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three active lights in the state including one maintained as a private aid; four are standing but inactive, and one has been replaced by an automated skeleton tower, and one destroyed by a ship collision.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			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[5]			1838		1915	Inactive
Sapelo Island Light	Sapelo Island	31°23′29″N 81°17′08″W / 31.39126°N 81.28568°W[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[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[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[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		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			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		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. "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. "Sapelo Island, GA". LighthouseFriends.
7. "Sapelo Island Range Front, GA". LighthouseFriends.
8. "Savannah Harbor Light, GA". LighthouseFriends.
9. Tybee Island to Doboy Sound (Map). 1:80,000. NOAA. 1980. Chart 11509.