List of lighthouses in Florida

This is a list of existing and past lighthouses in the state of Florida in the United States.

List

Name	Image	Location	Coordinates	Year first lit	Year deactivated	Height above water	Additional Description
Alligator Reef Light		East of Indian Key near the Upper and Lower Matecumbe Keys		1873	Active	&&&&&&&+136 ft (41.4 m)
Amelia Island Light	150px	N end of Amelia Island, at the mouth of St. Mary's River		1838	Active	&&&&&&&+107 ft (32.6 m)	Oldest existing active lighthouse in Florida
Amelia Island North Range Light	150px	At the mouth of St. Mary's River		1872	1899	&&&&&&&&+30 ft (9.1 m)	Nonextant
American Shoal Light		East of the Saddlebunch Keys, close to Looe Key		1880	Active	&&&&&&&+109 ft (33.2 m)
Anclote Keys Light		Anclote Key at the mouth of Anclote River near Tarpon Springs, Florida		1887	Active	&&&&&&&+110 ft (33.5 m)	Inactive from 1984 to 2003
Cape Canaveral Light (1)	left tower	north of Launch Complex 46 inside the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station		1848	1868	&&&&&&&&+60 ft (18.3 m)	Located next to its replacement, the 1868 Cape Canaveral lighthouse; destroyed in 1893 for used as foundation material when the 1868 tower was relocated
Cape Canaveral Light (2)	150px	1 mile (1.6 km) inland from Cape Canaveral, inside the Air Force Station		1868	Active	&&&&&&&+137 ft (41.8 m)	The tower is 151 feet (46 m) tall.
Cape Florida Light (1)		Cape Florida, south of Key Biscayne		1825	1836	&&&&&&&&+65 ft (19.8 m)	Burned down during a Seminole attack
Cape Florida Light (2)	150px	Cape Florida, South of Key Biscayne		1847	Active	&&&&&&&&+95 ft (29.0 m)	Third oldest existing active lighthouse in Florida; Inactive from 1878 to 1978
Cape San Blas Light	150px	On Cape San Blas, southwest of Port St. Joe		1885	Active	&&&&&&&+101 ft (30.8 m)
Cape St. George Light (1)	150px	Little St. George Island, Apalachicola Bay		1852	2005	&&&&&&&&+72 ft (21.9 m)	Tower collapsed in 2005 and was reconstructed in St. George Island
Cape St. George Light (2)		St. George Island, Apalachicola Bay		2008	Active	&&&&&&&&+72 ft (21.9 m)	Inactive 2005 to 2008
Carysfort Reef Light		6 miles (9.7 km) East of Key Largo		1852	Active	&&&&&&&+100 ft (30.5 m)	Oldest existing screw-pile lighthouse still in service in the United States
Cedar Key Light		On Seahorse Key across the harbor from Cedar Key, Florida		1854	1915	&&&&&&&&+75 ft (22.9 m)	Now serves as a Marine Laboratory for the University of Florida
Charlotte Harbor Light		On Charlotte Harbor in Punta Gorda, FL		1890	1943	&&&&&&&&+36 ft (11.0 m)	Demolished in 1943; Iron pilings removed in 1915
Cosgrove Shoal Light (1)		10 miles (16 km) WSW of Key West S of Marquesas Keys		1935	Unknown	&&&&&&&&+49 ft (14.9 m)
Cosgrove Shoal Light (2)		10 miles (16 km) WSW of Key West S of Marquesas Keys		Unknown	Active	&&&&&&&&+54 ft (16.5 m)
Crooked River Light		Dog Island off Carrabelle		1895	Active	&&&&&&&+115 ft (35.0 m)
Dames Point Light		On the shoals off Dames Point on St. Johns River near Jacksonville, Florida		1872	1893	&&&&&&&&+35 ft (10.7 m)	No remnants of the screw-pile lighthouse
Dog Island Light		Western tip of Dog Island south of Carrabelle, Florida		1851	1872	&&&&&&&&+70 ft (21.3 m)	Nonextant, destroyed by a hurricane in 1873; replaced by the Crooked River Light
Dry Tortugas Light		Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas 3 mi (4.8 km) W of Fort Jefferson		1858	Active	&&&&&&&+151 ft (46.0 m)	The third tallest lighthouse tower in Florida at 157 ft (48 m)
Egmont Key Light (2)	150px	North end of Egmont Key, at the entrance to Tampa Bay		1858	Active	&&&&&&&&+85 ft (25.9 m)	Lantern was removed in 1944
Fowey Rocks Light		7 miles (11 km) SE of Cape Florida on Key Biscayne		1878	Active	&&&&&&&+110 ft (33.5 m)
Garden Key Light		On top of Fort Jefferson at Dry Tortugas National Park		1877	Active	&&&&&&&&+70 ft (21.3 m)	Operates as a private aid
Gasparilla Island Light	150px	South of Gasparilla Island, on the Boca Grande Pass		1932	Active	&&&&&&&+105 ft (32.0 m)
Hen and Chickens Shoal Light		2 mi (3.2 km) southeast of Plantation Key		1929	Active	&&&&&&&&+35 ft (10.7 m)
Hillsboro Inlet Light		North of Hillsboro Inlet, near Hillsboro Beach		1907	Active	&&&&&&&+136 ft (41.4 m)
Jupiter Inlet Light	150px	North of Jupiter Inlet in Jupiter, Florida		1860	Active	&&&&&&&+146 ft (44.5 m)	The height of the tower is 108 ft (33 m).
Key West Light	150px	On Whitehead St., downtown Key West		1849	1969	&&&&&&&&+91 ft (27.7 m)	Operates as a museum
Molasses Reef Light	150px	8 miles (13 km) SE of Key Largo		1921	Active	&&&&&&&&+45 ft (13.7 m)	Also operates as an Automatic weather station
Northwest Passage Light	150px	Entrance to the northwest channel to the Key West Harbor.		1855	1971	&&&&&&&&+47 ft (14.3 m)	The wooden structure burned down in 1971; only the iron pilings remain
Pacific Reef Light	150px	3 miles (4.8 km) SE of Elliott Key		1921	Active	&&&&&&&&+44 ft (13.7 m)
Pensacola Light		Entrance to Pensacola Bay, Pensacola		1858	Active	&&&&&&&+191 ft (58.2 m)	Tower height is 150 ft (46 m).
Ponce de Leon Inlet Light	150px	Ponce Inlet, Florida, south of Daytona Beach		1887	Active	&&&&&&&+159 ft (48.4 m)	The tallest lighthouse tower in Florida at 175.0 ft (53.3 m); the third tallest tower in the United States
Port Boca Grande Light		Southern tip of Gasparilla Island in Boca Grande, Florida		1890	Active	&&&&&&&&+41 ft (12.5 m)	Inactive from 1966 to 1986; also a museum
Pulaski Shoal Light (1)		30 miles (48 km) NW of Key West, north of the Dry Tortugas		1935	Unknown	&&&&&&&&+49 ft (14.9 m)	Nonextant
Pulaski Shoal Light (2)		30 miles (48 km) NW of Key West, north of the Dry Tortugas		Unknown	Active	&&&&&&&&+56 ft (17.1 m)
Rebecca Shoal Light (1)	150px	10 miles (16 km) W of the Marquesas Keys		1886	1953	&&&&&&&&+66 ft (20.1 m)	The original lantern was mounted to a private lighthouse in Key Largo, Florida.
Rebecca Shoal Light (4)		10 miles (16 km) W of the Marquesas Keys		2004	Active	&&&&&&&&+66 ft (20.1 m)
Sand Key Light	150px	8 miles (13 km) miles SW of Key West, adjacent to the Southwest Channel		1853	Active	&&&&&&&+109 ft (33.2 m)
Sanibel Island Light		E end of Sanibel Island		1885	Active	&&&&&&&&+98 ft (29.9 m)
Smith Shoal Light (1)		11 miles (18 km) NNW of Key West		1933	Unknown	&&&&&&&&+49 ft (14.9 m)
Smith Shoal Light (2)		11 miles (18 km) NNW of Key West		Unknown	Active	&&&&&&&&+54 ft (16.5 m)
Sombrero Key Light	150px	Near Key Vaca in Marathon		1858	Active	&&&&&&&+142 ft (43.3 m)	Highest light from a screw-pile lighthouse in Florida
St. Augustine Light (1)	150px	Anastasia Island, St. Augustine	Unknown	1737	1874	&&&&&&&&+52 ft (15.8 m)	Destroyed by the ocean in 1880; tower ruins can still be seen during low tide
St. Augustine Light (2)	150px	N Anastasia Island, St. Augustine		1874	Active	&&&&&&&+161 ft (49.1 m)	Second tallest lighthouse tower in Florida at 165 ft (50 m)
St. Johns Light	150px	0.75 miles (1.21 km) S of the mouth of the St. Johns River Naval Station Mayport near Jacksonville		1954	Active	&&&&&&&&+83 ft (25.3 m)	Constructed to replace a lightship; Never had a traditional lantern
St. Johns River Light	150px	Near the mouth of St. Johns River inside Naval Station Mayport		1859	1929	&&&&&&&&+81 ft (24.7 m)	Replaced by a lightship in 1929
St. Joseph Bay Light		On St. Joseph Point at the end of St. Joseph Peninsula		1839	1847	&&&&&&&&+50 ft (15.2 m)	Lighthouse lantern was moved to the new Cape San Blas Light in 1847; tower was washed away in 1851
St. Joseph Point Rear Range Light	150px	Entrance to St. Joseph Bay, on Beacon Hill (mainland)		1902	1960	&&&&&&&&+78 ft (23.8 m)	Replaced with a skeletal steel tower in 1960; the old lighthouse was moved and is now a private residence
St. Marks Light (1)	150px	On mouth of St. Marks River, St. Marks on Apalachee Bay	Unknown	1831	1842	&&&&&&&&+65 ft (19.2 m)	Demolished and moved to a new location
St. Marks Light (2)		On mouth of St. Marks River, St. Marks on Apalachee Bay		1842	Active	&&&&&&&&+82 ft (25.0 m)	Second oldest existing active lighthouse in Florida
Tennessee Reef Light	150px	S of Long Key, in the middle Florida Keys		1933	Active	&&&&&&&&+49 ft (14.9 m)
Volusia Bar Light	150px	Entrance to St. Johns River on the S side of Lake George, Florida		1886	1916	&&&&&&&&+34 ft (10.4 m)	The building was burned down by vandals in 1974; some cast iron foundation piles remain.

See also

• List of operating lighthouses in Florida
• List of lighthouses in the United States
• List of lighthouses in the United States by height
• Maritime_history_of_Florida

Sources

• National Park Service, "Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Florida Lighthouses". Maritime Heritage Program. Retrieved on 2010-09-28.
• U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) (2012), "Light List Vol. III, Atlantic and Gulf Coasts". U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.
• "Florida Lighthouse Page". Web Archive. Retrieved on 2010-09-28.