" It is such a potent image,
practical because lives depend on it, and at the same time, utterly
romantic,
this lonely building at the cusp
of land and sea, sending out light into the darkness."
~Jeanette Winterson
I had my first view of a lighthouse when Ron and I went to St Augustine for our 5th anniversary. We caught a glimpse
of
the lighthouse
over the
tops of the trees just as dusk was falling. It was an awesome sight.
The next day we returned to climb the 219 steps to the top of the tower
and I was hooked.
In 2005, Ron and I decided to try to visit
all the Florida lighthouses. Our trips have taken us to some
of the most beautiful places in Florida – the Big Bend and
the “Forgotten
Coast”,
the Dry Tortugas, Gasparilla Island, Pompano Beach, the Canaveral
National Seashore. And we still have more to see.
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Click on the map below to see photos of the lighthouses we have visited
Florida Lighthouses We Still
Need to Visit
Biloxi Lighthouse (Biloxi, Mississippi)
Bodie Island Lighthouse (Nags Head, North Carolina)
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (Buxton, North Carolina)
Cockspur Island Lighthouse (Savannah River, Georgia)
Currituck Beach Lighthouse (Corolla, North Carolina)
Diamond Head Lighthouse (Waikiki, Hawaii)
Lahaina Lighthouse (Lahaina, Hawaii)
New Cape Henry Lighthouse (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
Old Cape Henry Lighthouse (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
Old Point Comfort
Lighthouse (Hampton, Virginia)
Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse (Baltimore, Maryland)
St Simons Island (St Simons Island, Georgia)
Tybee Island Lighthouse (Tybee Island, Georgia)
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Gibb's Hill Lighthouse (Southamptom Parish, Bermuda)
California Lighthouse (Noordwestpunt, Aruba)
Celarain Lighthouse (Cozumel, Mexico)
El Morro Lighthouse (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Great Stirrup Cay Lighthouse (Berry Islands, Bahamas)
Isla Mujeres Lighthouse (Isla Mujeres, Mexico)
Mahahual Lighthouse (Mahahual, Mexico)
Nassau Harbor Lighthouse (Nassau, Bahamas)
Negril Point Lighthouse (Negril, Jamaica)
Pierdro la Carbonera Lighthouse (Isla Mujeres, Mexico)
Puerto Morelos Lighthouse (Puerto Morelos, Mexico)
Punta Cancun Lighthouse (Cancun, Mexico)
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