There are a number of lighthouses still in operation in the U. S. state of Florida; many others have been destroyed, abandoned, or converted to other uses, such as museums or marine science laboratories.
| Name | Location | Height above water |
Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alligator Reef Light | E of Indian Key Near the Upper and Lower Matecumbe Keys |
7002136000000000000136 feet (41 m) | 24°51′6″N 80°37′6″W / 24.85167°N 80.61833°W / 24.85167; -80.61833 (Alligator Reef Light) |
| Amelia Island Light | Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island At the mouth of the St. Mary's River |
7002107000000000000107 feet (33 m) | 30°40′23.46″N 81°26′32.8″W / 30.6731833°N 81.442444°W / 30.6731833; -81.442444 (Amelia Island Light) |
| American Shoal Light | E of the Saddlebunch Keys Close to Looe Key |
7002109000000000000109 feet (33 m) | 24°31′30″N 81°31′12″W / 24.52500°N 81.52000°W / 24.52500; -81.52000 (American Shoal Light) |
| Boca Grande Light Rear | S Gasparilla Island On the Boca Grande Pass |
7002105000000000000105 feet (32 m) | 26°43′02″N 82°15′39″W / 26.71722°N 82.26083°W / 26.71722; -82.26083 (Boca Grande Light Rear) |
| Cape Canaveral Light | 1 mile (1.6 km) inland on Cape Canaveral | 7002137000000000000137 feet (42 m) | 28°27′37.26″N 80°32′36.42″W / 28.4603500°N 80.5434500°W / 28.4603500; -80.5434500 |
| Cape Florida Light | Cape Florida, S Key Biscayne | 700195000000000000095 feet (29 m) | 25°39′59.72″N 80°09′21.47″W / 25.6665889°N 80.1559639°W / 25.6665889; -80.1559639 (Cape Florida Light) |
| Cape San Blas Light | Cape San Blas SW of Port St. Joe | 7002101000000000000101 feet (31 m) | 29°40′16.41″N 85°21′22.72″W / 29.6712250°N 85.3563111°W / 29.6712250; -85.3563111 (Cape San Blas Light) |
| Carysfort Reef Light | 6 miles (9.7 km) E of Key Largo | 7002100000000000000100 feet (30 m) | 25°13′18″N 80°12′42″W / 25.22167°N 80.21167°W / 25.22167; -80.21167 (Carysfort Reef Light) |
| Cosgrove Shoal Light | 10 miles (16 km) WSW of Key West S of the Marquesas Keys |
700149000000000000049 feet (15 m) | 24°27′28.44″N 82°11′6.16″W / 24.4579000°N 82.1850444°W / 24.4579000; -82.1850444 |
| Crooked River Light | Dog Island off Carrabelle | 7002115000000000000115 feet (35 m) | 29°49′39″N 84°42′04″W / 29.82750°N 84.70111°W / 29.82750; -84.70111 (Crooked River Light) |
| Dry Tortugas Light | Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas 3 miles (4.8 km) W of Fort Jefferson |
7002151000000000000151 feet (46 m) | 24°38′00″N 82°55′12″W / 24.63333°N 82.92000°W / 24.63333; -82.92000 (Dry Tortugas Light) |
| Egmont Key Light | N Egmont Key, Tampa Bay Across from Fort De Soto Park |
700185000000000000085 feet (26 m) | 27°36′03″N 82°45′39″W / 27.60083°N 82.76083°W / 27.60083; -82.76083 (Egmont Key Light) |
| Fowey Rocks Light | 7 miles (11 km) SE of Cape Florida on Key Biscayne | 7002110000000000000110 feet (34 m) | 25°35.4′N 80°05.8′W / 25.5900°N 80.0967°W / 25.5900; -80.0967 (Fowey Rocks Light) |
| Hillsboro Inlet Light | N Hillsboro Inlet, near Hillsboro Beach | 7002136000000000000136 feet (41 m) | 26°15′33″N 80°04′51″W / 26.25917°N 80.08083°W / 26.25917; -80.08083 (Hillsboro Inlet Light) |
| Jupiter Inlet Light | N Jupiter Inlet, Jupiter | 7002146000000000000146 feet (45 m) | 26°56′55″N 80°04′55″W / 26.94861°N 80.08194°W / 26.94861; -80.08194 (Jupiter Inlet Light) |
| Key West Light | Whiteheads Point, Key West | 700191000000000000091 feet (28 m) | 24°33′2.16″N 81°48′2.52″W / 24.5506000°N 81.8007000°W / 24.5506000; -81.8007000 (Key West Light) |
| Molasses Reef Light | 8 miles (13 km) SE of Key Largo | 700145000000000000045 feet (14 m) | 25°00′42.66″N 80°22′35.31″W / 25.0118500°N 80.3764750°W / 25.0118500; -80.3764750 |
| Pacific Reef Light | 3 miles (4.8 km) SE of Elliott Key | 700145000000000000045 feet (14 m) | 25°22′15.55″N 80°08′31.41″W / 25.3709861°N 80.1420583°W / 25.3709861; -80.1420583 |
| Pensacola Light | Entrance to Pensacola Bay, Pensacola | 7002191000000000000191 feet (58 m) | 30°20′47″N 87°18′29″W / 30.34639°N 87.30806°W / 30.34639; -87.30806 (Pensacola Light) |
| Ponce de Leon Inlet Light | Ponce Inlet, N of New Smyrna Beach | 7002159000000000000159 feet (48 m) | 29°04′49″N 80°55′41″W / 29.08028°N 80.92806°W / 29.08028; -80.92806 (Ponce de Leon Inlet Light) |
| Port Boca Grande Light | Boca Grande Pass entrance to the Charlotte Harbor estuary Boca Grande, Gasparilla Island |
700141000000000000041 feet (12 m) | 26°43′02″N 82°15′39″W / 26.71722°N 82.26083°W / 26.71722; -82.26083 (Port Boca Grande Light) |
| Pulaski Shoal Light | 30 miles (48 km) NW of Key West North of the Dry Tortugas |
700149000000000000049 feet (15 m) | 24°41′36.02″N 82°46′22.79″W / 24.6933389°N 82.7729972°W / 24.6933389; -82.7729972 |
| Rebecca Shoal Light | 10 miles (16 km) W of the Marquesas Keys | 700166000000000000066 feet (20 m) | 24°34′42″N 82°35′06″W / 24.57833°N 82.58500°W / 24.57833; -82.58500 (Rebecca Shoal Light) |
| Sand Key Light | 8 miles (13 km) miles SW of Key West Adjacent to the Southwest Channel |
7002109000000000000109 feet (33 m) | 24°27′14″N 81°52′39″W / 24.45389°N 81.87750°W / 24.45389; -81.87750 (Sand Key Light) |
| Sanibel Island Light | E end of Sanibel Island | 700198000000000000098 feet (30 m) | 26°27′10.51″N 82°00′51.32″W / 26.4529194°N 82.0142556°W / 26.4529194; -82.0142556 (Sanibel Island Light) |
| Smith Shoal Light | 11 miles (18 km) NNW of Key West | 700149000000000000049 feet (15 m) | 24°43′5.82″N 81°55′17.54″W / 24.7182833°N 81.9215389°W / 24.7182833; -81.9215389 |
| Sombrero Key Light | Near Key Vaca in Marathon | 7002142000000000000142 feet (43 m) | 24°37′40.46″N 81°06′41.78″W / 24.6279056°N 81.1116056°W / 24.6279056; -81.1116056 (Sombrero Key Light) |
| St. Augustine Light | N Anastasia Island, St. Augustine | 7002161000000000000161 feet (49 m) | 29°53′08″N 81°17′19″W / 29.88556°N 81.28861°W / 29.88556; -81.28861 (St. Augustine Light) |
| St. George Light | St. George Island, Apalachicola Bay | 700172000000000000072 feet (22 m) | 29°35′15.2″N 85°02′49.32″W / 29.587556°N 85.0470333°W / 29.587556; -85.0470333 (Cape St. George Light) |
| St. Johns Light | 0.75 miles (1.21 km) S of the mouth of the St. Johns River Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville |
700183000000000000083 feet (25 m) | 30°23′10″N 81°23′53″W / 30.38611°N 81.39806°W / 30.38611; -81.39806 (St. Johns Light) |
| St. Marks Light | On mouth of St. Marks River, St. Marks on Apalachee Bay |
700182000000000000082 feet (25 m) | 30°04′19″N 84°10′48″W / 30.07194°N 84.18000°W / 30.07194; -84.18000 (St. Marks Light) |
| Tennessee Reef Light | S of Long Key | 700149000000000000049 feet (15 m) | 24°44′45.88″N 80°46′56.47″W / 24.7460778°N 80.7823528°W / 24.7460778; -80.7823528 |
Famous quotes containing the words list of, list, operating, lighthouses and/or florida:
“I made a list of things I have
to remember and a list
of things I want to forget,
but I see they are the same list.”
—Linda Pastan (b. 1932)
“A man’s interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“... the modern drama, operating through the double channel of dramatist and interpreter, affecting as it does both mind and heart, is the strongest force in developing social discontent, swelling the powerful tide of unrest that sweeps onward and over the dam of ignorance, prejudice, and superstition.”
—Emma Goldman (1869–1940)
“The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses of darkness. Here, too, appear the lighthouses of the mind, with their outward resemblance to less pure symbols. The gateway to mystery swings open at the touch of human weakness and we have entered the realms of darkness. One false step, one slurred syllable together reveal a man’s thoughts.”
—Louis Aragon (1897–1982)
“In Florida consider the flamingo,
Its color passion but its neck a question.”
—Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989)