List of lighthouses in the United States

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This list includes lighthouses in the United States .

Lighthouse called in English Lighthouse , but in the US parlance they are mostly only as a Light called. The historical development is described exemplarily for the lighthouses in California .

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Surname	State	Waters	position	Year of construction (s)	Tower height	Fire height	Identifier	image
Annisquam Harbor Light	Massachusetts	North Atlantic	42 ° 39 '42.7 "  N , 70 ° 41' 1.1"  W.	1801/1851/1897	13.7 m	13.7 m	Fl.W.7,5s
Ashtabula Harbor Light	Ohio	Lake Erie	41 ° 55 ′ 6.8 "  N , 80 ° 47 ′ 45.1"  W.	1836/1905	12 m	16 m	Fl.Y.6s
Assateague Light	Virginia	North Atlantic	37 ° 54 '40.2 "  N , 75 ° 21' 21.6"  W.	1833/1867	43 m	47 m	Fl (2) W.5s
Avery Rock Light	Maine	Gulf of Maine	44 ° 39 ′ 16 "  N , 67 ° 20 ′ 39"  W.	1875	10 m	17 m	destroyed (1946)
Baker Island Light	Maine	North Atlantic	44 ° 14 ′ 28 "  N , 68 ° 11 ′ 56"  W.	1828/1855	13 m	32 m	Fl.W.10s
Bakers Island Light	Massachusetts	North Atlantic	42 ° 32 '8.5 "  N , 70 ° 47' 14.7"  W.	1791/1798/1816/1820	18 m	33.8 m	Al.WR.20s
Bass Harbor Head Light	Maine	North Atlantic	44 ° 13 ′ 19 "  N , 68 ° 20 ′ 14"  W.	1858	10 m	17 m	Oc.R.4s
Bear Island Light	Maine	North Atlantic	44 ° 17 ′ 0.3 "  N , 68 ° 16 ′ 11.8"  W.	1839/1889	10 m	31 m	Fl.W.5s
Blue Hill Bay Lighthouse	Maine	North Atlantic	44 ° 14 '55.5 "  N , 68 ° 29" 52.4 "  W.	1857	7 m	9 m	deleted (1933)	Image wanted
Boston Light	Massachusetts	Boston Harbor	42 ° 19 '40.6 "  N , 70 ° 53' 24.4"  W.	1716/1783	30 m	31 m	Fl.W.10s
Brant Point Light	Massachusetts	Nantucket Sound	41 ° 17 '23.7 "  N , 70 ° 5' 25.1"  W.	1746/1901	8 m	8 m	Oc.R.4s
Cape Ann Light Station	Massachusetts	North Atlantic	42 ° 38 '12.4 "  N , 70 ° 34' 29.8"  W.	1771/1861	38 m	51 m	Fl.R.5s
Cape Blanco Lighthouse	Oregon	Pacific Ocean	42 ° 50 '13.3 "  N , 124 ° 33' 49.1"  W.	1870	18 m	75 m	Fl.W.20s
Cape Decision Lighthouse	Alaska	Chatham Strait	56 ° 0 ′ 5.3 "  N , 134 ° 8 ′ 9"  W.	1932	23 m	29 m	Fl.W.5s
Cape Hatteras Light	North Carolina	North Atlantic	35 ° 15 '1.9 "  N , 75 ° 31" 43.8 "  W.	1803/1870	61 m	59 m	Fl.W.7.5s
Cape Henry Lighthouse	Virginia	Chesapeake Bay	36 ° 55 ′ 34.9 "  N , 76 ° 0 ′ 26"  W.	1792/1881	50 m	50 m	Fl (3) W.20s
Cape Meares Light	Oregon	Pacific Ocean	45 ° 29 ′ 11.3 "  N , 123 ° 58 ′ 41.6"  W.	1890	12 m	71 m	deleted (1963)
Cape Neddick Light	Maine	North Atlantic	43 ° 9 ′ 54.7 "  N , 70 ° 35 ′ 28"  W.	1879	13 m	27 m	Iso.R.6s
Cape Poge Light	Massachusetts	Nantucket Sound	41 ° 25 ′ 7.8 "  N , 70 ° 27 ′ 6.9"  W.	1801/1893	11 m	20 m	Fl.W.6s
Cape Spencer Lighthouse	Alaska	Icy Strait	58 ° 11 '56.5 "  N , 136 ° 38' 25.5"  W.	1925	8 m	32 m	Fl.W.10s
Chatham Light	Massachusetts	North Atlantic	41 ° 40 '17.1 "  N , 69 ° 56" 59.6 "  W.	1808/1877	15 m	24 m	Fl (2) W.10s
Coney Island Light	new York	Lower New York Bay	40 ° 34 '35.8 "  N , 74 ° 0' 42.3"  W.	1890	23 m	23 m	Fl.R.5s
Crown Point Light	new York	Lake Champlain	44 ° 1 ′ 47.6 "  N , 73 ° 25 ′ 17.6"  W.	1858/1912	17 m	27 m	deleted (1926)
Cuttyhunk Light	Massachusetts	Vineyard Sound	41 ° 24 ′ 51 ″  N , 70 ° 56 ′ 59 ″  W.	1823	9 m	16	deleted (2005)
East Brother Light Station	California	San Francisco Bay	37 ° 57 '47.6 "  N , 122 ° 26' 0.7"  W.	1874	15 m	19 m	Fl.W.5s
East Chop Light	Massachusetts	Nantucket Sound	41 ° 28 '13 "  N , 70 ° 34' 2.8"  W.	1878	12 m	24 m	Iso.G.6s
Edgartown Harbor Light	Massachusetts	Nantucket Sound	41 ° 23 '27.1 "  N , 70 ° 30' 11"  W.	1828/1881	14 m	14 m	Fl.R.6s
Erie Land Light	Pennsylvania	Lake Erie	42 ° 8 '38.1 "  N , 80 ° 3' 44"  W.	1818/1867	15 m	39 m	FW
Farallon Island Light Station	California	Pacific Ocean	37 ° 41 ′ 56.3 "  N , 123 ° 0 ′ 6"  W.	1855	13 m	109 m	Fl.W.15s
Five Finger Islands Lighthouse	Alaska	Inside passage	57 ° 16'13 "  N , 133 ° 37'53"  W.	1902/1935	21 m	25 m	Fl.W.10s
Five Mile Point Lighthouse	Connecticut	North Atlantic	41 ° 14'56.3 "  N , 72 ° 54'13.6"  W.	1805/1847	21 m	30 m	deleted (1877)
Fort Wadsworth Light	new York	New York Harbor	40 ° 36 '20.9 "  N , 74 ° 3' 14.2"  W.	1903	5 m	23 m	deleted (1965)
Fourteen Foot Bank Light	Delaware	Delaware Bay	39 ° 2 ′ 53.7 "  N , 75 ° 10 ′ 56"  W.	1887	12 m	18 m	Fl.WR.9s
Gay Head Light	Massachusetts	Vineyard Sound	41 ° 20 '54.4 "  N , 70 ° 50' 5.9"  W.	1799/1856	16 m	52 m	Al.WR.15s
Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light	Michigan	Lake Superior	46 ° 26 '12.8 "  N , 86 ° 41' 28.8"  W.	1868/1914	20 m	21 m	deleted (1969)
Great Point Light	Massachusetts	Nantucket Sound	41 ° 23 '24.4 "  N , 70 ° 2' 53.7"  W.	1784/1986	18 m	22 m	Fl.WR.5s
Haig Point Range Lights	South carolina	Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway	32 ° 8 '42.9 "  N , 80 ° 50' 11.3"  W.	1873	19 m	21 m	Fl.W.14s
Highland Light	Massachusetts	Cape Cod Bay	42 ° 2 '20.9 "  N , 70 ° 3' 43.3"  W.	1797/1857	20 m	52 m	Fl.W.5s
Lime Point Light Station	California	Golden gate	37 ° 49 ′ 31.7 "  N , 122 ° 28 ′ 42"  W.	1900	4 m	5 m	Fl.W.5s
Long Island Head Light	Massachusetts	Boston Harbor	42 ° 19 '48.8 "  N , 70 ° 57' 27.6"  W.	1819/1901	16 m	37 m	Fl.W.2.5s
Marshall Point Light	Maine	North Atlantic	43 ° 55 '2.7 "  N , 69 ° 15" 40.5 "  W.	1832	9 m	9 m	FW
Middle Bay Light	Alabama	Mobile Bay	30 ° 26 '14.6 "  N , 88 ° 0' 40.4"  W.	1885	15 m	15 m	Fl.R.6s
Monomoy Point Light	Massachusetts	Nantucket Sound	41 ° 33 '33.6 "  N , 69 ° 59" 37.1 "  W.	1823/1849	12 m	14 m	deleted (1923)
Nauset Light	Massachusetts	Cape Cod Bay	41 ° 51 '36.5 "  N , 69 ° 57" 10.7 "  W.	1838/1923	15 m	37 m	Al.WR.10s
New Dorp Lighthouse	new York	Lower New York Bay	40 ° 34 '50.8 "  N , 74 ° 7' 12.4"  W.	1856	24 m	58 m	deleted (1964)
New Point Loma Lighthouse	California	San Diego Bay	32 ° 39 '54.2 "  N , 117 ° 14' 33.6"  W.	1891	21 m	27 m	Fl.W.15s
Old Orchard Shoal Light	new York	Lower New York Bay	40 ° 30 '44.4 "  N , 74 ° 5' 55.2"  W.	1893	11 m	16 m	destroyed (2012)
Old Point Loma Light Station	California	San Diego Bay	32 ° 40 ′ 19.1 "  N , 117 ° 14 ′ 27.5"  W.	1855	14 m	141 m	deleted (1891)
Pemaquid Point Light	Maine	North Atlantic	43 ° 50 ′ 13.2 "  N , 69 ° 30 ′ 21.6"  W.	1827	12 m	24 m	Fl.W.6s
Pigeon Point Lighthouse	California	Pacific Ocean	37 ° 10 '54.3 "  N , 122 ° 23' 38.3"  W.	1872	35 m	45 m	Fl.W.10s
Point Bonita Light	California	Pacific Ocean	37 ° 48 '56.2 "  N , 122 ° 31' 46.3"  W.	1877	10 m	43 m	Oc.W.4s
Point Cabrillo Light	California	Pacific Ocean	39 ° 20 ′ 54.9 "  N , 123 ° 49 ′ 34"  W.	1909	15 m	26 m	Fl.W.10s
Point Diablo Light	California	Golden gate	37 ° 49 '12.6 "  N , 122 ° 29' 58"  W.	1923	5 m	26 m	Iso.W.6s
Point Pinos Lighthouse	California	Monterey Bay	36 ° 38 ′ 0.2 ″  N , 121 ° 56 ′ 1.5 ″  W.	1855	13 m	27 m	Oc.W.4s
Point Reyes Lighthouse	California	Pacific Ocean	37 ° 59 '44.2 "  N , 123 ° 1' 23.5"  W.	1870	11 m	88 m	Fl.W.5s
Portland Head Light	Maine	North Atlantic	43 ° 37 '23.1 "  N , 70 ° 12' 28.3"  W.	1791	25 m	31 m	Fl.W.4s
Portsmouth Harbor Light	New Hampshire	Portsmouth Harbor	43 ° 4 ′ 15.9 "  N , 70 ° 42 ′ 31.1"  W.	1771/1878	15 m	16 m	FG
Presque Isle Light	Pennsylvania	Lake Erie	42 ° 9 '56.8 "  N , 80 ° 6' 54.9"  W.	1873	21 m	22 m	Iso.W.6s
Princes Bay Light	new York	Lower New York Bay	40 ° 30 '27.7 "  N , 74 ° 12' 48.3"  W.	1828/1864	12 m	38 m	deleted (1922)
Race Point Light	Massachusetts	Cape Cod Bay	42 ° 3 '44.4 "  N , 70 ° 14' 35.2"  W.	1816/1876	13 m	14 m	Fl.W.10s
Robbins Reef Lighthouse	New Jersey	Upper New York Bay	40 ° 39 '26.5 "  N , 74 ° 3' 55.4"  W.	1839/1883	14 m	17 m	Fl.G.6s
Rondout Light	new York	Hudson River	41 ° 55 ′ 15 "  N , 73 ° 57 ′ 45"  W.	1838/1915	15 m	16 m	Fl.W.6s
Round Island Light	Michigan	Lake Huron	45 ° 50 '14 "  N , 84 ° 37' 0.8"  W.	1895	17 m	16 m	deleted (1947)
Round Island Lighthouse	Mississippi	Pascagoula River	30 ° 22 '14.3 "  N , 88 ° 33' 21.2"  W.	1833/2013	15 m	15 m	deleted (1944)
Rubicon Point Light	California	Lake Tahoe	38 ° 59 '45.2 "  N , 120 ° 5' 40.7"  W.	1919	4 m	244 m	deleted (1920s)
Sankaty Head Light	Massachusetts	North Atlantic	41 ° 17 '3.8 "  N , 69 ° 57' 58.5"  W.	1850	21 m	48 m	Fl.W.7.5s
Sentinel Island Lighthouse	Alaska	Inside passage	58 ° 32 '46.8 "  N , 134 ° 55' 23.3"  W.	1902/1935	16 m	26 m	Fl.W.10s
South Bass Island Light	Ohio	Lake Erie	41 ° 37 '44.5 "  N , 82 ° 50' 29.3"  W.	1897	18 m	20 m	deleted (1962)
Stannard Rock Light	Michigan	Lake Superior	47 ° 11 '0.6 "  N , 87 ° 13' 30.4"  W.	1882	34 m	31 m	Fl.W.6s
Staten Island Light	new York	Lower New York Bay	40 ° 34 '33.9 "  N , 74 ° 8' 28.5"  W.	1912	27 m	70 m	FW
Tarpaulin Cove Light	Massachusetts	Vineyard Sound	41 ° 28 ′ 7.8 "  N , 70 ° 45 ′ 27"  W.	1818/1891	9 m	24 m	Fl.W.6s
The Graves Light	Massachusetts	Boston Harbor	42 ° 21 '54.5 "  N , 70 ° 52' 9.1"  W.	1905	35 m	30 m	Fl (2) W.12s
Two Bush Island Light	Maine	North Atlantic	43 ° 57 '51.3 "  N , 69 ° 4' 25.9"  W.	1897	13 m	20 m	Fl.WR.5s
West Bank Light	new York	Lower New York Bay	40 ° 32 '16.9 "  N , 74 ° 2' 34.5"  W.	1901	17 m	21 m	Iso.WR.6s
West Chop Light	Massachusetts	Nantucket Sound	41 ° 28 '50.9 "  N , 70 ° 35' 59.3"  W.	1817/1891	14 m	26 m	Oc.WR.4s
West Quoddy Head Light	Maine	Bay of Fundy	44 ° 48 '54.5 "  N , 66 ° 57' 1.5"  W.	1808/1858	15 m	25 m	Fl (2) W.5s
West Sister Island Light	Ohio	Lake Erie	41 ° 44 ′ 13.3 "  N , 83 ° 6 ′ 38.1"  W.	1848	17 m	18 m	Fl.W.4s
Whaleback Light Station	Maine	Portsmouth Harbor	43 ° 3 '33.1 "  N , 70 ° 41' 44.3"  W.	1831/1872	15 m	18 m	Fl (2) W.10s
Whitehead Lighthouse	Maine	Penobscot River	43 ° 58 ′ 43.4 "  N , 69 ° 7 ′ 27.3"  W.	1804/1852	13 m	23 m	Oc.G.4s
Whitlock's Mill Light Station	Maine	St. Croix River	45 ° 9 '46.1 "  N , 67 ° 13' 38.5"  W.	1892/1919	8 m	10 m	Iso.G.6s
Yaquina Bay Lighthouse	Oregon	Yaquina Bay	44 ° 37 '26.9 "  N , 124 ° 3' 46.7"  W.	1871	16 m	50 m	FW
Yaquina Head Lighthouse	Oregon	Pacific Ocean	44 ° 40 ′ 36.2 "  N , 124 ° 4 ′ 45.9"  W.	1873	28 m	49 m	Fl (2) W.20s

Web links

Commons : Lighthouses in the United States  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Russ Rowlett: The Lighthouse Directory ( English ) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved January 11, 2016.