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Lighthouses in the United States - Definition and Overview

This United States has hundreds of lighthouses as well as light towers, range lights, and pierhead lights. Michigan has the most lighthouses of any state with over 130. Door County, Wisconsin has the most of any county, with 10. See also: Lightvessels in the United States, lightvessel, List of lighthouses and lightvessels, Destroyed Lighthouses in the United States

Yaquina Head Lighthouse in Oregon
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Yaquina Head Lighthouse in Oregon

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Alabama

Alaska

  • Mary Island Lighthouse, Mary Island
  • Tree Point Lighthouse, Tree Point

Arizona

  • Buffalo Lighthouse Replica, Lake Havasu
  • Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Replica, Lake Havasu
  • West Quoddy Head Lighthouse Replica, Lake Havasu

California

Connecticut

Florida

  • Alligator Reef Light, near Indian Key (1873) (still in use)
  • Amelia Island Light (1820) (still in use) (U.S. Coast Guard housing)
  • American Shoal Light (1880) (still in use)
  • Anclote Key Light (1887)
  • Cape Canaveral Light (1868) (still in use)
  • Cape Florida Light, Key Biscayne (1846) (museum)
  • Cape San Blas Light (1885)
  • Cape St. George Light, Little St. George Island (1852)
  • Carysfort Reef Light (1852) (still in use)
  • Cedar Keys Light, Seahorse Key (1854) (marine laboratory)
  • Crooked River Light (Cattabelle) (1895)
  • Dry Tortugas Light, Loggerhead Key (1858) (still in use)
  • Egmont Key Light, Tampa Bay (1858) (still in use)
  • Fowey Rocks Light, off Key Biscayne (1878) (still in use)
  • Gasparilla Island Light (Boca Grande) (1890) (still in use) (museum)
  • Hillsboro Inlet Light (1907) (still in use) (Coast Guard housing)
  • Jupiter Inlet Light (1860) (still in use) (museum)
  • Key West Light (1846) (museum)
  • Pensacola Light, Pensacola Bay (1859) (still in use)
  • Ponce de Leon Inlet Light (Mosquito), Daytona Beach (1887) (still in use) (museum)
  • Sand Key Light (1853) (still in use)
  • Sanibel Island Light (1884) (still in use)
  • Sombrero Key Light, near Marathon Key (1858) (still in use)
  • St. Augustine Light, Anastasia Island (1874) (museum)
  • St. Johns River Light (1859)
  • St. Joseph Point Rear Range Light, Port St. Joe (1902) (private residence)
  • St. Marks Rear Range Light, Appalache Bay (1842) (still in use)
  • Tortugas Harbor Light, Fort Jefferson (1876)

Georgia

Hawaii

Illinois

  • Chicago Harbor Light (1893), Chicago (still in use)
  • Grosse Point Light (1873), Evanston, Illinois (currently a private navigation aid) (museum)

Indiana

  • Michigan City Light (1858 and 1904), Michigan City, pierhead light still in use, old tower is a museum

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Seven Foot Knoll Light in Baltimore
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Seven Foot Knoll Light in Baltimore

Massachusetts

Michigan

The Michigan.gov website has a Map of Michigan Lighthouses (http://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal_mhc_shpo_lightmap_50933_7.pdf) in PDF Format.

Holland Harbor Light, also called Big Red in Holland, Michigan
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Holland Harbor Light, also called Big Red in Holland, Michigan

Minnesota

  • Split Rock Lighthouse

Mississippi

  • Biloxi Lighthouse, Biloxi
  • Cat Island Lighthosue, Cat Island
  • Round Island Lighthouse, Pascagoula
  • Ship Island Lighthouse, Ship Island

New Jersey

Cape May Light in New Jersey
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Cape May Light in New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Oregon

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

Texas

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin

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