List of lighthouses in Florida

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

NameImage LocationCoordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current lens Focal height Notes Alligator Reef Light Islamorada 1873 1963 2015(Replaced) VRB-25 136 Amelia Island Light Fernandina Beach(Amelia Island) 1838 1970 Active Unknown 107 Amelia Island North Range Light St. Mary's River(Mouth) 1858 (First) 1872 (Last) Never 1899 None 030 Destroyed by 1924 Cuba hurricane American Shoal Light Saddlebunch Keys 1880 1963 2015(Replaced) VRB-25 109 Anclote Keys Light Tarpon Springs(Anclote Key) 1887 1952 Active(Inactive: 1984–2003) Fourth-order Fresnel(Replica) 110 Cape Canaveral Light(Old) Cape Canaveral(Cape Canaveral Space Force Station) 1848 Never 1868(Demolished in 1893) None 060 Cape Canaveral Light(New) Cape Canaveral(Cape Canaveral Space Force Station) 1868 1960 Active DCB-224 137 Cape Florida Light Cape Florida 1825 (First) 1847 (Current) 1978 Active(Inactive: 1878–1978) 300mm 095 Cape San Blas Light Cape San Blas 1848 (First) 1885 (Current) 1981 1996 None 101 Cape St. George Light (Old) Cape St. George Island(Apalachicola Bay) 1852 1949 2005(Collapsed) None 072 Cape St. George Light (New) Cape St. George Island(Apalachicola Bay) 2008(Replica) Always Active Third-order Fresnel(Replica) 072 Carysfort Reef Light Key Largo(Carysfort Reef) 1852 1962 2014 None 100 Cedar Key Light Cedar Key 1854 Never 1915 None 075 Charlotte Harbor Light Punta Gorda 1890 1918 1943(Demolished) None 036 Cosgrove Shoal Light N/A Marquesas Keys 1935 Always Active 200mm 054 Crooked River Light Carrabelle(Dog Island) 1895 1952 Active(Inactive: 1995–2007) Fourth-order Fresnel(Replica) 115 Dames Point Light N/A Jacksonville 1872 Never 1893(Destroyed in 1913) None 035 Dog Island Light Carrabelle(Dog Island) 1839 (First) 1872 (Last) Never 1873(Destroyed and replaced) None 070 Dry Tortugas Light Loggerhead Key(Dry Tortugas) 1858 1988 Active VRB-25 151 Egmont Key Light St. Petersburg(Tampa Bay) 1848 (First) 1858 (Current) 1990 Active DCB-24 085 Fowey Rocks Light Key Biscayne 1878 1975 Active VRB-25 110 Garden Key Light Fort Jefferson(Dry Tortugas National Park) 1826 (First) 1877 (Current) 1912 1924 Decorative 070 Gasparilla Island Light Boca Grande 1932 1956 1966 None 105 Hen and Chickens Shoal Light N/A Plantation Key 1929 Always Active Acetylene 035 Hillsboro Inlet Light Hillsboro Beach(Hillsboro Inlet) 1907 1974 Active Second-order Fresnel 136 Jupiter Inlet Light Jupiter 1860 1928 Active First-order Fresnel 146 Key West Light Key West 1826 (First) 1849 (Current) 1915 1969(Now a museum) None 091 Kissimmee Lighthouse Kissimmee 1999 Always Active Unknown 091 Molasses Reef Light Key Largo(Molasses Reef) 1921 Always ActiveUSCG 2012, pg. 9 Unknown 045 Northwest Passage Light Key West 1855 (First) 1879 (Last) 1911 1971(Destroyed) None 047 Pacific Reef Light Elliott Key 1921 Always Active Unknown 044 Pensacola Light Pensacola(Pensacola Bay) 1824 (First) 1859 (Current) 1965 Active First-order Fresnel 191 Ponce de Leon Inlet Light Ponce Inlet 1887 1953 Active(Inactive: 1970–1982) Third-order Fresnel 159 Port Boca Grande Light Boca Grande(Gasparilla Island) 1890 1956 Active(Inactive: 1966–1986) 377mm 041 Pulaski Shoal Light Key West 1935 (First) Unknown (Current) Always Active Unknown 049 Rebecca Shoal Light Marquesas Keys 1886 1926 1953(Demolished) None 066 Sand Key Light Key West 1827 (First) 1853 (Current) 1941 2014(Replaced) VRB-25 109 Sanibel Island Light Sanibel 1884 1949 Active 190mm 098 Smith Shoal Light N/A Key West 1933 (First) Unknown (Current) Always Active Unknown 049 Sombrero Key Light Marathon 1858 1960 2015(Replaced) None 142 St. Augustine Light (Old) St. Augustine(Anastasia Island) N/A 1824 Never 1874(Destroyed in 1880) None 052 St. Augustine Light (New) St. Augustine(Anastasia Island) 1874 1955 Active First-order Fresnel 161 St. Johns Light Atlantic Beach 1954 1967 Active VRB-25 083 St. Johns River Light Atlantic Beach 1830 (First) 1858 (Last) Never 1929 None 081 St. Joseph Bay Light N/A St. Joseph Peninsula 1839 Never 1847(Lens moved) None 050 St. Joseph Point Rear Range Light Apalachicola(St. Joseph Bay) 1902 Never 1960 None 078 St. Marks Light (Old) St. Marks N/A 1831 Never 1842(Demolished) None 065 St. Marks Light (New) St. Marks 1842 1960 Active Unknown 082 Tennessee Reef Light Long Key 1933 Always Active Unknown 049 Volusia Bar Light Lake George 1886 Never 1916(Destroyed in 1974) None 034

See also Unmanned reef lights of the Florida Keys List of lighthouses in the United States List of lighthouses in the United States by height Maritime history of Florida

Notes A. The first tower was built around 1737. Archival records are inconclusive as to whether the Spanish used the tower as a lighthouse. While it seems likely, not enough has been gathered to place it as a fact. B. The tower was washed away in 1851. C. In 1960, the lighthouse was replaced with a skeletal steel tower. The old structure moved multiple times as a private residence before it was returned to St. Joseph Bay in 1979. While the old light remains a private residence, its current owner has restored its former appearance with a rebuilt lantern room.

References

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.