Lighthouses in the United States

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This United States has hundreds of lighthouses as well as light towers, range lights, and pier head lights. Michigan has the most lighthouses of any state with over 130. See also: Lightvessels in the United States, lightvessel, List of lighthouses and lightvessels

Most of the lighthouses in the United States have been built and maintained by the Coast Guard since 1939, its predecessor the United States Lighthouse Service from 1910-1939 and its predecessor the United States Lighthouse Board from 1852-1910. Before the Lighthouse Board was established, local collectors of customs were responsible for lighthouses under Stephen Pleasonton. As their importance to navigation has declined and as public interest in them has increased, the Coast Guard has been handing over ownership and in some cases responsibility for running them to other parties, the chief of them being the National Park Service under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000.

Yaquina Head Light in Oregon
Yaquina Head Light in Oregon

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USCG's complete list of Alaska lights with detailed information.

The Lake Havasu Lighthouse Club is in the process of building lighthouses on Lake Havasu which is part of the Colorado river. These lighthouses are 17 to 30 feet replicas of famous lighthouses. In order of dedication date, they are:

Point Reyes Light
Point Reyes Light

USCG's list of California lights

Stonington Harbor Light
Stonington Harbor Light

Fourteen Foot Bank Light, in the Delaware Bay
Fourteen Foot Bank Light, in the Delaware Bay


Alligator Reef Light, four miles (7 km) east of Indian Key in the Florida Keys
Alligator Reef Light, four miles (7 km) east of Indian Key in the Florida Keys
Gasparilla Island Light, Boca Grande, Florida
Gasparilla Island Light, Boca Grande, Florida

USCG's complete list of Illinois lights.

USCG's complete list of Indiana lights.

  • Michigan City East Light (1858 and 1904), Michigan City, pierhead Light still in use, old tower is a museum
  • Buffington Harbor Breakwater Light
  • Indiana Harbor East Breakwater Light
  • Calumet Harbor Light
  • Gary Harbor Breakwater Light Gary
  • Old Michigan City Light Michigan City

USCG's complete list of Louisiana lights.

  • Bartaria 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 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, Eugene Island
  • 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
  • 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

USCG's complete list of Maine lights.

Portland Head Light, "the most photographed lighthouse in the world"[citation needed]
Portland Head Light, "the most photographed lighthouse in the world"[citation needed]
Petit Manan Lighthouse, home of the Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge
Petit Manan Lighthouse, home of the Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge

USCG's complete list of Maryland lights.

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

USCG's complete list of Massachusetts lights.

USCG's complete list of Michigan lights.
The Michigan.gov website has a Map of Michigan Lighthousehouses in PDF Format.

USCG's complete list of Minnesota lights.

USCG's complete list of Mississippi lights.

USCG's complete list of New Hampshire lights.

USCG's complete list of New Jersey lights.

USCG's complete list of New York lights.

USCG's complete list of North Carolina lights.

 America's tallest lighthouse, Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras, NC
America's tallest lighthouse, Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras, NC

USCG's complete list of Ohio lights.

  • Ashtabula Lighthouse Ashtabula
  • Cleveland west breakwater/East pierhead Lighthouses Cleveland
  • Cleveland east entrance Lighthouse Cleveland
  • Conneaut west Lighthouse Conneaut
  • Fairport Harbor Lighthouse Painesville
  • Fairport Harbor Lighthouse Fairport Harbor
  • Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Lighthouse Fairport Harbor
  • Green Island Lighthouse Green Island
  • Huron Harbor Lighthouse Huron
  • Lorain Lighthouse Lorain
  • Marblehead Lighthouse Marblehead
  • Port Clinton Lighthouse Port Clinton
  • Sandusky Harbor Lighthouse Sandusky
  • South Bass Island Lighthouse South Bass Island
  • Toledo Harbor Lighthouse Toledo Harbor Lighthouse
  • Vermilion Lighthouse Vermilion

USCG's complete list of Pennsylvania lights.

See Lighthouses in Puerto Rico

USCG's complete list of Rhode Island lights.

 Morris Island Light Charleston,SC
Morris Island Light Charleston,SC

USCG's complete list of South Carolina lights.


USCG's complete list of Texas lights.

USCG's complete list of Vermont lights.

USCG's complete list of Virginia lights.

  • Assateague Light, Assateague
  • Back River Light
  • Bells Rock Light
  • Bowlers Rock Light
  • Cape Charles Light, Cape Charles
  • Cape Henry Light (old), Cape Henry, Virginia Beach
  • Cape Henry Light (new), Cape Henry, Virginia Beach
  • Cherrystone Bar Light
  • Chesapeake Light
  • Craney Island Light
  • Deepwater Shoals Light
  • Dutch Gap Canal Light
  • Great Wicomico River Light
  • Hog Island Light
  • Jones Point Light, Alexandria
  • Jordan's Point Light
  • Killock Shoal Light
  • Lambert Point Light
  • Nansemond River Light
  • New Point Comfort Light
  • Newport News Middle Ground Light, Newport News
  • New Point Comfort Light, Mathews
  • Old Plantations Flats Light
  • Old Point Comfort Light, Newport News
  • Pages Rock Light
  • Point of Shoals Light
  • Pungoteague Creek Light
  • Ragged Point Light
  • Smith Point Light, Smith Point
  • Stingray Point Light
  • Tangier Sound Light
  • Thimble Shoal Light
  • Tue Marshes Light
  • Watts Island Light
  • White Shoal (Inlet) Light
  • Windmill Pint Light
  • Wolf Trap Light, Chesapeake Bay
  • York Spit Light

Admiralty Head Light
Admiralty Head Light

USCG's complete list of Wisconsin lights.

Outer Island Lighthouse, Apostle Islands
Outer Island Lighthouse, Apostle Islands

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