Sombrero Key

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submitted by Stan Beckstrom

Active: Yes
Characteristics: Five-group falshing white every 60-seconds with three red sectors.
Height: 156 feet, 133 steps
DayMark: Brown, octagonal, pyramidal skeletal tower
Lens: Original: First-order fixed Fresnel lens; Henry-LePaute 1858. Present: Veg VRB-25 roating beacon. Focal Plane: 142 feet.
Construction: Builders: George Gordon Meade. Screwpile, skeletal tower constructed of wrought iron and wood.

Coordinates:
    
24 37 36 N
     81 06 36 W

Operated by: United States Coast Guard
Visit Status: Closed to public
Facilities: None, no handicap access
Visitor Info: Approachable by boat from Marathon and can be seen from land at Sombrero Beach State Park. The Florida Keys Reef Lights Foundation has been formed to promote the establishment of a lighthouse museum with future lighthouse tours and access

 

Contact:
Florida Keys Reef Lights Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 1517
Key West, FL  33041
E-mail: info@reeflights.org

 
Link to website:
www.reeflights.org

 

Last Updated 9/25/2008