Buzzards Bay Entrance Light (1961)Buzzards Bay Main Channel
Cape Ann Light (Twin Lights) (1861)Thachers Island
Cape Cod (Highland) Light (1857)East Side of Cape Cod
Cape Poge (Pogue) Light (1893)Marthas Vineyard / Chappaquiddick Island
Chatham Light (1877)West Side Chatham Harbor / SE Cape Cod
Cleveland East Ledge Light (1943)Buzzards Bay / Cleveland Ledge Channel
Derby Wharf Light (1871)Salem Harbor
Duxbury (Bug) Light (1871)Duxbury Bay
East Chop (Telegraph Hill) Light (1877)Marthas Vineyard / Vineyard Haven Entrance
Eastern Point Light (1890)East Side Gloucester Harbor Entrance
Edgartown Harbor Light (1875)Chappaquiddick Island / Edgartown Harbor
Fort Pickering (Winter Island) Light (1871)Winter Island / Salem Harbor
Gay Head Light (1856)Martha's Vineyard
Graves (The) Light (1905)Boston North Channel / Massachusetts Bay
Hospital Point Front Range Light (1872)Main Channel to Salem Harbor
Hyannis Rear Range Light (1849)Hyannis Harbor
Long Island Head Light (1900)Northeast End Long Island / Boston Harbor
Long Point Light (1875)Cape Cod Bay / Provincetown Harbor
Marblehead Light (1896)Marblehead Neck / Massachusetts Bay
Minots Ledge Light (1860)Cohasset Rocks
Monomoy Point Light (1855)Monomoy Island off Cape Cod
Nauset Beach Light (1873) Cape Cod / Boston Approach
Ned's Point Light (1838)Mattapoisett Harbor Entrance
Newburyport Harbor (Plum Island) Light (1898)Plum Island / Ipswich Bay
Newburyport Harbor Front Range Light (1873)Merrimac River (Relocated)
Newburyport Harbor Rear Range Light (1873)Near Merrimac River
Nobska Point Light (1876)Woods Hole Harbor Entrance
Palmer Island Light (1849)New Bedford Harbor
Plymouth (Gurnet) Light (1843)Gurnet Point / Plymouth Bay
Point Gammon Light (1816)Great Island / Nantucket Sound
Race Point Light (1876)Northern Tip of Cape Cod
Sandy Neck Light (1857)Cape Cod
Sankaty Head Light (1850)Nantucket Island
Scituate Light (1811)Cedar Point / Scituate Harbor
Stage Harbor Light (1880)Stage Harbor / Nantucket Sound
Straitsmouth Island Light (1896) Straightsmouth Island
Tarpaulin Cove Light (1856)Naushon Island of Elizabeth Isands
Ten Pound Island Light (1881)Gloucester Harbor
Three Sister Lights (Three Towers) (1892)Relocated to Location Close to Nauset Light Beach
West Chop Light (1891)West Chop Road/Marthas Vineyard
Wings Neck Light (1889)Buzzard's Bay
Wood End Light (1873)North of Cape Cod Harbor
Michigan (121)
Alpena Light (1914)Thunder Bay River Entrance / Lake Huron
Au Sable Light (1874)Lake Superior
Beaver lsland Harbor Light (1858)Mackinac Straits Approach / Lake Michigan
Big Bay Point Light (1896)Upper Peninsula / Lake Superior
Big Sable Point (Grand Point Au Sable) Light (1867)East Shore Of Lake Michigan
Bois Blanc Island Light (Old) (1867)Straits of Mackinac / Lake Huron
Cedar River Light (??)Cedar River / Lake Michigan
Charity Island Light (1857)Approach to Saginaw Bay / Lake Huron
Charlevoix South Pierhead Light (1948)Lake Michigan
Cheboygan Crib Light (1910)Relocated From Entrance to Cheboygan River
Cheboygan River Range Front Light (1880)Cheboygan Harbor
Copper Harbor Light (1866)Keweenaw Peninsula / Lake Superior
Copper Harbor Rear Range Light (1869)Fort Wilkins / Lake Superior
Crisp Point Light (1904)13 Miles W. of Whitefish Point / Lake Superior
Detour Reef Light (1931)Mouth of St. Mary's River
Detroit River (Bar Point Shoal) Light (1885)Lake Erie S. Of Detroit River Entrance
Eagle Harbor Light (1871)West End of Harbor / Lake Superior
Eagle River Light (1874)Eagle River / Lake Superior
End of the Road Front Range Light (??)Christmas / Lake Superior
End of the Road Rear Range Light (??)Christmas / Lake Superior
Escanaba Light (1938)Marks Shoal/Lake Michigan
Fort Gratiot Light (1829)Lake Huron / St. Clair River
Forty Mile Point Light (1897)Lake Huron
Fourteen Foot Shoal Light (1930)Cheboygan Harbor Entrance / Lake Michigan
Fourteen Mile Point Light (1894)Between Ontonagan / Keweenaw Waterway
Fox Island Light (1868)Lake Michigan
Frankfort North Breakwater Light (1932)Lake Michigan
Grand Haven South Pierhead Entrance Light (1922)Grand River / Lake Michigan
Grand Haven South Pierhead Inner Light (1905)Grand River / Lake Michigan
Grand Island East Channel Light (1870)Lake Superior
Grand Island Harbor Range Rear Light (1914)Lake Superior
Grand Island North (Old North) Light (1867)Grand Island / Lake Superior
Grand Marais Harbor Range Lights (1895)Grand Marais Harbor / Lake Superior
Grand Traverse (Cat's Head Point) Light (1858)Grand Traverse Pt. / Leelanau Pininsula
Granite Island Light (1868)NW End Granite Island / Lake Superior
Gravelly Shoal Light (1939)Southeast of Point Lookout / Lake Huron
Grays Reef Light (1936)Grays Reef East Channel
Grosse Isle North Channel Range Front Light (1906)Detroit River
Gull Rock Light (1867)West End Of Manitou Island / Lake Superior
Harbor Beach Light (1885)N. Side Breakwater Entrance / Lake Huron
Holland Harbor (South Pierhead) Light (1936)Black Lake / Lake Michigan
Huron Island Light (1877)West Huron Island / Lake Superior
Isle Royale (Menagerie Island) Light (1875)Menagerie Island / Lake Superior
Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light (1920)Portage River Entrance / Portage Lake
Lake St. Clair Light (1941)Lake St. Clair
Lansing Shoal Light (1928)Western Shore Lake Michigan
Lightship Huron (1935)Riverside Park / Port Huron
Little Point Sable Light (1874)East Shore Of Lake Michigan
Little Traverse (Harbor Point) Light (1884)Lake Michigan
Ludington North Breakwater Light (1924)Pere Marquette Harbor / Lake Michigan
Mackinac Point Light (Old) (1892)Straits Of Mackinac Passage
Manistee (North Pierhead) Light (1927)Manistee River / Lake Michigan
Manistique (East Breakwater) Light (1917)Lake Michigan
Manitou Island Light (1861)Off Keewanau Peninsula / Lake Superior
Marquette Harbor Light (1866)North Point / Lake Superior
Marquette Lower Harbor Breakwater Light (??)Marquette / Lake Superior
Martin Reef Light(1927)Reef East of Straits of Mackinac
Mcgulpins Point Light (1869)South Point Michilimackinac Harbor
Mendota (Bete Grise) Light (1895)Mendota Ship Channel / Lake Superior
Menominee (North Pier) Light (1927)Lake Michigan
Middle Island Light (1905)Betwen Thunder Bay Island / Presque Isle
Middle Neebish Front Range Light (??)North End of Neebish Island
Minneapolis Shoal Light (1935)Lake Michigan
Mission Point Light (Old) (1870)Peninsula In Grand Traverse Bay
Munising Front Range Light (1908)Munising Harbor / Lake Superior
Munising Rear Range Light (1908)Munising Harbor / Lake Superior
Muskegon South Breakwater Light (1903)Harbor Entrance / Lake Michigan
North Manitou Shoal Light (1935)Off North & South Manitou Islands
Ontonagon Light (1866)Ontonagon River Mouth / Lake Superior
Passage Island Light (1882)Passage Island Off Isle Royale
Peche Island Rear Range Light (1908)Relocated From Detroit River / Lake St. Clair
Peninsula Point Light (1866)Peninsula Point / Lake Michigan
Pentwater North Pier Light (??)Mouth of Pentwater River / Lake Michigan
Pentwater South Pier Light (??)Mouth of Pentwater River / Lake Michigan
Poe Reef Light (1929)Straits Of Mackinac South Channel
Point Betsie Light (1858)Near Crystal Lake On Lake Michigan
Point Iroquois Light (1871)Lake Superior / Whitefish Bay
Pointe Aux Barques Light (1857)Pointe Aux Barques Reef / Lake Huron
Port Austin Reef Light (1899)Lake Huron
Port Sanilac Light (1886)Point Sanilac / Lake Huron
Portage River (Jacobsville) Light (1870)Portage River Entrance / Lake Superior
Portage River Lower Entrance Light (??)Portage River Entrance / Lake Superior
Poverty Island Light (1874)Lake Michigan
Presque Isle Harbor Breakwater Light (1941)Marquette / Lake Superior
Presque Isle Harbor Front Range Light (1870)Presque Isle Peninsula / Lake Huron
Presque Isle Harbor Rear Range Light (1870)Presque Isle Peninsula / Lake Huron
Presque Isle Light (Old) (1840)Presque Isle Peninsula / Lake Huron
Robert H. Manning Memorial Light (1991)Empire / Lake Michigan
Rock Harbor Light (1855)Middle Island Passage / Lake Superior
Rock Of Ages Light (1908)Off Isle Royale / Lake Superior
Round Island Light (1892)Lower Saint Marys River / Lake Superior
Round Island Light (1896)Straits of Mackinac / Lake Huron
Round Island Passage Light (1947)Mackinac Island / Lake Huron
Saginaw River (Range Rear) Light (1876)Saginaw River Entrance
Sand Hills Light (1919)Eagle River / Lake Superior
Sand Point Light (Baraga) (1878)Keweenaw Bay
Sand Point (Escanaba) Light (1867)West Shore Little Bay de Noc
Seul Choix Pointe Light (1895)Upper Peninsula / Lake Michigan
Skillagalee (Ile Aux Galets) Light (1888)SW Of Waugoshance Island / Lake Michigan
South Fox Island Light (1868)Approach To Straits Of Mackinac / Lake Michigan
South Haven South Pierhead Light (1903)Lake Michigan
South Manitou Island Light (1872)South Manitou Island / Lake Michigan
Spectacle Reef Light (1874)Striats Of Mackinac / Lake Huron
Squaw Island Light (1892)North Of Beaver Island
St. Clair Flat South Channel Front Range Light (1875)Mouth of St. Clair River / Lake St. Clair
St. Clair Flat South Channel Rear Range Light (1859)Mouth of St. Clair River / Lake St. Clair
St. Helena Island Light (1873)Straits Of Mackinac / Lake Michigan
St. James (Beaver Harbor) Light (1870)Western Approach Mackinac Straits
St. Joseph North Pier Inner Light (1907)St. Joseph River / Lake Michigan
St. Joseph North Pierhead (Outer) Light (1906)St. Joseph River Entrance / Lake Michigan
St. Martin Island Light (1905)St. Martin Island / Lake Michigan
Stannard Rock Light (1882)Off Keweenaw Peninsula / Lake Superior
Sturgeon Point Light (1869)Sturgeon Bay / Lake Huron
Tawas Point (Ottawa Point) Light (1876)Lake Huron / Saginaw Bay
Thunder Bay Island Light (1832)SE End Of Thunder Bay Island / Lake Huron
Waugoshance Light (1870)NW Of Waugoshance Island / Lake Michigan
White River Light (1875)White Lake Channel / Lake Michigan
White Shoal Light (1910)NW Of Waugoshance Island / Lake Michigan
Whitefish Point Light (1861)Whitefish Bay / Lake Superior
William Livingstone Memorial Light (1929)East End of Belle Isle / Lake St. Clair
Windmill Point Light (1933)Head of Detriot River / Lake St. Clair
Minnesota (8)
Duluth Harbor North Breakwater Light (1910)Duluth Harbor / Lake Superior
Duluth South Breakwater Inner Light (1901)Duluth Harbor / Lake Superior
Duluth South Breakwater Outer Light (1901)Duluth Harbor / Lake Superior
Grand Marais Light (1922)Lake Superior
Minnesota Point Ruins (1856)Duluth / North Side of Superior Entry
Split Rock Light (1910)North Shore Of Lake Superior
Two Harbors Light (1892)Point Between Agate & Burlington Bays
Two Harbors East Breakwater Light (1897)Point Between Agate & Burlington Bays
Mississippi (3)
Biloxi Light (1848)Mississippi Sound
Round Island Light (1859)Pascagoula
Ship Island Light (1886)Ship Island
New Hampshire (2)
Isle of Shoals (White Island) Light (1865)White Island / Piscataqua River Entrance
Portsmouth Harbor (Newcastle) Light (1877)Fort Point
New Jersey (14)
Absecon Light (1857)Originally Absecon Beach
Ambrose Light (1967)Approach to New York Bay
Barnegat Light (1857)North End Long Beach Island
Cape May Point Light (1859)Delaware Bay Entrance
Chapel Hill Range Rear Light (1856)Sandy Hook Bay / New York Harbor
Conover Beacon (Chapel Hill Front Range) (1941)Sandy Hook Bay / New York Harbor
East Point (Maurice River) Light (1849)Maurice River / Delaware Bay
Finns Point Range Rear Light (1877)Delaware River
Hereford Inlet Light (Old) (1874)Hereford Inlet Entrance
Miah Maull Shoal Light (1913)On North End of Shoal / Delaware Bay
Navesink Twin Lights (1862)Lower New York Bay
Sandy Hook Light (1764)New York Lower Bay
Sea Girt Light (1896)Relocated From Sea Girt Inlet
Tinicum Island Rear Range Light (1880)Delaware River
New York (61)
Barber's Point Light (Old) (1873)Lake Champlain
Barcelona (Portland Harbor) Light (1829)Portland Harbor / Lake Erie
Braddock Point Light (1896)Bogus Point / Lake Ontario
Buffalo (Main) Light (1833)Mouth of Buffalo River / Erie Canal
Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light (1912)Stony Point Breakwater
Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light (1903)Relocated From North Harbor Entrance
Cedar Island Light (Old) (1868)Sag Harbor / Gardiners Bay
Coney Island (Nortons Point) Light (1920)New York Harbor Main Channel
Crossover Island Light (1882)Saint Lawrence River Near Border
Cumberland Head Light (Old) (1868)Lake Champlain / Cumberland Bay
Dunkirk (Point Gratiot) Light (1875)Point Gratiot / Lake Erie
East Charity Shoals Light (1935)Lake Ontario
Eatons Neck Light (1799)East Side of Huntington Bay Entrance
Esopus Meadows (Middle Hudson River) Light (1872)West Side of Hudson River
Execution Rocks Light (1850)West End Long Island Sound
Fire Island Light (1858)Fire Island Inlet / Long Island
Fort Niagara Light (1872)Niagara River / South Shore Lake Ontario
Fort Wadsworth Light (1903)East Verrazano Narrows
Galloo Island Light (1867)SW End of Island In Lake Ontario
Great Beds Light (1880)Raritan River
Horton Point Light (1857)Eastern Long Island - North Side
Hudson-Athens (Hudson City) Light (1874)Middle Ground Flats / Hudson River
Huntington Harbor Light (Formerly Lloyd Harbor) (1912)Entrance To Huntington Harbor
Jeffrey's Hook ("The Little Red") Light (1880)Hudson River Under George Washington Bridge
Little Gull Island Light (1869)Off Fisher's Island / Long Island Sound
Montauk Point Light (1797)Turtle Hill / East End of Long Island
New Dorp (Swash Channel Rear Range) Light (1856)Staten Island / Lower New York Bay
North Dumpling Light (1871)Fishers Island Sound
Ogdensburg Harbor Light (1900)Lighthouse Point / Saint Lawrence River / Lake Ontario
Old Field Point Light (1868)Long Island North Shore
Old Orchard Shoal Light (1893)Gedney Channel / Lower New York Bay
Orient Point Light (1899)Oyster Pond Reef / Plum Gut / Long Island
Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light (1934)Mouth of Oswego River / Lake Ontario
Plum Island (Plum Gut) Light (1870)Long Island Sound / Gardiner's Bay
Point Aux Roches Light (1858)Lake Champlain
Port of Genesee (Charlotte-Genesse) Light (1822)Genesse River / Lake Ontario
Princes Bay Light (Old) (1864)Staten Island / Lower New York Bay
Race Rock Light (1879)Entrance To Long Island Sound
Robbins Reef Light (1883)West Side Main Channel / Upper New York Bay
Rochester Harbor Light (1931)On West Pier Near North End
Rock Island Light (1882)Saint Lawrence River / Lake Ontario
Romer Shoal Light (1898)Swash Channel / New York Lower Bay
Rondout Creek (Kingston) Light (1915)Kingston Point / Hudson River
Sacketts Harbor (Horse Island) Light (1870)Lake Ontario
Sands Point Light (Old) (1809)Long Island
Saugerties Light (1869)Hudson River At Esopus Creek
Selkirk (Salmon River) Light (1838)Salmon River Entrance / Lake Ontario
Sodus Point Light (1871)Sodus Bay / Lake Ontario
South Buffalo North Side Light (1903)Relocated From Buffalo Harbor South Entrance
Split Rock Point Light (Old) (1867)Whallon Bay / Lake Champlain
Staten Island (Rear Range) Light (1912)Richmond Hill / Staten Island
Stepping Stones Light (1877)Outer Edge of Reef / Long Island Sound
Stony Point (Henderson) Light (Old) (1869)Henderson Bay / Lake Ontario
Stony Point Light (1826)Hudson River
Sunken Rock Light (1884)Bush Island / Saint Lawrence River
Tarrytown (Kingsland Point) Light (1883)Hudson River South of Kingsland
Thirty Mile Point Light (Old) (1875)Lake Ontario
Three Sisters Island Light (1870)Saint Lawrence River
Tibbetts Point Light (1854)Saint Lawrence River / Lake Ontario
Valcour Island (Bluff Point) Light (1874)Valcour Island / Lake Champlain
West Bank (Front Range) Light (1901)Ambrose Channel / Lower New York Bay
North Carolina (9)
Bald Head (Old Baldy) Light (1817)Bald Head Island / Cape Fear River
Bodie Island Light (1872)4 Miles North of Oregon Inlet / Outer Banks
Cape Hatteras Light (1870)North of Cape Hatteras Point / Outer Banks
Cape Lookout Light (1859)Core Banks
Currituck Beach Light (1875)Whale Head Bay / Outer Banks
Diamond Shoal Light (1966)North Carolina Seacoast
Oak Island Light (1958)Oak Island
Ocracoke Island Light (1823)Ocracoke Inlet / Outer Banks
Roanoke River Light (1903)Relocated From Abermarle Sound
Ohio (11)
Ashtabula Harbor Light (1905)Ashtabula Harbor Entrance / Lake Erie
Cleveland Harbor East Pierhead Light (1911)Cleveland Harbor Entrance
Cleveland Harbor West Pierhead Light (1911)Cleveland Harbor Entrance / Lake Erie
Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater Light (1936)Conneaut River Entrance / Lake Erie
Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light (1925)Grand River Entrance / Lake Erie
Grand River (Fairport Harbor) Light (1871)Fairport Harbor / Lake Erie
Lorain Light (1917)West Harbor Breakwater / Lake Erie
Marblehead Light (Sandusky Light) (1821)Sandusky Bay Entrance / Lake Erie
South Bass Island Light (1897)South Bass Island / Western Lake Erie
Toledo Harbor Light (1904)Maumee River / Maumee Bay / Lake Erie
West Sister Island Light (1848)Maumee Bay Entrance / West End Lake Erie
Oregon (9)
Cape Arago (Cape Gregory) Light (1934)Gregory Point / Southwest of Coos Bay Entrance
Cape Blanco Light (1870)Southernmost Oregon Coast
Cape Meares Light (1890)Southern Entrance To Tillamook Bay
Coquille River (Bandon) Light (1896)Entrance To Coquille River
Heceta Head Light (1894)North of Suislaw River
Tillamook Rock Light (1881)Off Tillamook Head
Umpqua River Light (1894)Umpqua River Above Entrance To Winchester Bay
Yaquina Bay Light (Old) (1871)Yaquina Bay State Park
Yaquina Head Light (1873)3 Miles North of Yaquina Bay Entrance
Pennsylvania (4)
Bicentenial Tower Light (1996)Erie Harbor Channel Entrance
Erie Harbor North Pier Light (1927)East End of North Pier / Erie Harbor Channel
Erie Land (Old Presque Isle) Light (1867)North Tip of Presque Isle Peninsula / Lake Erie
Presque Isle Light (1873)Presque Isle Peninsula / Lake Erie
Rhode Island (21)
Beavertail Light (1856)Conanicut Island / Naragansett Bay Entrance
Block Island North Light (1867)Sandy Point / North End Block Island
Block Island Southeast Light (1875)Mohegan Bluffs / Block Island
Bristol Ferry Light (1855)Strait Between Mount Hope And Narragansett Bays
Castle Hill Light (1890)Narragansett Bay East Passage
Conanicut Island Light (Old) (1886)North End of Conanicut Island
Conimicut Shoal Light (1883)Providence Harbor / Narragansett Bay
Dutch Island Light (1857)Dutch Island / Narragansett Bay
Hog Island Shoal Light (1901)East Passage Narragansett Bay
Ida Lewis Rock Light (Lime Rock) (1854)Inner Newport Harbor
Nayatt Point Light (1856)Nayatt Point / Providence River Mouth
Newport Harbor (Goat Island) Light (1865)Goat Island / Newport Harbor Entrance
Lum Beach Light (1899)West Passage / Narragansett Bay
Point Judith Light (1857)West Side of Narragansett Bay Entrance
Pomham Rocks Light (Old) (1871)Providence River
Poplar Point Light (1831)Wickford Harbor
Prudence Island (Sandy Point) Light (1823)East Side Sandy Point / Narragansett Bay
Rose Island Light (1870)North of Newport Harbor
Sakonnet Light (1884)Little Cormorant Rock / Sakonnet River
Warwick Light (1932)Warwick Neck / Narragansett Bay
Watch Hill Light (1857)Fishers Island Sound East Approach
South Carolina (7)
Cape Romain Light (1858)Lighthouse Island
Charleston Light (New) (1962)South Side of Sullivans Island
Georgetown Light (1867)North Island / Winyah Bay Entrance
Haig Point (Rear Range) Light (1872)Daufuskie Island / Caliboque Sound
Hilton Head Rear Range (Leamington) Light (1880)Hilton Head Island
Hunting Island Light (1875)Hunting Island State Park
Morris Island (Old Charleston) Light (1876)Morris Island / Charleston Harbor Entrance
Texas (7)
Galveston Jetty Light (1916)Galveston Island / Galveston Bay
Half Moon Reef Light (1858)Moved Ashore / Originally at Matagorda Bay
Lydia Ann Light (Aransas Pass) (1857)Harbor Island / Northwest of Aransas Pass
Matagorda Island Light (1872)Port O'Conner / Matagorda Bay Island
Point Boliver Light (1873)Boliver Peninsula / Galveston Bay
Port Isabel (Point Isabel) Light (1853)Brazos Santiago Pass
Sabine Bank Light (1906)15 Miles Off Texas Coast
Vermont (4)
Colchester Reef Light (1871)Relocated to Shelburne Museum From Lake Champlain
Isle La Motte Light (Old) (1881)Hero Islands / Lake Champlain
Juniper Island Light (Old) (1846)East of Burlington Bay / Lake Champlain
Windmill Point Light (Old) (1858)Lake Champlain
Virginia (12)
Assateague Light (1867)South End Assateague Island
Cape Charles Light (1895)Smiths Island / Chesapeake Bay Entrance
Cape Henry Light (First) (1792)Chesapeake Bay
Cape Henry Light (Second) (1881)South Side Chesapeake Bay Entrance
Chesapeake Light (1965)14.5 Miles East of Cape Henry
Jones Point Light (1856)Potomac River / Jones Point Park
New Point Comfort Light (1806)Entrance To Mobjack Bay
Newport News Middle Ground Light (1891)Hampton Roads Harbor
Old Point Comfort Light (1802)Entrance To Hampton Roads Harbor
Smith Point Light (1897)Entrance To Potomac River
Thimble Shoal Light (1914)Entrance To Hampton Roads
Wolf Trap Light (1894)Lower Chesapeake Bay
Washington (20)
Admiralty Head Light (1903)Straits of Juan De Fuca / Puget Sound
Alki Point Light (1913)Elliott Bay / Puget Sound
Browns Point Light (1933)Commencement Bay East Entrance / Puget Sound
Burrows Island Light (1906)Burrows Island / Rosario Strait
Cape Disappointment Light (1856)North Point Island / Columbia River
Cape Flattery Light (1857)Tatoosh Island / Entrance To Strait of Juan De Fuca
Destruction Island Light (1891)Washington Sea Coast
Ediz Hook Light (1865)Relocated From Strait of Juan De Fuca
Grays Harbor (Westport) Light (1898)South Entrance Grays Harbor / Point Chehelis
Lime Kiln Light (1919)Dead Mans Bay / San Juan Island
Marrowstone Point Light (1912)Admiralty Inlet
Mukilteo Light (1906)East Side Possession Sound
New Dungeness Light (1857)Admiralty Island / St. of Juan De Fuca
North Head Light (1898)North of Mouth To Columbia River
Patos Island Light (1908)Puget Sound / Straits of Georgia
Point No Point Light (1879)Kitsap Peninsula / Puget Sound
Point Robinson Light (1915)East End Maury Island / Puget Sound
Point Wilson Light (1914)Entrance To Admiralty Inlet / Puget Sound
Turn Point Light (1936)Prevost Harbor / Stuart Island
West Point Light (1881)Elliott Bay / Puget Sound
Wisconsin (47)
Algoma Pierhead Light (1932)End of North Pier / Lake Michigan
Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light (1915)Chequamegon Bay / Lake Superior
Asylum Bay Light (1940)Asylum Point / Lake Winnebago
Baileys Harbor Front Range Light (1869)Door Peninsula / Lake Michigan
Baileys Harbor Rear Range Light (1869)Door Peninsula / Lake Michigan
Cana Island Light (1870)5 Miles North of Bailey's Harbor / Lake Michigan
Chambers Island Light (1868)Middle of Green Bay / Lake Michigan
Chequamegon Point Light (1896)Long Island / Chequamegon Bay
Devils Island Light (1898)Apostle Islands / Lake Superior
Eagle Bluff Light (1868)East Channel Into Green Bay / Lake Michigan
Fond Du Lac Light (1932)Fond Du Lac / Lake Winnebago
Grassy Island Front Range Light (1872)Green Bay Yacht Club / Lake Michigan
Grassy Island Rear Range Light (1872)Green Bay Yacht Club / Lake Michigan
Green Bay Harbor Light (1935)9 Miles North of Green Bay / Lake Michigan
Kenosha North Pier Light (1866)Simmons Island / Lake Michigan
Kenosha (Southport) Light (1866)Simmons Island / Lake Michigan
Kevich Light (1981)Grafton / Lake Michigan
Kewaunee Pierhead Light (1931)End of South Pier / Lake Michigan
La Pointe (Long Island) Light (1896)Northeast Edge of Long Island / Lake Superior
Longtail Point Ruins (1849)3 Miles North of Green Bay
Manitowoc Breakwater Light (1918)End of North Breakwater / Lake Michigan
Michigan Island Light (1st Tower) (1857)Michigan Island / Apostle Islands / Lake Superior
Michigan Island Light (2nd Tower) (1929)Michigan Island / Apostle Islands / Lake Superior
Milwaukee Breakwater Light (1926)Lake Michigan
Milwaukee Pierhead Light (1906)Lake Michigan
Neenah Light (1945)Neenah / Lake Winnebago
North Point (Milwaukee) Light (1888)3 Miles North of Milwaukee / Lake Michigan
Old Bailey's Harbor Light (1851)Small Island At Southeast Edge of Harbor
Outer Island Light (1874)Apostle Islands / Lake Superior
Peshtigo Reef Light (1934)Off Peshtigo Point In Green Bay
Pilot Island Light (1873)Porte des Morts Passage / Lake Michigan
Plum Island Front Range Light (1964)Door Peninsula / Lake Michigan
Plum Island Rear Range Light (1897)Door Peninsula / Lake Michigan
Port Washington Breakwater Light (1935)End Of North Pier / Lake Michigan
Port Washington Light (Old) (1860)Port Washington Harbor / Lake Michigan
Pottawatomie (Rock Island) Light (1858)Green Bay Entrance / Lake Michigan
Racine Harbor Light (1866)Racine Harbor Entrance / Lake Michigan
Raspberry Island Light (1863)Apostle Islands / Lake Superior
Rockwell Light (1909)Oshkosh / Lake Winnebago
Sand Island Light (1881)Apostle Islands / Lake Superior
Sherwood Point Light (1883)Mouth Of Sturgeon Bay / Lake Michigan
Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Light (1903)Sturgeon Bay Canal / Lake Michigan
Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal North Pierhead Light (1903)Canal Entrance / Lake Michigan
Two Rivers North Pierhead Light (1883)Jackson Street Fishing Village Museum
Two Rivers Point (Rawley Point) Light (1894)Beach State Park / Lake Michigan
Wind Point Light (1880)Racine Harbor / Lake Michigan
Wisconsin Point (Superior South Breakwater) Light (1913)Wisconsin Point / Lake Superior
Puerto Rico (16)
Arecibo Light (Faro De Arecibo) (1898)Port Arecibo Entrance / North Shore
Cabras Island Light (1902)Cabras Island
Cape Rojo Light (Cabo Rojo) (1882)Southeast Of Pole Ojea / Cape Rojo
Cape San Juan Light (Cabo San Juan) (1880)Cape San Juan / Northeast of Sorocco
Cardona Island Light (1889)South of Ponce On Cardona Island
Culebrita Island Light (Isla Culebrita) (1886)Virgin Passage / Culebrita Island
Guanica Light (1893)Point Meseta / South Shore
Mona Island Light (Isla De Mona) (1900)Mona Island / West Shore Puerto Rico
Muertos Island Light (Isla Caja De Muertos) (1887)Southeast of Ponce On Muertos Island
Point Borinquen Light (1920)1.3 Miles Northeast of Point Borinquen
Point Figuras Light (Punta De Las Figuras) (1893)Southeast of Arroyo / South Shore
Point Jiguero (Higuero) Light (1922)Northwest On Rincon
Point Mulas Light (1896)West Shore of Vieques Island
Point Tuna Light (1892)Southeast of Puerto Maunabo
Port San Juan (El Morro) Light (1908)San Juan Harbor Entrance
Puerto Ferro Light (Faro De Puerto Ferro) (1896)South Shore Vieques Island
Virgin Islands (1)
Hams Bluff Light (1915)Southwest Cape At Frederickstead








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