Category: lighthouses

Mobile Point Range Lights, Mobile
Middle Bay Light, Mobile Bay
Sand Island Light at the mouth of Mobile Bay
Cape Decision Light, Kuiu Island
Cape Hinchinbrook Light, Prince William Sound
Cape St. Elias Light, Kayak Island
Cape Sarichef Light, Unimak pass through Aleutian islands
Cape Spencer Light, Cross Sound
Eldred Rock Light, Lynn Canal
Fairway Island Light, Peril Strait
Five Finger Islands Light, Frederick Sound
Guard Island Light, Clarence Strait
Lincoln Rocks Light, Clarence Strait
Mary Island Light, Mary Island
Point Retreat Light, Admiralty Island
Point Sherman Light, Lynn Canal
Scotch Cap Light, Unimak Island
Sentinel Island Light, Lynn Canal
Tree Point Light, Revillagigedo Channel
Lake Havasu Marina
Alcatraz Island Light
Angel Island Light, see Point Blunt Light or Point Stuart Light
Año Nuevo Island Light
Ballast Point Light, Point Loma, San Diego Harbor entrance
Battery Point Light, Crescent City
Cape Mendocino Light
Carquinez Strait Light, near Vallejo
East Brother Island Light, Richmond, off Point San Pablo
Farallon Island Light, Southeast Farallon Island
Humboldt Harbor Light
Long Beach Light
Los Angeles Harbor Light, San Pedro Breakwater, Angels Gate
Mark Abbott Memorial Light, Santa Cruz
Mile Rocks Light, southwest of the Golden Gate Bridge
Oakland Harbor Light, Embarcadero Cove, Oakland
Piedras Blancas Light, northern entrance to San Simeon bay
Pigeon Point Light, Pescadero, southern approach to San Francisco Bay
Point Arena Light, two miles north of Point Arena
Point Arguello Light, Santa Barbara Channel
Point Blunt Light, Angel Island, San Francisco Bay
Point Bonita Light, Marin Headlands, San Francisco Bay entrance near Sausalito
Point Cabrillo Light, Mendocino, between Point Arena and Cape Mendocino
Point Conception Light, Point Conception
Point Diablo Light, west of the Golden Gate Bridge
Point Fermin Light, San Pedro
Point Hueneme Light, Santa Barbara Channel
Point Knox Light
Point Loma Light (old), San Diego
Point Loma Light (new), San Diego
Point Montara Light
Point Pinos Light, Pacific Grove
Point Reyes Light
Point Reyes Light, Point Reyes
Point Sur Light
Point Vicente Light, Palos Verdes
Punta Gorda Light, south of Cape Mendocino
Roe Island Light, Suisun Bay
Rubicon Point Light, Lake Tahoe; highest elevation American lighthouse
Santa Barbara Light
Santa Cruz Breakwater Light
Santa Cruz Harbor Light (see Walton Light)
Southampton Shoal Light, in San Francisco Bay
St. George Reef Light, near Crescent City
Sugar Pine Point Light, Lake Tahoe
Table Bluff Light, Humboldt Bay
Trinidad Head Light
Walton Light (also known as Santa Cruz Harbor Light), Santa Cruz
Yerba Buena Light, in San Francisco Bay
Stonington Harbor Light
Morgan Point Light
Avery Point Light, Groton
Black Rock Harbor Light, Black Rock Harbor
Bridgeport Harbor Light, Long Island Sound
Falkner Island Light, Guilford
Five Mile Point (Old New Haven), Long Island Sound
Great Captain Island Light, Greenwich
Greens Ledge Light, Norwalk
Lynde Point Light (Saybrook Inner), Long Island Sound
Morgan Point Light, Noank
Mystic Seaport Light, Mystic
New London Harbor Light, New London
New London Ledge Light, New London
Pecks Ledge Light, Norwalk
Penfield Reef Light, Fairfield
Saybrook Breakwater Light (Saybrook Outer), Old Saybrook
Sheffield Island Light, Norwalk
Southwest Ledge Light (New Haven Breakwater), New Haven
Stamford Harbor Ledge Light (Chatham Rocks), Stamford
Stonington Harbor Light, Stonington
Stratford Point Light, Stratford
Stratford Shoal Light, Bridgeport
Tongue Point Light (Bridgeport Breakwater), Bridgeport
Baker Shoal Range Rear Light, Port Penn
Baker Shoal Range Front Light, Port Penn
Bellevue Range Rear Light, Wilmington
Cape Henlopen Light, Lewes
Cherry Island Range Rear Light, near Edgemoor
Christiana North Jetty Light, near Wilmington
Delaware Breakwater West End Light, Lewes
Delaware Breakwater East End Light, Lewes
Delaware Breakwater Range Front Light, Lewes
Fenwick Island Light, Fenwick Island
Fourteen Foot Bank Light, in the Delaware Bay, off Bowers Beach
Harbor of Refuge Light, Lewes
Liston Range Rear Light, Delaware River
Liston Range Front Light, Delaware River
Mahon River Light, Port Mahon
Marcus Hook Range Rear Light, near Bellefonte
Marcus Hook Range Front Light, near Bellefonte
Mispillion Light, on the Mispillion River
New Castle Range Rear Light, near New Castle
New Castle Range Front Light, near New Castle
Reedy Island Range Rear Light, near Port Penn
Gasparilla Island Light, Boca Grande, Florida
Alligator Reef Light, near Indian Key (1873) (still in use)
Amelia Island Light, Fernandina Beach (1820) (still in use) (U.S. Coast Guard housing)
Amelia Island North Range Light, Amelia Island
American Shoal Light, near Florida Keys (1880) (still in use)
Anclote Keys Light, near Tarpon Springs (1887)
Boca Grande Light – please see Gasparilla Island Light
Cape Canaveral Light, Cape Canaveral (1868) (still in use)
Cape Florida Light, Key Biscayne (1846) (museum)
Cape San Blas Light (1885)
Carysfort Reef Light, near Key Largo (1852) (still in use)
Cape St. George Light, St. George Island (1852)
Cedar Key Light, Seahorse Key, near Cedar Key (1854) (marine laboratory)
Charlotte Harbor Light
Cosgrove Shoal Light – please see Unmanned reef lights of the Florida Keys
Crooked River Light, near Carrabelle (1895)
Dames Point Light, St. Johns River
Dog Island Light
Dry Tortugas Light, Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas (1858) (still in use)
Egmont Key Light, Tampa Bay (1858) (still in use)
Fowey Rocks Light, off Key Biscayne (1878) (still in use)
Garden Key Light, Fort Jefferson (1876)
Gasparilla Island Lights, Boca Grande (1890) (still in use) (museum)
Hen and Chickens Shoal Light – please see Unmanned reef lights of the Florida Keys
Hillsboro Inlet Light, Pompano Beach (1907) (still in use) (Coast Guard housing)
Jupiter Inlet Light, Jupiter (1860) (still in use) (museum)
Key West Light, Key West (1846) (museum)
Loggerhead Key Light – please see Dry Tortugas Light
Molasses Reef Light – please see Unmanned reef lights of the Florida Keys
Northwest Passage Light, near Key West
Pacific Reef Light – please see Unmanned reef lights of the Florida Keys
Pensacola Light, Pensacola Bay (1859) (still in use)
Pensacola Bar Beacon – please see Pensacola Light
Ponce de Leon Inlet Light, town of Ponce Inlet (1887) (still in use) (museum)
Port Boca Grande Light – please see Gasparilla Island Light
Pulaski Shoal Light – please see Unmanned reef lights of the Florida Keys
Rebecca Shoal Light
Sand Key Light, near Key West (1853) (still in use)
Sanibel Island Light (1884) (still in use)
Seahorse Key Light – please see Cedar Key Light
Smith Shoal Light – please see Unmanned reef lights of the Florida Keys
Sombrero Key Light, south of Key Vaca in Marathon, Florida (1858) (still in use)
St. Augustine Light, Anastasia Island (1874) (museum)
St. George Island Light – please see Cape St. George Light
St. Johns Light Station
St. Johns River Light (1859)
St. Joseph Bay Light – please see St. Joseph Point Light
St. Joseph Point Light, near Port St. Joe (1902) (private residence)
St. Marks Light, Apalachee Bay (1842) (still in use)
Tennessee Reef Light – please see Unmanned reef lights of the Florida Keys
Tortugas Harbor Light – please see Garden Key Light
Unmanned reef lights of the Florida Keys
Volusia Bar Light, near Deland, Florida
Cockspur Island Light, near Savannah
Little Cumberland Island Light, Cumberland Island
Sapelo Island Light, Darien
Sapelo Island Range Front Light, Darien
Savannah Harbor Rear Range Light, Savannah, Georgia
Savannah Light, Savannah River entrance
St. Simons Island Light, St. Simons Island
Tybee Island Range Front Light
Tybee Island Light, Tybee Island
Lahaina Light, Maui, Hawaii
Aloha Tower, Honolulu Harbor, Oahu
Barbers Point Light, Oahu
Cape Kumukahi Light
Coconut Point Light
Diamond Head Light
Hanamanioa Point Light
Ka’ena Point Light
Kailua Point Light
Ka Lae Light
Ka’uiki Head Light
Kaunakakai Range Front Light
Kauhola Point Light, near Kapa’au, Hawaii
Kawaihae Light
Keahole Point Light
Kilauea Point Light, Kilauea, Hawaii
Kuki’i Point Light
Kukuihaele Light
Lae O Ha La’au Point Light
Lahaina Light
Mahukona Light
Makapuu Point Light, Makap’uu Point, Oahu
McGregor Point Light
Moloka’i Light (Kalaupapa)
Nawiliwili Harbor Light (Ninini Point)
Napo’opo’o Light
Pauka’a Point Light
Palaoa Point Light (Cape Ka’ea)
Pauwela Point Light on Maui
Pepeekeo Point Light
Pohakuloa Light (Shipwreck Beach)
Pyramid Rock Light
Chicago Harbor Light (1893), Chicago (still in use)
Grosse Point Light (1873), Evanston (currently a private navigation aid) (museum)
Waukegan Harbor Light [2], Waukegan (currently an aid to navigation)
Old Michigan City Light, IN
Buffington Harbor Breakwater Light
Calumet Harbor Light
Calumet Harbor Breakwater South End
Calumet Pierhead
Gary Harbor Breakwater Light, Gary
Gary West Breakwater
Indiana Harbor East Breakwater Light
Michigan City Breakwater
Michigan City East Pierhead
Michigan City West Pierhead
Old Michigan City Light, Michigan City
Notable faux lighthouses:
Gloryland Lighthouse, near New Castle, is not on navigable water.
Lighthouse Landing (Grand Rivers), at Kentucky Lake
Notable faux lighthouses
Louisville Waterfront Plaza, lighthouses on top of building
Barataria Bay Light
Bayou St. John Light, Canal de Carondolet
Bonfouca (Bayou Bonfouca) Light, northern Lake Pontchartrain
Calcasieu River Range Lights, Calcasieu River
Chandeleur Island Light, outer rim of Chandeleur Sound
Cubits Gap Light, Cubits Gap
East Rigolets Light, Rigolets Waterway
Franks Island Light, Franks Island
Head of the Passes Light, Deer Island
Madisonville Light, Madisonville
New Canal Light, Lake Pontchartrain canal entrance
Oyster Bay (Bayou) Light, easternmost entrance to Atchafalaya Bay
Pass A L’Outre Light, Head of Passes, Mississippi River delta
Pass Manchac Light, west shore of Lake Pontchartrain
Point Au Fer Reef Light, entrance to Atchafalaya River
Pointe Aux Herbes Light, south side of east end of Lake Pontchartrain
Port Pontchartrain LIght, Lake Pontchartrain
Pontchartrain Beach Light, New Orleans
Sabine Pass Light, located at the entrance to Sabine Lake in Cameron Parish
Sabine Pass East Jetty Light
Ship Shoal Light, 10 miles south of Grand Isle
South Pass Range Front Light, Mississippi River
South Pass Range Lights
Southwest Pass Entrance Light
Southwest Reef Light, old entrance to Atchafalaya River
Tchefuncte River Range Lights, north side of Lake Pontchartrain
Timbalier Bay (Little Pass) Light, Timbalier Bay
Trinity Shoal Light
West Rigolets Light, Rigolets Channel, Lake Pontchartrain
Portland Head Light
Petit Manan Light, home of the Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge
Dice Head Light, Castine
Fort Point Light, Stockton
Doubling Point Light, Georgetown
Avery Rock Light, Machias Bay, Machias
Baker Island Light, Mt. Desert Island
Bass Harbor Head Light, Mount Desert Island
Bear Island Light, Bear Island
Blue Hill Bay Light, Green Island / Blue Hill Bay
Boon Island Light, York
Browns Head Light, NW end of Vinalhaven Island
Burnt Coat Harbor Light, Hockamock Head / Swan’s Island
Burnt Island Light, Boothbay
Cape Elizabeth Lights, Casco Bay entrance, Cape Elizabeth
Cape Neddick (Nubble) Light, Cape Neddick, York
Crabtree Ledge Light, Frenchman Bay, Crabtree Neck
Cuckolds Light, Boothbay approach
Curtis Island Light, Camden
Deer Island Thorofare Light, Mark Island / Deer Island Thorofare
Dice Head Light, Penobscot River mouth, Castine
Doubling Point Range Lights, Arrowsic Island / Kennebec River
Doubling Point Light, Arrowsic Island / Kennebec River
Eagle Island Light, East Penobscot Bay
Egg Rock Light, entrance to Frenchman Bay near Winter Harbor
Fort Point Light, entrance to Penobscot River
Franklin Island Light, Muscongus Bay
Goat Island Light, Cape Porpoise
Goose Rocks Light, east entrance Fox Islands Thoroughfare
Great Duck Island Light, Blue Hill Bay approach
Grindle Point Light, Gilkey Harbor
Halfway Rock Light, Casco Bay
Hendricks Head Light, Sheepscot River entrance
Heron Neck Light, Green’s Island
Indian Island Light, Indian Island / Rockport Harbor
Isle Au Haut Light, Robinson Point, Isle au Haut
Kennebunk Pier Light
Ladies Delight Light
Libby Island Light, Machias Bay entrance
Little River Light, Little River Island / Cutler Harbor
Lubec Channel Light, Lubec Channel
Manana Island Fog Signal Station, Manana Island near Monhegan Island
Marshall Point Light, Port Clyde Harbor entrance
Matinicus Rock Light, Matinicus Rock, off Matinicus Island
Monhegan Island Light, Monhegan Island
Moose Peak Light, Mistake Island / Eastern Bay
Mount Desert Rock Light, south of Mount Desert Island
Narraguagus Light, east side Pond Island / Narraguagus Bay
Nash Island Light, southeast mouth of Pleasant Bay
Owls Head Light, West Penobscot Bay / Rockland Harbor
Pemaquid Point Light, Bristol
Perkins Island Light, Perkins Island / Kennebec River
Petit Manan Light, off Petit Manan Point
Pond Island Light, Kennebec River entrance west side
Portland Breakwater Light, South Portland
Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth
Prospect Harbor Point Light, Prospect Harbor Point
Pumpkin Island Light, Eggemoggin Reach / Penobscot Bay
Ram Island Ledge Light, Casco Bay
Ram Island Light, Ram Island / Boothbay Harbor
Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light, Jameson Point / Rockland Harbor
Saddleback Ledge Light, Isle au Haut Bay
Saint Croix River Light, Dochet Island, opposite Red Beach, St. Croix River
Seguin Light, Georgetown
Spring Point Ledge Light, South Portland
Squirrel Point Light, Arrowsic Island / Kennebec River
Tenants Harbor Light, Southern Island
Two Bush Island Light, Two Bush Channel / Penobscot Bay approach
West Quoddy Head Light, Lubec
Whaleback Light, Portsmouth Harbor
Whitehead Island Light, Whitehead Island / Penobscot Bay southern entrance
Whitlocks Mill Light, St. Croix River south bank
Winter Harbor Light, Mark Island / Winter Harbor
Wood Island Light, Biddeford Pool
Thomas Point Shoal Light near Annapolis
Baltimore Harbor Light, mouth of Magothy River, Chesapeake Bay
Blakistone Island Light, St. Clement’s Island State Park, Potomac River
Bloody Point Bar Light, near Kent Island
Bodkin Island Light, Chesapeake Bay
Brewerton Channel Range:
Hawkins Point Light (front light)
Leading Point Light (rear light)
Cedar Point Light, Solomons
Choptank River Light, Bernoni Point, near Oxford
Clay Island Light, mouth of Nanticoke River
Cobb Point Bar Light (also known as Cobb Island Bar Light), Potomac River
Concord Point Light, Havre de Grace
Cove Point Light, Chesapeake Bay
Craighill Channel Lower Range:
Front Light
Rear Light
Craighill Channel Upper Range:
Front Light
Rear Light
Drum Point Light, mouth of the Patuxent River
Fishing Battery Light, south of Havre de Grace
Fog Point Light, Smith Island in Chesapeake Bay
Fort Carroll Light, Patapsco River
Fort Washington Light, Potomac River
Great Shoals Light, mouth of the Wicomico River
Greenbury Point Light, mouth of the Severn River
Holland Island Bar Light, Chesapeake Bay
Hooper Island Light, Chesapeake Bay
Hooper Strait Light, St. Michaels
Janes Island Light, near Crisfield
Lazaretto Point Light, Baltimore harbor
Love Point Light, Kent Island
Lower Cedar Point Light, Potomac River
Maryland Point Light, Potomac River
Mathias Point Light, Potomac River
North Point Range Lights, Chesapeake Bay
Piney Point Light, Potomac River
Point Lookout Light, St. Mary’s County
Point No Point Light, Chesapeake Bay
Pooles Island Light, Chesapeake Bay
Ragged Point Light, Potomac River
Sandy Point Shoal Light, Chesapeake Bay
Seven Foot Knoll Light, Baltimore
Sharkfin Shoal Light, mouth of the Nanticoke River
Sharps Island Light, off Tilghman Island
Solomons Lump Light, Chesapeake Bay
Somers Cove Light, near Crisfield
Thomas Point Shoal Light, Annapolis
Turkey Point Light, Chesapeake Bay
Upper Cedar Point Light, Potomac River
Borden Flats Light
Duxbury Pier Light in Plymouth harbor
Nauset Light
Derby Wharf Light at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site, Salem.
Annisquam Harbor Light, Cape Ann
Baker’s Island Light
Bass River Light
Billingsgate Island Light
Bird Island Light, Marion, Buzzards Bay
Bishop and Clerks Light
Borden Flats Light
Boston Light, Boston Harbor
Brant Point Light, Nantucket
Butler Flats Light, New Bedford
Buzzards Bay Entrance Light
Cape Ann (Thacher Island) Lights
Cape Poge Light, Chappaquiddick Island, Martha’s Vineyard
Chatham Light, Chatham Harbor
Clarks Point Light
Cleveland East Ledge Light
Cuttyhunk Light
Deer Island Light
Derby Wharf Light
Dumpling Rocks Light
Duxbury Pier Light, Plymouth Harbor
East Chop Light, Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard
Eastern Point Light, Gloucester, Cape Ann
Edgartown Harbor Light, Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard
Egg Rock Light
Fairhaven Bridge Light
Falmouth Inner Light
Fort Pickering (Winter Island) Light
Gay Head Light, Aquinnah, Martha’s Vineyard
Great Point Light, Nantucket
Highland Light aka Cape Cod Light, North Truro, Cape Cod
Hospital Point Range Front Light
Hospital Point Range Rear Light
Hyannis Rear Range Light
Ipswich Range Lights
Long Island Head Light
Long Point Light, Provincetown, Cape Cod
Lovells Island Range Lights
Marblehead Light, Marblehead Neck
Mayo Beach Light
Minot’s Ledge Light, Scituate
Monomoy Point Light
Nantucket Range Lights
Nantucket Cliff Lights
Nantucket Harbor Range Lights
Nauset Light, North Eastham, Cape Cod
Ned Point Light
Newburyport Harbor (Plum Island) Light
Newburyport Harbor Front Range Light
Newburyport Harbor Rear Range Light
Nobska Light, Woods Hole
Old Scituate Light, Scituate
Palmer Island Light, New Bedford
Plymouth (Gurnet) Light
Race Point Light, Provincetown, Cape Cod
Sandy Neck Light
Sankaty Head Light, Nantucket
Spectacle Island Range Lights
Stage Harbor Light
Straitsmouth Island Light, Rockport
Tarpaulin Cove Light
Ten Pound Island Light
The Graves Light, Boston Harbor
Three Sisters Light, North Eastham, Cape Cod
West Chop Light, Tisbury, Martha’s Vineyard
Wings Neck Light, Buzzards Bay
Wood End Light
Alpena Light, Alpena
Au Sable Light
Au Sable North Pierhead Light
Beaver Island (Beaver Head) Light, southern tip of Beaver Island
Beaver Island Harbor Light, northern end of Beaver Island
Bellanger Park (Ecorse) Light
Bete Grise (Mendota) Light
Big Bay Point Light
Big Sable Point (Grande Point au Sable) Light, north of Ludington
Big Sable Light
Bois Blanc Island Light
Cedar River Light
Charity Island Light
Charlevoix South Pier Light, Charlevoix
Cheboygan Crib Light
Cheboygan River Light
Clinton River Light
Copper Harbor Front Range Light, Copper Harbor
Copper Harbor Light, Copper Harbor
Copper Harbor Rear Range Light, Copper Harbor
Crisp Point Light
De Tour Reef Light
Detroit Light
Detroit River (Bar Point Shoal) Light
Eagle Harbor Light, Eagle Harbor
Eagle Harbor Rear Range Light, Eagle Harbor
Eagle River Light, Eagle River
Ecorse Light
Ecorse Range Rear Light
Fort Gratiot Light, Port Huron
Forty Mile Point Light
Fourteen Foot Shoal Light
Fourteen Mile Light
Frankfort North Breakwater Light, Frankfort
Frying Pan Island Light [3] relocated to Sault Ste. Marie
Gibraltar Light
Grand Haven South Pierhead Inner Light, Grand Haven
Grand Haven South Pierhead Light, Grand Haven
Grand Island East Channel Light
Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light
Grand Island North Light
Grand Marais Inner Range Light
Grand Marais Outer Range Light
Grand Traverse Light, Northport
Granite Island Light, 12 miles northwest of Marquette
Grassy Island North Channel Range Light
Grassy Island South Channel Range Light
Gravelly Shoal Light
Gray’s Reef Light, offshore, east of Beaver Island
Grosse Ile North Channel Front Range Light
Grosse Isle South Channel Range Light
Gull Rock Light Station
Harwood Point East Range Front Light
Harbor Beach Light
Holland Harbor Light (Big Red), near Holland
Holland Harbor Light, also called Big Red near Holland, Michigan
Huron Island Light
Huron Lightship, Port Huron, Michigan
Ile aux Galets Light, see Skillagalee Island (Ile aux Galets) Light
Isle Royale (Menagerie Island) Light, Isle Royale National Park
Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Light [4]
Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light
Lake St. Clair Light
Lansing Shoals Light
Little Sable Point (Petite Point au Sable) Light, south of Pentwater
Little Traverse Light
Waugoshance Light
Ludington Light, Ludington
Mackinac Point Light, Mackinaw City
Mama Juda Light, destroyed, Detroit River, Detroit
Mama Juda Range Front Light
Manistee Light, Manistee
Manistee North Pierhead Light, Manistee
Manistique East Breakwater Light, Manistique
Manitou Island Light Station
Manning Memorial Light [5]
Mariners Memorial (River Rouge) Light
Marquette Breakwater Outer Light
Marquette Harbor Light
Martin Reef Light
McGulpin’s Point Light
Menagerie Island Light, see Isle Royale (Menagerie Island) Light
Mendota Light, see Bete Grise (Mendota) Light
Menominee North Pier Light
Middle Island Light
Middle Lake George
Minneapolis Shoal Light
Mission Point Light, deactivated, replaced by offshore light tower
Monroe Pier Light
Munising Front Range Light, Munising
Munising Rear Range Light, Munising
Muskegon Pier Light, Muskegon
Muskegon Breakwater Light, Muskegon
Naubinway Island Light
New Buffalo Light
Ninth District Light
North Manitou Island Light
North Manitou Shoal Light, offshore east of North Manitou Island
Old Mackinac Point Light
Old Mission Point Light, alternate name for Mission Point Light
Ontonagon Harbor West Pierhead Light, Ontonagon
Ontonagon Light, Ontonagon
Passage Island Light, Isle Royale National Park
Peche Island Light, relocated from Peche Island to Marine City
Peninsula Point Light
Pipe Island Light
Poe Reef Light
Point Betsie (Point aux Becs Scies) Light, Frankfort
Point Iroquois Light
Pointe aux Barques Light
Port Austin Light
Port Sanilac Light
Portage River (Jacobsville Light)
Poverty Island Light, Poverty Island south of Fairport
Presque Isle Front Range Light
Presque Isle Harbor Breakwater Light
Presque Isle Light (New), Presque Isle
Presque Isle Light (Old), Presque Isle
Presque Isle Rear Range Light
Rock Harbor Light, Isle Royale National Park
Rock of Ages Light, Isle Royale National Park
Rouleau Point Range Front and Rear Lights
Round Island Light, Round Island
Round Island Lighthouse
Round Island Light, St. Mary’s River
Round Island Passage Light
Round Island Rear Light
Saginaw Bay Light
Saginaw River Rear Range Light
Sand Beach North Entrance East Light
Sand Hills Light
Sand Point Light, Escanaba
Sand Point Light, Baraga
Saugatuck Light, Saugatuck
Seul Choix Point Light, Gulliver
Six Mile Point Range Rear Light
Skillagalee Island (Ile aux Galets) Light, Ile Aux Galets
South Fox Island Light, South Fox Island
South Haven South Pier Light, South Haven
South Manitou Island Light, part of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Spectacle Reef Light
Squaw Point Light
Squaw Island Light, Squaw Island
St. Clair Flats South Channel Front Range Light
St. Clair Flats South Channel Rear Range Light
St. Helena Island Light, west of the Straits of Mackinac
St. James Light, see Beaver Island Harbor Light
St. Joseph North Pier Inner Light
White Shoal Light
St. Joseph North Pier Outer Light
St. Martin Island Light
St. Mary’s River Lower Range Front Light
Stannard Rock Light
Sturgeon Point Light
Tawas Point Light
Thunder Bay Island Light
Tri-Centennial Light of Detroit
Vidal Shoals Channel Range Front and Rear Lights
Waugoshance Light
White River Light, Whitehall
White Shoal Light, west of Mackinaw City
Whitefish Point Light
William Livingstone Memorial Light[1]
Windmill Point Light
Windmill Point Range Front and Rear Lights
Winter Point Range Front Light
Grand Marais Light
Duluth North Pier Light, Duluth
Duluth South Breakwater Outer Light, Duluth
Duluth South Breakwater Inner Light, Duluth
Grand Marais Light, Grand Marais
Minnesota Point Light, Duluth
Split Rock Light, Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Light, Two Harbors
Biloxi Light, Biloxi
Cat Island Light, Cat Island
Pass Christian Light
Round Island Light (Mississippi), Pascagoula
Ship Island Light, Ship Island
Linoma Lighthouse, near Gretna
Lake Minatare Lighthouse, near Scottsbluff
Isles of Shoals Light, Isles of Shoals
Portsmouth Harbor Light, New Castle
Barnegat Light
Absecon Light, Atlantic City
Barnegat Lighthouse, Barnegat Light, Long Beach Island
Brandywine Shoal Light, Delaware Bay
Brigantine Lighthouse, Brigantine
Cape May Light, Cape May
Chapel Hill Range
Chapel Hill Rear Range Light, Sandy Hook Bay
Conover Beacon (front range light), Leonardo, New Jersey
Cross Ledge Light
East Point (Maurice River) Light
Elbow of Cross Ledge Light
Finns Point Range Light
Great Beds Light, in the Raritan Bay, South Amboy
Hereford Inlet Light, North Wildwood
Ludlam’s Beach Light
Miah Maull Shoal Light
Navesink Twin Lights, Highlands
Robbins Reef Light, Bayonne
Romer Shoal Light, Swash Channel, Lower New York Bay
Sandy Hook Light, Sandy Hook
Sea Girt Light, Sea Girt
Ship John Shoal Light
Tinicum Island Range
Tinicum Island Rear Range Light
Tinicum Island Front Range Light
Waackaack Range
Waackaack Rear Range Light
Port Comfort Light (front range light), also known as the Bayside Beacon
see also Old Orchard Shoal Light (New York)
Montauk Point Lighthouse, the very first lighthouse in New York State.
Ambrose Light, Lower New York Bay
Barber’s Point Light, Lake Champlain
Barcelona (Portland Harbor) Light, Portland Harbor, Lake Erie
Blackwell Island Light, New York City
Bluff Point Light, Valcour Island/Lake Champlain
Braddock Point Light, Bogus Point, Lake Ontario
Brewerton Range Rear, Oneida Lake
Buffalo (main) Light, mouth of Buffalo River/Erie Canal, under skyway in downtown Buffalo
Buffalo Harbor North and South entrance Lights
Buffalo Intake Crib Light
Buffalo North breakwater East end Light
Buffalo North breakwater West end Light
Cape Vincent breakwater East end Light
Cayuga Inlet Light, Cayuga Lake
Cayuga Inlet Breakwater Light, Cayuga Lake
Cedar Island Light, East Hampton
Clayton Light, Town of Clayton
Cold Spring Harbor Light, north shore of Long Island
Coney Island (Nortons Point) Light, New York Harbor main channel
Cooperstown Marina, Cooperstown, Otsego Lake
Coxsackie Light, Hudson River
Crossover Island Light, St. Lawrence River
Crown Point Light, Lake Champlain
Cumberland Head Light, Cumberland Bay, Lake Champlain
Dunkirk Light, Point Gratiot, Lake Erie
Dunkirk Pierhead Light, Dunkirk harbor, Lake Erie
Eatons Neck Light, Long Island
East Charity Shoal Light, Cape Vincent
Elm Tree Beacon Light
Esopus Meadows (middle Hudson River) Light
Execution Rocks Light, Long Island Sound
Fairhaven Range Lights
Fire Island Light, Fire Island
Fire Island Light
Fort Niagara Light, Niagara River south shore, Lake Ontario
Fort Tompkins Light, Staten Island
Fort Wadsworth Light, East Verrazano Narrows
Frenchman’s Island, Oneida Lake
Galloo Island Light, SW end of island in Lake Ontario
Genesee (Charlotte-Genesee/Rochester) Light
Genesee East Pier Light, Rochester Harbor
Genesee North Pier Light, Rochester Harbor
Grand Island Range Front Light
Grand Island Range Rear Light
Horseshoe Reef Light
Horton Point Light, Long Island
Hudson-Athens (Hudson city) Light, Middle Ground Flats, Hudson River
Huntington Harbor Light, Huntington Bay, Long Island
Kings Point Light
Kingsborough Community College Light, Brooklyn
Latimer Reef Light, Fishers Island Sound
Little Gull Island Light, Long Island Sound
Little Red Lighthouse (Jeffrey’s Hook Lighthouse), Manhattan
Orient Long Beach Bar Light, Orient Harbor
Myers Point Light, Cayuga Lake
Montauk Point Light, Montauk Point State Park
Montauk Yacht Club Light
New Dorp Light, Staten Island Swash Channel rear range
North Brother Island Light
North Dumpling Light, Fishers Island Sound
Oak Orchard Light
Ogdensburg Harbor Light, Light Point, St. Lawrence River
Olcott Light, on Lake Ontario
Old Field Point Light
Old Orchard Shoal Light, Gedney Channel, Lower New York Bay
Orient Point Light (“Coffee Pot”), Oyster Pond Reef, Plum Gut, Long Island
Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse, mouth of Oswego River, Lake Ontario
Plattsburg Beacon
Plum Island Light
Point Aux Roches Light, Lake Champlain
Port of Genesee (Charlotte-Genesee) Light, Genesee River/Lake Ontario
Barcelona (Portland Harbor) Light, south shore of Lake Erie
Princes Bay Light, Staten Island
Race Rock Light, Fishers Island
Robbins Reef Light, west side main channel, Upper New York Bay
Rock Island Light, St. Lawrence River/Lake Ontario
Romer Shoal Light, actually in New Jersey, but the Coast Guard lists it in New York
Rondout Creek (Kingston) light, Kingston Point, Hudson River
Horse Island Light, Lake Ontario
Sands Point Light
Saugerties Light, Hudson River at Esopus Creek
Selkirk (Salmon River) Light, Salmon River entrance, Lake Ontario
Shinnecock Light, Ponquogue, Great West Bay
Shoal Point Light, Fourth Lake, Adirondacks
Sodus Outer Light, north end of west pier, entrance to Great Sodus Bay
Sodus Point Light, Sodus Bay, Lake Ontario
South Buffalo South Side Light, breakwater, south side of main south entrance to Buffalo harbor
Split Rock Point Light, Whallon Bay, Lake Champlain
Staten Island Light
Statue of Liberty, Upper New York Bay
Stepping Stones Light
Stony Point (Henderson) Light, Henderson Bay, Lake Ontario
Stony Point light, Hudson River
Stuyvesant Light, Hudson River
Sunken Rock Light, Bush Island, St. Lawrence River
Tarrytown (Sleepy Hollow) Light, Hudson River, south of Kingsland
Thirty Mile Point Light, Lake Ontario
(Three) Sisters Island Light, St. Lawrence River
Throgs Neck Light, New York City
Tibbetts Point Light, St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario
Titanic Memorial, South Street Seaport, New York City
Verona Beach (Sylvan Beach) Light, Oneida Lake
West Bank Light, Ambrose Channel, Lower New York Bay (range front)
Whitestone Point Light, Whitestone Point, southerly side of East River
Bald Head Light, Cape Fear River Inlet
Bodie Island Light, Bodie Island, Outer Banks
Cape Fear Light, Cape Fear River Inlet
Cape Hatteras Light, Hatteras Island, Outer Banks
Cape Lookout Light, Cape Lookout, Outer Banks
Croatan Shoal Light
Currituck Beach Light, Corolla Beach, Outer Banks
Federal Point Light, Pleasure Island
Hatteras Beacon, near Cape Hatteras
Diamond Shoal Light
Frying Pan Shoals Light
Laurel Point Light
Long Point Beacon Light
Neuse River Light
Oak Island Light, Oak Island
Ocracoke Island Light, Ocracoke Island, Outer Banks
Pamlico Point Shoal Light
Price Creek Light, Southport
Roanoke Marshes Light
Roanoke River Light
Wade Point Light
Ashtabula Harbor Light, Ashtabula
Cedar Point Light, Sandusky
Cleveland west breakwater/East pierhead Lights, Cleveland
Cleveland east entrance Light, Cleveland
Conneaut west Light, Conneaut
Grand River (Fairport Harbor) Light, Fairport Harbor
Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light, Fairport Harbor
Green Island Light, Green Island
Huron Harbor Light, Huron
Lorain West Breakwater Light, Lorain
Marblehead Light, Marblehead
Port Clinton Light, Port Clinton
Sandusky Harbor Light, Sandusky
South Bass Island Light, South Bass Island
Toledo Harbor Light, Toledo Harbor
Turtle Island Light
Vermilion Light, Vermilion
West Sister Island Light
Rowlett, Russ. “Lighthouses of Oklahoma”. The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Lake Hefner Lighthouse, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Notable faux lighthouses
Centennial Lighthouse, Elk City, Oklahoma
Tillamook Rock Light
Cape Arago Light, Coos County
Cape Blanco Light, Curry County
Cape Meares Light, Tillamook County
Cleft of the Rock Light, private
Coquille River Light, Coos County
Desdemona Sands Light, Clatsop County
Heceta Head Light, Lane County
Lightship Columbia, Clatsop County (now a museum ship, previously anchored outside three mile zone)
Point Adams Light, demolished
Port of Brookings Light, private
Tillamook Rock Light, Clatsop County
Umpqua River Light, Douglas County
Warrior Rock Light, on Sauvie Island in the Columbia River
Willamette River Light, mouth of the Willamette River at the Columbia River
Yaquina Bay Light, Newport
Yaquina Head Light, Lincoln County
“Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Pennsylvania”. United States Coast Guard Historian’s Office.
Erie Harbor North Pier Light, Presque Isle
Erie Land Light, Erie
Presque Isle Light, Presque Isle
Turtle Rock Lighthouse, Philadelphia
In addition, Rowlett, Russ. “Lighthouses of the United States: Northwestern Pennsylvania”. The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. lists:
Erie Yacht Club
Erie Harbor Pierhead (Presque Isle North Pier) (2)
Erie Pierhead Light
Southeastern Pennsylvania Lighthouses
Schuylkill River Lighthouse
Turtle Rock Light
Delaware River Lighthouse
Chester (Schooner Ledge) Range Rear (3)
Chester (Schooner Ledge) Range Front (3)
Notable faux lighthouses:
Sherman Memorial (Tionesta)
Lost lighthouses:
Fort Mifflin Blockhouse
Beavertail Light, Conanicut Island, Jamestown
Block Island (North) Light
Block Island Southeast Light
Brenton Reef Light
Bristol Ferry Light
Bullock’s Point Light
Castle Hill Light, Narragansett Bay, Newport
Conanicut Island Light (Old)
Conimicut Light, Narragansett Bay
Dutch Island Light
Fuller Rock Light
Goat Island Light: see Newport Harbor Light
Gould Island Light
Gull Rocks Light
Hog Island Shoal Light
Ida Lewis Light (Lime Rock), Newport
Musselbed Shoals Light
Nayatt Point Light, Barrington
Newport Harbor Light (aka Goat Island Light), Newport
Plum Beach Light
Point Judith Light, Narragansett
Pomham Rocks Light
Poplar Point Light
Prudence Island (Sandy Point) Light
Rose Island Light, Rose Island, Narragansett Bay
Sabin Point Light
Sakonnet Light
Sassafras Point Light
Warwick Light
Watch Hill Light
Whale Rock Light
Wickford Harbor Light
Morris Island Light Charleston,SC
Bloody Point Light on Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County
Bulls Bay Light, Charleston County
Combahee Bank Light formerly in St. Helena Sound
Cape Romain Lighthouses near McClellanville, Charleston County
Castle Pinckney Light in Charleston Harbor, Charleston County
Charleston Light in Sullivan’s Island, Charleston County
Fort Ripley Shoal (Middle Ground) Light in Charleston Harbor, Charleston County
Fort Sumter Range Lights, Charleston County
Georgetown Light
Governor’s Light in Little River, Horry County[2]
Haig Point Range Lights on Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County
Harbour Town Light on Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County
Hilton Head Range Rear (Leamington)
Hunting Island Light on Hunting Island, Beaufort County
Morris Island Light on Morris Island, Charleston County
Parris Island Range Lights on Parris Island, formerly in Beaufort County
Sullivan’s Island Range Lights, Charleston County
ighthouses in Kentucky and Tennessee
Omohundo Waterworks Intake Crib, Nashville, Tennessee
Notable faux lighthouse
Carthage Light, on the Cumberland River near Carthage, Tennessee
Aransas Pass Light
Brazos River Light
Brazos Santiago Light
Clopper’s Bar Light
Fort Point Light, Galveston Bay
Galveston Jetty Light
Half Moon Reef Light
Matagorda Island Lighthouse, located at entrance to Matagorda Bay (more information)
Point Bolivar Light, located at entrance to Galveston Bay
Port Isabel Light, across the causeway from South Padre Island in Port Isabel (more information)
Redfish Bar Light
Redfish Bar Cut Light
Sabine Bank Light
On Lake Champlain:
Burlington Breakwater Lights, Burlington
Colchester Reef Light (relocated to the Shelburne Museum)
Isle La Motte Light
Juniper Island Light
Windmill Point Light
On Lake Memphremagog:
Maxfield Point Light
Newport Wharf Light
Whipple Point Light
Assateague Light, Assateague Island
Back River Light, Chesapeake Bay near Hampton
Bells Rock Light, York River
Bowlers Rock Light, Rappahannock River
Cape Charles Light, Cape Charles
Cape Henry Light (old), Cape Henry, Virginia Beach
Cape Henry Light (new), Cape Henry, Virginia Beach
Cherrystone Bar Light, Cape Charles
Chesapeake Light, entrance to Chesapeake Bay
Craney Island Light, mouth of Elizabeth River
Deepwater Shoals Light, James River
Dutch Gap Canal Lights, James River
Great Wicomico River Light, Chesapeake Bay
Hog Island Light
Jones Point Light, Alexandria
Jordan Point Light, James River
Killock Shoal Light
Lambert Point Light, Norfolk
Nansemond River Light, Nansemond and James rivers
New Point Comfort Light, Chesapeake Bay
Newport News Middle Ground Light, Newport News
Old Plantation Flats Light, Cape Charles
Old Point Comfort Light, Hampton
Pages Rock Light, York River
Point of Shoals Light, James River
Pungoteague Creek Light, Chesapeake Bay
Smith Point Light, mouth of Potomac River
Stingray Point Light, mouth of Rappahannock River
Tangier Sound Light, Chesapeake Bay
Thimble Shoal Light, Chesapeake Bay, north of Hampton Roads
Tue Marshes Light, mouth of York River
Watts Island Light, Chesapeake Bay
White Shoal Light, James River
Windmill Point Light, mouth of Rappahannock River
Wolf Trap Light, Chesapeake Bay
York Spit Light, mouth of York River
Admiralty Head Light
“Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Washington”. United States Coast Guard Historian’s Office.
Admiralty Head Light, Whidbey Island
Alki Point Light, West Seattle
Browns Point Light, Browns Point
Burrows Island Light, Anacortes
Cape Disappointment Light
Cape Flattery Light, Neah Bay
Cattle Point Light, San Juan Island
Destruction Island Light
Dofflemyer Point Light
Ediz Hook Light
Grays Harbor Light, Westport
Lime Kiln Light, San Juan Island
Marrowstone Point Light, Fort Flagler
Mukilteo Light, Mukilteo
New Dungeness Light, Sequim
North Head Light, Ilwaco
Patos Island Light, San Juan Islands
Point No Point Light, Hansville
Point Roberts Light, Point Roberts
Point Robinson Light, Vashon Island
Point Wilson Light, Port Townsend
Semiahmoo Harbor Light, Port Blaine
Slip Point Light, Clallam Bay
Turn Point Light, Stuart Island
West Point Light, Seattle
Outer Island Light, Apostle Islands
Algoma Pierhead Lighthouse, Algoma, Kewaunee County
Apostle Islands Lighthouses
Ashland Harbor Breakwater Lighthouse, Ashland, Ashland County
Baileys Harbor Lighthouse, Baileys Harbor, Door County
Baileys Harbor Range Lights, Baileys Harbor, Door County
Boyer Bluff Light, Door County [6]
Cana Island Lighthouse, near Baileys Harbor, Door County
Chambers Island Lighthouse, Chambers Island, Door County
Chequamegon Point Lighthouse, Long Island, Apostle Islands, Ashland County
Devils Island Lighthouse, Devils Island, Apostle Islands, Ashland County
Eagle Bluff Lighthouse, Ephraim, Door County
Fond du Lac Lighthouse, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County
Green Bay Harbor Entrance Light
Green Island Light
Gull Island Light, Gull Island, Ashland County
Kenosha North Pier Lighthouse, Kenosha, Kenosha County
Kenosha Light, Kenosha, Kenosha County
Kevich Light, Ozaukee County
Kewaunee Pierhead Lighthouse, Kewaunee, Kewaunee County
La Pointe Lighthouse, Apostle Islands, Ashland County
Long Tail Point Light, Green Bay, Brown County
Manitowoc Breakwater Lighthouse, Manitowoc, Manitowoc County
Michigan Island Lighthouse, Apostle Islands, Ashland County
Milwaukee Pierhead Light, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee Breakwater Lighthouse, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Neenah Light, Neenah, Winnebago County
North Point Lighthouse, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County
Outer Island Lighthouse, Apostle Islands, Ashland County
Peshtigo Reef Light, Green Bay east of Peshtigo Point, Marinette County
Pilot Island Lighthouse, near Gills Rock, Door County
Plum Island Range Lights, near Gills Rock, Door County
Port Washington Light, Port Washington, Ozaukee County
Potawatomi Lighthouse aka Rock Island Light, Rock Island State Park, Door County
Racine North Breakwater Light [8]
Raspberry Island Lighthouse, Apostle Islands, Bayfield County
Rawley Point Lighthouse, Manitowoc County
Rockwell Light, Oshkosh, Winnebago County
Sand Island Lighthouse, Apostle Islands, Bayfield County
Sheboygan Breakwater Light, Sheboygan, Sheboygan County
Sherwood Point Lighthouse, near Sturgeon Bay, Door County
Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse, Sturgeon Bay, Door County
Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light, Sturgeon Bay, Door County
Tail Point Light: see Long Tail Point Light
Two Rivers Light, Two Rivers, Manitowoc County
Wind Point Lighthouse, Racine, Racine County
Wisconsin Point Lighthouse, Superior, Douglas County
Buck Island Light in the Virgin Islands
Cape Mala Light Station in the Canal Zone
Fort Louisa Augusta Light in the Virgin Islands
Hams Bluff Light in the Virgin Islands
Howland Island Light
Navassa Island Light on Navassa Island
Windward Point Light on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba