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Southeast Lighthouse Lookin'
The Province of Massachusetts built Boston Light, the first American
lighthouse, in 1716 at Boston Harbor. Since that time hundreds of lighthouses
have been erected to guide ships to safety along the U.S. coast. And, although
technological changes ultimately doomed the manned light station, these
historical structures have become tourist destinations that draw RVers and other
visitors by the thousands every year.
Today, all stations but that first
Boston Harbor Light are automated, eliminating the need for a keeper to maintain
the light and its associated structures. Once abandoned, lighthouses often were
left to nature's forces. But, communities and citizens residing near most of the
lighthouse stations have formed preservation groups in their areas to save their
lighthouse. RVers heading out for fall adventures will find many still standing.
Most offer tours of the tower, the grounds or accompanying structures.
Of
today's existing lights, approximately 400 are operating as aids to navigation,
the majority operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. In the Southeast, from Virginia,
around Florida and along the Gulf of Mexico to Louisiana, RVers can visit
lighthouses in every coastal state. Many have tours or allow tourists to walk
the grounds, visit the museum and even climb the light. A sampling of
Southeastern lighthouses provides a wide variety of structures and settings for
viewing.
NOTE: Due to the destruction from Hurricane Katrina, some areas
along the Gulf coast are still inaccessible. Please be aware of travel
restrictions in and around the affected areas. We have not been able to verify
that the lighthouses listed in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana are still
standing.
Virginia
Provision for building a lighthouse at Cape Henry, at the
entrance to Chesapeake Bay, was included in the first appropriation made for
lighthouses by Congress on March 26, 1790. Governor Randolph of Virginia wrote
to President Washington in December 1789 with an offer to sell materials and
cede the land necessary for the lighthouse to the United States.
The
octagonal sandstone tower was constructed from material brought from Europe as
ballast. The light, which was first shown in 1792, consisted of oil lamps,
burning fish oils and kerosene after the discovery of oil in Pennsylvania in
1859.
During the Civil War the lantern of Cape Henry lighthouse was
destroyed, but it was back in operation by 1863. In 1879, a new iron lighthouse,
standing 170 feet high, was built of cast-iron plates backed by masonry walls.
The new tower was completed in 1881. The old tower remains standing and is now
an historical site for the State of Virginia commemorating the landing of John
Smith.
The original lighthouse on Smith Island, near Cape Charles, Va., at
the entrance to Chesapeake Bay was completed in 1828. In 1856, Congress approved
funds for rebuilding the Cape Charles Lighthouse on a better site. However,
before the new tower was finished, it was completely destroyed by a party of
southern guerrillas in the Civil War.
The lighthouse and the tower were
rebuilt in 1864.
Over the years the sea washed away the shoreline to within
300 feet of the tower and even nearer the keeper's dwelling. Stone jetties were
constructed to prevent continued erosion. But, in 1889, a heavy northeasterly
gale washed away part of the jetty and protection wall, leaving the station
entirely surrounded by water.
The tower is an octagonal, pyramidal skeleton
structure, 191 feet above land and 180 feet above water.
North
Carolina
The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse on North Carolina's Outer Banks is the
tallest lighthouse in America. It was completed in 1803, and located to warn
travelers in the area known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic," about dangerous
shoals, which extend from the cape for a distance of 10 nautical miles. The
lighthouse has 268 steps inside to the top. During the Civil War, the lighthouse
was attacked by both Union and Confederate forces.
The original tower was
built of dark sandstone. The light was 112 feet above sea level and was visible
in clear weather for a distance of 18 miles.
Over the years, three different
Cape Hatteras Lighthouses have existed. The current lighthouse, built between
1867 and 1870, is actually the second structure. The tower, at 193 feet, was the
highest brick lighthouse tower in the world when completed. The light was 191
feet above water.
Beach erosion was a constant problem for the Cape Hatteras
light. It became serious in 1919, when the high water line had reached to about
300 feet from the base of the tower, and by 1935 water finally reached the
lighthouse itself. In 1936 it was replaced by a steel skeleton tower in nearby
Buxton Woods. The old tower was abandoned to the custody of the National Park
Service.
The Civilian Conser-vation Corps and Works Progress Administration
erected a series of wooden revetments, which stopped the erosion that was
carrying away the beach. In 1942 the Coast Guard reassumed its control over the
tower and manned it as a lookout station until 1945. Because the old tower was
now 500 to 900 feet inland from the sea the tall brick lighthouse was
reactivated in 1950.
Also on the Outer Banks, the Ocracoke Lighthouse is the
oldest active lighthouse in North Carolina. The first lighted beacon at Ocracoke
was built on Shell Castle Island in 1798 and was erected in connection with the
lighthouse on Cape Hatteras. The current 76-foot-tall Ocracoke Lighthouse,
located in the fishing village of Ocrocoke, was built in 1823, and replaced a
wooden structure which was struck by lightning in 1818 and burned down. This
light was built on Ocracoke Island on two acres of land sold to the United
States for $50.
The lighthouse was controlled by both northern and southern
troops during the Civil War. Confederate troops removed the lens from the lamp
in the early years of the war, but Union troops replaced it in 1863.
In 1868,
the tower was cemented and covered with its first coat of whitewash. The
whitewash was made of one-half bushel of lime with boiling water, a peck of
salt, one-half pound of powdered Spanish whiting (fish), three pounds of ground
rice put in boiling water, and a pound of glue. The brilliant whitewash, the
nearby white picket fence, and the small shed originally used for storing the
whale oil are familiar features of the Ocracoke Lighthouse.
The present white
tower stands 76 feet above the ground and 75 feet above water. Whale oil was
first used to light the lanterns behind the lens.
The Bald Head Lighthouse,
nicknamed "Old Baldy," was build in 1818 about a mile from the ocean. Because of
this inland position and lack of height, the Bald Head light did not cover the
20-mile area of shoals that extend into the ocean and therefore did not give
sufficient warning to vessels. The Bald Head light was discontinued in 1935.
Today, it is a restored historical site on Bald Head Island and directs ships
into the Cape Fear River Channel in fog and bad weather.
South Carolina
The Charleston Light, located on Morris Island, at the
entrance to the harbor of Charleston, S. C., was one of the colonial lights
turned over to the Federal Government in 1789. The light was in a brick tower
built by the Colony of South Carolina in 1767.
In December 1860, at the
beginning of the Civil War, the lighthouse inspector at Charleston informed the
Lighthouse Board that... "the Governor of the State of South Carolina has
requested me to leave the State. I am informed that forcible possession has been
taken of the lights, buoys, etc., of this harbor."
In August 1885, a
hurricane destroyed part of the Morris Island light, and the earthquake of
August 1886 threw the lens of the main light out of position and cracked the
tower extensively in two places, but did not endanger its stability. The lens
was replaced and the cracks repaired.
Georgia:
Tybee Lighthouse on Tybee Island at the Savannah River was built
by the State of Georgia in 1788. In 1862, during the Civil War, the interior of
the tower and the lantern were destroyed by fire and the lens was removed. By
1865, the beacon had been re-lit.
The current structure was rebuilt in 1867.
In 1869, the light was moved back 165 feet because of erosion. A storm damaged
the lighthouse tower in 1871, making it unsafe. The tower was reported cracked
and liable to fall at any time. Continued encroachment of the sea on Tybee
Island made it necessary to set the beacon back 400 feet on a new foundation in
1873 and even farther back in 1879. The octagonal brick tower rises 145 feet
above ground and 144 feet above water. Its age, the frequent repairs and its
total neglect during the Civil War rendered it impossible to properly repair the
present tower.
Florida
The American Shoals Lighthouse, off shore, but visible from
Overseas Highway at Saddlebunch Keys is one of a series of offshore lighthouses
to mark the dangerous Florida Reefs. These towers, all of skeleton iron
construction to resist hurricanes, were built one at a time over a period of
years beginning in 1851. The American Shoal light was completed in 1880. The
ironwork was fabricated in the North, and shipped to the base of operations in
Key West.
The lighthouse is 15 miles east on the outermost reefs, standing
in four feet of water. Construction took two years, and when lit in 1880, it
helped to reduce the shipwrecks along the Florida Reefs. The light is 109 feet
above the water.
The Cape Florida Lighthouse on the southern most point of
Key Biscayne, was completed in 1825. It was 65 feet high, of solid brick, five
feet thick at the base. For years it guided ships past dangerous Florida Reef
and into Cape Florida Channel to a safe anchorage at Key Biscayne. In 1855, the
tower was raised to 95 feet.
Indians attacked the lighthouse during the
Seminole War in 1836. They set fire to the door and to a ground level window as
well as the dwellings. Rebuilding of the Cape Florida Light was not completed
until 1846 because hostile Indians remained nearby in the Everglades.
The
lighting apparatus was destroyed in 1861 during the Civil War and wasn't
restored until 1867. Cape Florida Light was discontinued in 1878 when Fowey Rock
Light was established, and the tower and property sold.
The Cape San Blas
Lighthouse near Apalachicola was completed in 1849. The shoals running out from
the cape extended four or five miles and made it dangerous for vessels nearing
the coast. If the light had been high enough it could have been seen for 20
miles and protected vessels traveling between the Tortugas and New Orleans, but
the light from the 90-foot tower was visible only half that distance.
The
original lighthouse was destroyed in a hurricane in 1851. The new structure was
completed in 1856, and had been completed only a few months when it too was
totally destroyed during a severe storm on August 30, 1856. Rebuilt a third
time, the new lighthouse was lit in 1858.
The light station sustained serious
damage at the hands of Southern troops during the Civil War. The keeper's
dwelling was completely destroyed and the door frames of the tower were torn or
burnt out. Repairs were made and the light was re-lit in 1865.
By 1881, the
sea had encroached on the tower until its base was in the water. Several efforts
were made to stop the erosion, but the surf continued beating against the
lighthouse, and on July 3, 1882, the tower was completely destroyed.
A
fourth tower, of skeleton iron, and two dwellings for keepers were erected by
1885. The light was 98 feet above sea level and lit the entire horizon. However,
by 1887 the sea had washed away about one-third of the shore. Two years later
the tower and dwellings were taken down and moved 1 1/2 miles northwest.
An
1894 hurricane badly damaged the lighthouse extinguishing the light and wrecking
the keeper's dwelling. So much of the cape was washed away that the tower was
standing in the water. Four months later the light was reestablished in the old
tower, at the south point of Cape San Blas.
The light remained in the old
tower until 1919. The new tower was moved to a new site, one-fourth mile north
of the old tower on the peninsula. The light is now in a white, square skeleton
tower, enclosing a stair cylinder, with the lantern 96 feet above ground and 101
feet above water.
Alabama
Sand Island Lighthouse is Alabama's only
coastal lighthouse. Completed in 1838, the light is located on the west side of
the main channel into Mobile Bay, four miles south of Dauphin Island and three
miles from Mobile Point. Standing 55 feet high with 14 lamps in 16-inch
reflectors, it could be seen 13 to 15 miles at night.
A new tower was built
in 1859. Two years later, Confederate soldiers discovered Yankees spying on Fort
Morgan from the tower. Soldiers rowed out to the island and blasted the
structure into the waters.
A white wooden tower marked Sand Island from 1864
to 1873 when the present 125-foot brick tower was built. After a hurricane
struck in September 1906 the structure itself was standing, but the light was
out and the dwelling was washed away. A second hurricane struck in 1919. After
that storm, a landing party was dispatched to investigate the reason for the
light being extinguished. The party found the station deserted. The station's
log stated that the keepers had gone ashore to pick up a new employee. They were
never found, apparently, never having reached shore.
The Mobile Bay area and
Dauphin Island were extensively damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Sand Island
Lighthouse, located south of Dauphin Island is in an area that absorbed much of
the hurricane's force. The light's current status was not
available.
Mississippi
The first mainland Mississippi lighthouse was
constructed at Pass Christian in 1831 along with a similar light tower on Cat
Island. These beacons were necessary to aid schooner traffic between New Orleans
and Mobile. The Pass Cristian light was destroyed in 1883.
Erected in 1848,
the Biloxi lighthouse is reportedly the first cast metal lighthouse in the
South. The lighthouse was constructed in 1847 by the Murray & Hazelhurst Co.
in Baltimore, Md. and shipped to Biloxi by railroad car. It was coated with
black coal tar as a rust preventative in 1867. It's construction is brick
encased by cast iron on a brick foundation. The 61-foot high tower was repainted
white with a black balustrade in 1869, since the dark color made it difficult to
distinguish from the surrounding trees in daylight.
Electricity was
connected to the lighthouse in 1926, but the lighthouse was declared surplus in
1968, deeded to the city of Biloxi and placed on the National Register of
Historic Places. The lighthouse is a Biloxi landmark, located in the median
between the eastbound and westbound lanes of U.S. Hwy 90.
Biloxi was
hard-hit by Hurricane Katrina August 29. Much of the city, particularly the Gulf
Coast area was completely destroyed. The Biloxi Light still stands amid the
debris left by the storm.
Louisana
The Timbalier Light was completed in
1857 on a low sand beach near the point of Timbalier Island. By 1867, beach
erosion had encroached until it was entirely surrounded by water. By 1867, the
tower was in danger of falling and was taken down and the beacon reset on top of
the dwelling. During a hurricane in March 1867, the dwelling, together with the
tower and everything around the station, was leveled to the ground and covered
with three to six feet of water. The keepers barely escaped with their lives and
lived for several days on a buoy.
During the Civil War the light was
discontinued until Union forces occupied the southern portion of Texas in 1864.
A new lighthouse was completed by 1875, 125 feet above sea level. This new
lighthouse was placed in the water inside the island, which acted as an
effective breakwater. The design was a skeleton frame work with a spiral
stairway, enclosed by sheet iron, giving access to the lantern and provided with
a keeper's dwelling in the lower part of the tower.
By 1894, the light tower
was undermined by the scouring of the channel, and on the morning of January 23,
1894, it collapsed. An attempt was made to dismantle the tower and save it, but
the lighthouse tender was unable to approach near enough to the wreck, and the
lighthouse was abandoned.
The present structure was rebuilt in 1917. It is a
white square tower on a wooden dwelling built on piles and stands in six feet of
water off the north side of the east end of the island. The light was 56 feet
above the water.
The Timbalier Light is located on Timbalier Island, south of
Houma, La. in Terrebonne Parish. Although this area was spared the worst of
Hurricane Katrina's damage, the whole New Orleans area should be avoided until
the situation improves and facilities are operational again.
There are many
more lighthouses along the coastal waters of the Southeast. A listing of many of
the lighthouses in the Southeast that allow tours is on page 11 of this issue of
RV Freewheelin'. For more information on tours and locations, visit the US Coast
Guard web site: www.uscg.mil. Click on "History" and "Lighthouses".
Many of
the light stations that have been turned over to the National Park Service or
the various states do permit volunteers to staff their lighthouses. So if you
are interested in spending some time living at a lighthouse, check with the
National Park Service or with the local historical preservation societies for
information on volunteering. The National Listing for Lighthouse Employment, PO
Box 30858, Savannah, GA 31410 also lists lighthouse opportunities. The Coast
Guard does not accept volunteer lighthouse keepers.
If you have a favorite
lighthouse story or photo, please send it to us. We'll make you famous for at
least five minutes.
Want
to Visit a Haunted Lighthouse?
The headless ghost of a Spanish princess is said to haunt
the beach near Old
Port Boca Grande Lighthouse.
The Old Port Boca Grande located on Gasparilla Island in the Gulf of Mexico
near Port Boca, Florida was completed in 1890. The young daughter of one of the
keepers died in the dwelling, most likely of diphtheria or whooping cough.
Annmarie Sampley, a former park ranger who led tours of the lighthouse, often
pointed to a doorway on the second floor and told visitors that it was one of
the little girl's favorite places to play. Annmarie said that at midnight, you
can hear her upstairs playing.
This old lighthouse also has another ghost.
Legend says that a Spanish pirate, Jose Gaspar, better known in Florida as
Gasparilla, buried his treasure in the sands near where the Old Port Boca Grande
Lighthouse was built some ninety years later. Gasparilla had captured a Spanish
princess named Josefa. According to the tragic legend, Gasparilla fell in love
with Josefa, who spurned his love. In a fit of rage, Gasparilla drew his sword
and cut off her head.
Mortified by what he had done, Gasparilla tenderly
gathered up Josefa's lifeless body and buried her in the sand on his island.
Because of his great love for her, he didn't want to leave her, and he allegedly
carried his beloved's head with him for the rest of his days. Mariners and
others have reported seeing the headless Spanish princess wandering the beach on
Gasparilla Island, presumably looking for her head.
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Lighthouses in the Southeast that Allow Public Access
 NOTE: Due to the destruction from Hurricane Katrina, some areas along the
Gulf Coast are still inaccessible. Please be aware of travel restrictions in and
around the affected areas. We have not been able to verify that the lighthouses
listed in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana are still standing.
Virginia
Aassateague Light
Located at the south end of Assateaque
Island near Chincoteaque.
Current use: active aid to navigation in
national wildlife refuge.
Grounds only open to public daily.
Access:
Chincoteague Natl. Wildlife Refuge/rte 175
Cape Henry Lights
Located at
the South side of Chesapeake Bay entrance, near Virginia Beach. Current
Use: Historic site/active aid to navigation
First tower open to the public
daily during Feb. thru Nov. Only grounds open around 2nd tower.
Access:
583 Atlantic Avenue, Fort Story/off U.S. 60
Phone: 804-422-9421 (first
tower)
804-433-9421 (second tower)
Jones Point Light
Located at the
Potomac River, near Alexandria.
Current Use: National Park
Grounds only
are open to the public:
Access: Jones Point Park off U.S. 495
near Woodrow Wilson Bridge
Phone: 703-285-2598
New Point Comfort
Light
Located at the entrance to Mobjack Bay, near Bavon.
Current Use:
Historic Site
Open to the public by appointment.
Access: End of Route
14/boat (offshore)
Phone: 804-725-4034
Old Point Comfort
Light
Located at the entrance to Hampton Roads Harbor, near Hampton
.
Current Use: Aid to navigation on army base
Tower may be viewed from
road; an appointment is necessary to enter lighthouse.
Access: Fort
Monroe/off Route 64
Phone: 804-727-3973
North Carolina
Bald Head "Old Baldy" Light
Located at the Bald Head
Island/Cape Fear River near Southport.
Current Use: historic
site
Lighthouse open daily 7 AM to 8 PM.
Access: Ferry from Southport
Phone: 910-457-5000
Bodie Island Light
Located 4 miles north of
Oregon Inlet/Outer Banks near Nags Head.
Current use: active aid to
navigation/national park
Grounds open daily. Museum in keeper's
building open summers.
Access: Cape Hatteras National Seashore/route 12
Phone: 919-473-2111
Cape Hattares Light
Located north of Cape
Hatteras Point/Outer Banks near Buxton.
Current use: active aid to
navigation in national park/assistant keeper building is a visitor
center. Visitor center open daily. Tower open spring,
summer, &
fall.
Access: Cape Hatteras National Seashore/route 12
Phone:
919-995-4474
Cape Lookout Light
Located near Beaufort.
Current
use: active aid to navigation. Keepers' building is visitors center in
national park.
Grounds open daily, keeper's open April to
November (tower
closed).
Access: Cape Lookout National Seashore. Ferry from Harkers
Island.
Phone: 252-728-2250
Currituck Beach Light
Located on the
Outer Banks at Whale Head Bay near Corolla.
Current use: active aid to
navigation/museum
Open to the public daily 10-6 Easter thru Thanksgiving.
$4 fee to climb tower (must be over 4 years old to climb tower).
Access:
US 158 to NC 12 north through Southern Shores and Duck to Corolla.
Phone:
919-453-4939
Ocracoke Island Light
Located at the Ocracoke Inlet on
the Outer Banks near Ocracoke.
Current use: active aid to navigation in
natl. park.
Grounds only open to public.
Access: rural road 1326
Phone: 919-473-2111
South Carolina
Haig Point Light
Located on Daufuskie Island at
Caliboque Sound near Hilton Head.
Current use: private aid to navigation
and bed and breakfast.
Grounds only open to public.
Access: ferry from
Hilton Head
Hilton Head (Leamington) Light
Located on Hilton Head
Island near Beaufort.
Current use: resort attraction
Grounds open by
appointment.
Access: Arthur Hill Golf Course/Palmetto Dunes Resort
Phone: 843-785-1106
Hunting Island Light
Located at Hunting Island
State Park near Beaufort.
Current use: state park
Open to the public
daily 10 am to 5 pm
Access: Hunting Island State Park.
Phone:
803-838-2011
Georgia
Cockspur Island Light
Located at the Savannah River north of
Tybee Island near Fort Pulaski National Monument.
Current use: National
Park exhibit.
Open to the public daily, however, only access is by boat;
NPS does not provide boat access or guided tours.
Phone: 912-786-5787
Sapelo Island Light
Located at Sapelo Island near Darien.
Open to the
public: Sapelo Island National Estuarine Sanctuary
Access: offshore/off US
17
Phone: 912-485-2251
St. Simons Island Light
Located at St.
Simons Sound near Brunswick.
Current use: active aid to navigation/museum
in keeper's building.
Open daily 10-5 Mon.-Sat., 1:30-5 Sun.
Access:
101 12th Street
Phone: 912-638-4666
Tybee Island Light
Located at
the Savannah River entrance near Tybee Island.
Current use: museum
Museum open every day but Tues., 9-6 summer, 9-4 winter
Access: 30
Meddin St/off route 80
Phone: 912-786-5801
Florida
Cape Florida Light
Located at the southernmost point on
Key Biscayne.
Current use: state recreation area/museum. Museum in
keepers building open to the public.
Access: Bill Baggs Cape Florida State
Rec. Area.
Phone: 305-361-5811
Dry Tortugas (Loggerhead Key) Light
Located on Loggerhead Key/Dry Tortugas Islands near Key West.
Current
use: active aid to navigation in natl. park
Grounds only open to public.
Access by boat- 5 miles west of Fort Jefferson
Phone: 305-242-7700
Jupiter Island Light
Located at the Loxahatchee & Indian
River junction near Jupiter.
Current use: museum in oil house
Open to
the public Sat.-Wed., 10 am - 4 pm
Access: Jupiter Lighthouse Park off US. 1
and A1A.
Phone: 561-747-6639 or 561-747-8380
Key West Light
Located at Whiteheads Point near Key West.
Current use: museum
Museum open daily.
Access: 938 Whitehead Street
Phone: 305-294-0012
Ponce de Leon (Mosquito) Inlet Light
Located south of Daytona Beach
near Ponce Inlet.
Current use: museum
Museum and grounds open daily 10-8
during
summer, 10-4 during winter.
Access: 4931 South Peninsula Drive
Phone: 904-761-1821
St. Augustine Light
Located at Anastasia Island
near St. Augustine.
Current use: museum
Museum open daily.
Access: 81
Lighthouse Ave. Off route A1A.
Phone: 904-829-0745
St. Johns River
(Mayport) Light
Located at the entrance of the St. Johns River near
Mayport.
Grounds open weekends.
Access: Mayport Naval Station/Route 105
Phone: 904-241-6289
Tortugas Harbor (Fort Jefferson) Light
Located
on Garden Key/Dry
Tortugas Islands near Key West.
Current use: national
park
Fort Jefferson National Monument
open daily.
Access: boat or
seaplane/Key West
Phone: 305-242-7700
Cape San Blas Light
Located
at Cape San Blas near Apalachicola.
Current use: active aid to navigation
Grounds only open to public.
Access: County Route 30
Cape St.
George Light
On Little St George Island in the Gulf of Mexico near
Apalachicola.
Current use: active aid to navigation
Grounds only open to
the public.
Access: offshore/Cape St. George Park
Gasparilla Island
(Boca Grande) Light
Located on Gasparilla Island in Gulf of Mexico near
Boca Grande.
Current use: active aid to navigation/museum in a state
park
Open to the public 10-4 Wed.-Sun., closed Aug. & major holidays
(tolls to get on island and to park).
Access: Barrier Island State Park
Phone: 941-964-0060
Pensacola Light
Located at the entrance to
Pensacola Bay near Pensacola.
Current use: active aid to navigation on
naval air station
Museum in keepers building open to the public, Tower
open by appointment.
Access: NAS Pensacola/Rte 292 S.
St. Marks Light
Located at the Appalachee Bay/St. Marks River
Current use: active aid to
navigation in national wildlife refuge
Grounds only open to the public.
Tower open once a year on Armed Services Day in May.
Access: St. Marks
National Wildlife Refuge/Route
59 off US 98
Phone: 850-925-6121
Alabama
Mobile Point Light
Located at Mobile Bay entrance near Gulf
Shores.
Current use: state historic site
Grounds only open to the
public.
Access: Fort Morgan State Historic Site/51 Highway 180 west
Mississippi
Biloxi Light
Located at the Mississippi Sound near
Biloxi.
Current use: private aid to navigation
Access: city park/US 90
at Porter avenue
Phone: 228-435-6244
Louisana
New Canal Light
Located at the Lake Pontchartrain canal
entrance near New Orleans
Current use: active aid to navigation/coast
guard station
Grounds only open to the public.
Access: West End Blvd.
& Lakeshore Dr.
Phone: 504-589-2331
Southwest Reef Light
Re-located from Atchafalaya Bay to Berwick
Current use: town park
Grounds only open to the public - Everett S. Berry
Lighthouse
Park
Access: Bellevue Front St. & Canton St.
Phone: 504-384-8858
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