List of lighthouses in Georgia (U.S. state)

This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Georgia as identified by the United States Coast Guard. There are three active lights in the state including one maintained as a private aid; four are standing but inactive, and one has been replaced by an automated skeleton tower, and one destroyed by a ship collision. One tower, the second Sapelo Island Light, was moved to Michigan; the first tower on the site is still standing and was relit in 1998.

The earliest lighthouse in the state was erected in 1736; the oldest surviving tower is the Sapelo Island Light, though the present Tybee Island Light, erected in 1867, incorporates the base of its 1773 predecessor.[1] The last lighthouse in the state, the Savannah Light, was constructed in 1964.[1]

The lighthouses on Cumberland Island, Sapelo Island, and St. Simons Island are on the National Register of Historic Places. The Old Harbor Light in Savannah is a contributing property to a National Historic Landmark district.

If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List,[2] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.[3]

List

Name Location Coordinates Image Focal height Built[note 1] Automated Deactivated Status
Cockspur Island Light near Savannah 32°01′22″N 80°52′48″W / 32.0227°N 80.8800°W / 32.0227; -80.8800 (Cockspur Island Light) 1849/1857[4] 1909-2007 Active; private aid
Little Cumberland Island Light Cumberland Island 30°58′34″N 81°24′47″W / 30.97620°N 81.41311°W / 30.97620; -81.41311 (Little Cumberland Island Light)[5] 1838 1915 Inactive
Sapelo Island Light Sapelo Island 31°23′29″N 81°17′08″W / 31.39126°N 81.28568°W / 31.39126; -81.28568 (Sapelo Island Light)[6] 1820/1905 1933 First tower inactive; second tower re-erected at South Fox Island Light in Michigan;[6] 1820 light restored and relit in 1998
Sapelo Island Range Front Light Sapelo Island 31°23′24″N 81°17′03″W / 31.38991°N 81.28414°W / 31.38991; -81.28414 (Sapelo Island Range Front Light)[7] 1868/1877[1] unknown[1] Inactive[7]
Old Harbor Light Savannah 32°04′46″N 81°05′03″W / 32.07931°N 81.08425°W / 32.07931; -81.08425 (Old Harbor Light)[8] 77 ft (23 m)[8] 1858[8] Inactive[8]
Savannah Light Savannah River entrance 31°08′03″N 80°40′59″W / 31.1341°N 80.683°W / 31.1341; -80.683 (Savannah Light)[9][note 2] 85 ft (26 m)[9] 1964 [note 3] 1996 Destroyed by ship collision
St. Simons Island Light St. Simons Island 31°08′03″N 81°23′37″W / 31.13411°N 81.39358°W / 31.13411; -81.39358 (St. Simons Island Light) 104 ft (32 m) 1811/1872 1954 Active
Tybee Knoll Cut Range Front Light Cockspur Island east of Fort Pulaski 32°02′00″N 80°53′55″W / 32.0333°N 80.8985°W / 32.0333; -80.8985 (Tybee Knoll Range Front Light) 1878 unknown Replaced with skeleton tower[1]
Tybee Island Light Tybee Island 32°01′20″N 80°50′44″W / 32.02223°N 80.84566°W / 32.02223; -80.84566 (Tybee Island Light) 144 ft (44 m) 1736/1867 1972 Active

Notes

  1. ↑ If there is a second date, it represents the date the most recent tower was lit.
  2. ↑ Estimated from chart.
  3. ↑ This light was automated from the start.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Lighthouses of the United States: Georgia". Russ Rowlett.
  2. ↑ Light List, Volume III, Atlantic Coast, Little River, South Carolina to Econfina River, Florida (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012.
  3. ↑ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Georgia". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
  4. ↑ "Cockspur Island, GA". LighthouseFriends.
  5. ↑ "Little Cumberland Island, GA". LighthouseFriends.
  6. 1 2 "Sapelo Island, GA". LighthouseFriends.
  7. 1 2 "Sapelo Island Range Front, GA". LighthouseFriends.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Savannah Harbor Light, GA". LighthouseFriends.
  9. 1 2 Tybee Island to Doboy Sound (Map). 1:80,000. NOAA. 1980. Chart 11509.
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