Tallest Towers
- 207 feet (63 m) - Cape Hatteras Light, North Carolina (height includes 10 feet (3.0 m) underground)
- 191 feet (58 m) - Cape Charles Light, Cape Charles, Virginia
- 175 feet (53 m) - Ponce de Leon Inlet Light, Florida
- 172 feet (52 m) - Barnegat Light, New Jersey
- 169 feet (51 m) - Cape Lookout Light, North Carolina
- 169 feet (51 m) - Absecon Light, New Jersey
- 168 feet (51 m) - Fire Island Light, New York
- 165 feet (50 m) - St. Augustine Light, Florida
- 164 feet (50 m) - Cape Henry Light, Virginia
- 162 feet (49 m) - Navassa Island Light, Navassa Island
- 161 feet (49 m) - Morris Island Light, South Carolina
- 158 feet (48 m) - Currituck Beach Light, North Carolina
- 158 feet (48 m) - Bodie Island Light, North Carolina
- 157 feet (48 m) - Cape May Light, New Jersey
- 157 feet (48 m) - Dry Tortugas Light, Florida
- 154 feet (47 m) - Tybee Island Lighthouse, Georgia
- 151 feet (46 m) - Cape Canaveral Light, Florida
- 150 feet (46 m) - Pensacola Light, Florida
- 150 feet (46 m) - Cape Romain Lighthouses, South Carolina
- 148 feet (45 m) - Oak Island Light, North Carolina
- 142 feet (43 m) - Hillsboro Inlet Light, Florida
- 142 feet (43 m) - Assateague Light, Virginia
- 140 feet (43 m) - Charleston Light, South Carolina
- 138 feet (42 m) - Moloka'i Light, Hawaii
- 136 feet (42 m) - Hunting Island Light, South Carolina
- 133 feet (41 m) - Boon Island Light, Maine
- 131 feet (40 m) - Sand Island Light, Alabama
- 130 feet (40 m) - Rock of Ages Light, Michigan
- 124 feet (38 m) - Cape Ann Light, Massachusetts
- 121 feet (38 m) - White Shoal Light, Michigan
- 120 feet (37 m) - Sand Key Light, Florida
- 120 feet (37 m) - Mobile Point Light, Alabama
- 119 feet (37 m) - Petit Manan Light, Maine
- 115 feet (35 m) - Point Arena Light, California
- 115 feet (35 m) - Pigeon Point Light, California
- 113 feet (34 m) - Grosse Point Light, Illinois
- 112 feet (34 m) - Big Sable Point (Grande Point au Sable) Light, Michigan
- 111 feet (34 m) - Rawley Point Light, Wisconsin
- 110 feet (34 m) - Montauk Point Light, New York
- 110 feet (34 m) - Stannard Rock Light, Michigan
- 109 feet (33 m) - Presque Isle Light (New), Michigan
- 108 feet (33 m) - Wind Point Light, Wisconsin
- 108 feet (33 m) - Jupiter Inlet Light, Florida
- 107 feet (33 m) - Little Sable Point (Petite Point au Sable) Light, Michigan
- 107 feet (33 m) - Grays Harbor Light, Washington
- 104 feet (32 m) - St. Simons Island Light, Georgia
- 100 feet (32 m) - Marcus Hook Range Rear Light, Delaware
- 100 feet (30 m) - Bald Head Light, North carolina
- 99 feet (30 m) - South Manitou Island Light, Michigan
- 99 feet (30 m) - Grosse Ile North Channel Front Range Light, Michigan
- 98 feet (30 m) - Sanibel Island Light, Florida
- 95 feet (29 m) - Cape Florida Light, Florida
- 94 feet (29 m) - Destruction Island Light, Washington
- 93 feet (29 m) - Yaquina Head Light, Oregon
- 93 feet (28 m) - Spectacle Reef Light, Michigan
- 91 feet (28 m) - Sand Hills Light, Michigan
- 90 feet (27 m) - St. George Reef Light, California
- 90 feet (27 m) - Harbour Town Light, South Carolina
- 89 feet (27 m) - Pointe aux Barques Light, Michigan
- 89 feet (27 m) - New London Harbor Light, Connecticut
- 87 feet (27 m) - Au Sable Light, Michigan
- 86 feet (26 m) - Key West Light, Florida
- 85 feet (26 m) - Fort Gratiot Light, Michigan
- 84 feet (26 m) - Alcatraz Island Light, California
- 81 feet (25 m) - St. Johns River Light, Florida
- 80 feet (25 m) - Portland Head Light, Maine
- 80 feet (24 m) - Manitou Island Light, Michigan
- 78 feet (24 m) - Whitefish Point Light, Michigan
- 78 feet (24 m) - Seul Choix Point Light, Michigan
- 77 feet (23 m) - Gray's Reef Light, Michigan
- 76 feet (23 m) - Waugoshance Light, Michigan
- 76 feet (23 m) - Middle Island Light, Michigan
- 76 feet (23 m) - Cape Decision Light, Alaska
- 75 feet (23 m) - St. Martin Island Light, Michigan
- 74 feet (23 m) - Piedras Blancas Light, California
- 71 feet (22 m) - Sturgeon Point Light, Michigan
- 71 feet (22 m) - St. Helena Island Light, Michigan
- 70 feet (21 m) - Poverty Island Light, Michigan
- 70 feet (21 m) - New Point Loma lighthouse, California
- 70 feet (21 m) - Minneapolis Shoal Light, Michigan
- 69 feet (21 m) - Los Angeles Harbor Light, California
- 68 feet (21 m) - Five Finger Islands Light, Alaska
- 67 feet (20 m) - Tawas Point Light, Michigan
- 67 feet (20 m) - Point Vicente Light, California
- 67 feet (20 m) - Frankfort North Breakwater Light, Michigan
- 67 feet (20 m) - Cape Hinchinbrook Light, Alaska
- 66 feet (20 m) - Tree Point Light, Alaska
- 66 feet (20 m) - St. Johns Light, Florida
- 66 feet (20 m) - Highland (Cape Cod) Light, Massachusetts
- 65 feet (20 m) - Rock Harbor Light, Michigan
- 65 feet (20 m) - Point Iroquois Light, Michigan
- 65 feet (20 m) - North Head Light, Washington
- 65 feet (20 m) - Cedar River Light, Michigan
- 65 feet (20 m) - Cape Flattery Light, Washington
- 65 feet (20 m) - Big Bay Point Light, Michigan
- 63 feet (19 m) - North Manitou Shoal Light, Michigan
- 63 feet (19 m) - New Dungeness Light, Washington
- 63 feet (19 m) - DeTour Reef Light, Michigan
- 62 feet (19 m) - Tillamook Light, Oregon
- 62 feet (19 m) - Thunder Bay Island Light, Michigan
- 62 feet (19 m) - Ludington North Pierhead Light, Michigan
- 62 feet (19 m) - Grand Marais Harbor Inner Range Light, Michigan
- 62 feet (19 m) - Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light, Michigan
- 62 feet (19 m) - Copper Harbor Light, Michigan
- 61 feet (19 m) - Umpqua River Light, Oregon
- 61 feet (19 m) - Mary Island Light, Alaska
- 61 feet (19 m) - Isle Royale (Menagerie Island) Light, Michigan
- 60 feet (18 m) - Port Austin Reef Light, Michigan
- 60 feet (18 m) - Poe Reef Light, Michigan
- 59 feet (18 m) - Cape Blanco Lighthouse, Oregon
- 59 feet (18 m) - Port Sanilac Light, Michigan
- 59 feet (18 m) - Lansing Shoals Light, Michigan
- 58 feet (18 m) - New Point Comfort Light, Virginia
- 58 feet (18 m) - Munising Front Range Light, Michigan
- 58 feet (18 m) - Skillagalee Island (Ile aux Galets) Light, Michigan
- 58 feet (18 m) - Crisp Point Light, Michigan
- 58 feet (18 m) - Amelia Island Light, Florida
- 57 feet (17 m) - St. Joseph North Pier Inner Light, Michigan
- 57 feet (17 m) - Round Island Light, Michigan
- 56 feet (17 m) - Old Mackinac Point Light, Michigan
- 56 feet (17 m) - Eldred Rock Light, Alaska
- 56 feet (17 m) - Charlevoix South Pier Light, Michigan
- 55 feet (17 m) - Fourteen Mile Point Light, Michigan
- 55 feet (17 m) - Cape St. Elias Light, Alaska
- 54 feet (16 m) - Split Rock Lighthouse, Minnesota
- 54 feet (16 m) - Mobile Middle Bay Light, Alabama
- 53 feet (16 m) - St. Joseph North Pier Outer Light, Michigan
- 53 feet (16 m) - Squaw Island Light, Michigan
- 53 feet (16 m) - Muskegon South Breakwater Light, Michigan
- 53 feet (16 m) - Cape Disappointment Light, Washington
- 52 feet (16 m) - Point No Point Light (Maryland), Maryland
- 52 feet (16 m) - Point Conception Light, California
- 52 feet (16 m) - Martin Reef Light, Michigan
- 52 feet (16 m) - Forty Mile Point Light, Michigan
- 51 feet (16 m) - Sentinel Island Light, Alaska
- 51 feet (16 m) - Sandy Point Shoal Light, Maryland
- 51 feet (16 m) - Portage River (Jacobsville) Light, Michigan
- 51 feet (16 m) - Little Traverse Light, Michigan
- 51 feet (16 m) - Grand Haven South Pierhead Inner Light, Michigan
- 50 feet (15 m) - Harbor Beach Light, Michigan
- 49 feet (15 m) - Detroit River (Bar Point Shoal) Light, Michigan
- 48 feet (15 m) - Point Sur Light, California
- 48 feet (15 m) - Point Hueneme Light, California
- 48 feet (15 m) - East Brother Island Light, California
- 47 feet (14 m) - Point Cabrillo Light, California
- 47 feet (14 m) - Grand Traverse Light, Michigan
- 46 feet (14 m) - Point Wilson Light, Washington
- 46 feet (14 m) - Old Point Loma lighthouse, California
- 46 feet (14 m) - Gull Rock Light, Michigan
- 46 feet (14 m) - Drum Point Light, Maryland
- 46 feet (14 m) - Charity Island Light, Michigan
- 46 feet (14 m) - Beaver Island (Beaver Head) Light, Michigan
- 45 feet (14 m) - Windmill Point Light, Michigan
- 45 feet (14 m) - Ontonagon Light, Michigan
- 45 feet (14 m) - Beavertail Light, Rhode Island
- 45 feet (14 m) - Battery Island Light, California
- 45 feet (14 m) - Race Point Light, Massachusetts
- 44 feet (13 m) - Cape Arago Light, Oregon
- 44 feet (13 m) - South Fox Island Light, Michigan
- 44 feet (13 m) - Sand Point Light, Michigan
- 44 feet (13 m) - Passage Island Light, Michigan
- 44 feet (13 m) - Bete Grise (Mendota) Light, Michigan
- 44 feet (13 m) - Manistee North Pierhead Light, Michigan
- 44 feet (13 m) - Eagle Harbor Light, Michigan
- 44 feet (13 m) - Cheboygan River Front Range Light, Michigan
- 44 feet (13 m) - Bois Blanc Island Light, Michigan
- 43 feet (13 m) - Thomas Point Shoal Light, Maryland
- 43 feet (13 m) - Point Pinos Light, California
- 43 feet (13 m) - Grand Marais Harbor Outer Range Light, Michigan
- 43 feet (13 m) - Cape Mendocino Light, California
- 41 feet (12 m) - Farallon Island Light, California
- 41 feet (12 m) - Beaver Island Harbor Light, Michigan
- 40 feet (12 m) - St. Clair Flats South Channel Rear Range Light, Michigan
- 40 feet (12 m) - San Luis Obispo Light, California
- 40 feet (12 m) - Round Island Passage Light, Michigan
- 40 feet (12 m) - Peninsula Point Light, Michigan
- 40 feet (12 m) - Marquette Harbor Light, Michigan
- 40 feet (12 m) - Granite Island Light, Michigan
- 40 feet (12 m) - Grand Island North Light, Michigan
- 40 feet (12 m) - Anacapa Island Light, California
- 39 feet (12 m) - Presque Isle Light (Old), Michigan
- 39 feet (12 m) - Huron Island Light, Michigan
- 39 feet (12 m) - Grand Island East Channel Light, Michigan
- 39 feet (12 m) - Wood End Light, Massachusetts
- 38 feet (12 m) - Long Point Light, Massachusetts
- 38 feet (12 m) - White River Light, Michigan
- 38 feet (12 m) - McGulpin's Point Light, Michigan
- 38 feet (12 m) - Lime Kiln Light, Washington
- 38 feet (12 m) - Cove Point Light, Maryland
- 37 feet (11 m) - Point Betsie (Point aux Becs Scies) Light, Michigan
- 37 feet (11 m) - Alki Point Light, Washington
- 36 feet (11 m) - Saginaw River Rear Range Light, Michigan
- 36 feet (11 m) - Mission Point Light, Michigan
- 36 feet (11 m) - Marquette Breakwater Outer Light, Michigan
- 36 feet (11 m) - Grand Haven South Pierhead Light, Michigan
- 36 feet (11 m) - Fourteen Foot Shoal Light, Michigan
- 35 feet (20 m) - Patos Island Light, Washington
- 35 feet (11 m) - Point Reyes Light, California
- 35 feet (11 m) - Table Bluff Light, California
- 35 feet (11 m) - South Haven South Pier Light, Michigan
- 35 feet (11 m) - Sharps Island Light, Maryland
- 35 feet (11 m) - Round Island Light, Michigan
- 35 feet (11 m) - Manistique East Breakwater Light, Michigan
- 35 feet (11 m) - Cape Sarichef Light, Alaska
- 34 feet (10 m) - Menominee North Pier Light, Michigan
- 34 feet (10 m) - Copper Harbor Rear Range Light, Michigan
- 34 feet (10 m) - Burrows Island Light, Washington
- 34 feet (10 m) - Alpena Light, Michigan
- 34 feet (10 m) - Cape Meares Lighthouse, Oregon
- 33 feet (10 m) - Point Bonita Light, California
- 33 feet (10 m) - Pipe Island Light, Michigan
- 33 feet (10 m) - Ontonagon Harbor West Pierhead Light, Michigan
- 33 feet (10 m) - Munising Rear Range Light, Michigan
- 33 feet (10 m) - Cheboygan Crib Light, Michigan
- 32 feet (10 m) - Holland Harbor Light, Michigan
- 31 feet (9 m) - Marshall Point Light, Maine
- 31 feet (9 m) - Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light, Michigan
- 30 feet (9 m) - Presque Isle Harbor Breakwater Light, Michigan
- 30 feet (9 m) - Point No Point Light, Washington
- 30 feet (9 m) - Point Montara Light, California
- 30 feet (9 m) - Point Fermin Light, California
- 30 feet (9 m) - Owls Head Light, Maine
- 30 feet (9 m) - Mukilteo Light, Washington
- 30 feet (9 m) - Guard Island Light, Alaska
- 30 feet (9 m) - Admiralty Head Light, Washington
- 28 feet (9 m) - Muskegon Pier Light, Michigan
- 27 feet (8 m) - Punta Gorda Light, California
- 27 feet (8 m) - Fort Point Light, California
- 25 feet (8 m) - Yerba Buena Island, California
- 25 feet (8 m) - Trinidad Head Light, California
- 25 feet (8 m) - Point Retreat Light, Alaska
- 25 feet (8 m) - Cape Spencer Light, Alaska
- 24 feet (7 m) - Eagle River Light, Michigan
- 23 feet (7 m) - West Point Light, Seattle, Washington
- 23 feet (7 m) - Cedar Key Light, Florida
- 21 feet (6 m) - Copper Harbor Front Range Light, Michigan
- 20 feet (6 m) - Lime Point Light, California
- 20 feet (6 m) - Bush Point Light, Washington
- 17 feet (5 m) - St. Clair Flats South Channel Front Range Light, Michigan
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