The Florida Lighthouse Association
15275 Collier Blvd, #201, PMB 179
 
Naples, Florida 34119
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Florida Lighthouses Sorted by Age
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  Lighthouse Height Focal Plane Built/First lit
1 Amelia Island 64 ft. 107 ft. 1839
2 St. Marks 88 ft. 82 ft. 1842
3 Cape Florida 95 ft. 100 ft. 10/24/1846
4 Key West 86 ft 91 ft. 1/15/1848
5 Carysfort Reef 112 ft. 100 ft. 3/10/1852
6 Cape St. George 74 ft. 72 ft. 1852
7 Sand Key 132 ft. 109 ft. 7/20/1853
8 Cedar Keys 33 ft. 78 ft. 8/1/1854
9 Egmont Key 76 ft.   5/1858
10 Dry Tortugas 157 ft. 152 ft. 7/1/1858
11 Sombrero Key 156 ft. 142 ft. 1858
12 Pensacola 150 ft. 191 ft. 1/1/1859
13 St. Johns River 80 ft. 77 ft. 1/1/1859
14 Jupiter Inlet 108 ft. 147 ft. 7/10/1860
15 St. Augustine 167 ft. 161 ft. 1871
16 Alligator Reef 150 ft. 136 ft. 1873
17 Fowey Rocks      125 ft.          110 ft.      6/15/1878 
18 American Shoal 124 ft. 109 ft. 7/15/1880
19 Sanibel Harbor 112 ft. 98 ft. 8/20/1884
20 Cape San Blas 95 ft. 101 ft. 6/30/1885
21 Tortugas Harbor 82 ft. 66 ft. 11/1/1886
22 Anclote Key 96 ft. 84 ft. 9/15/1887
23 Ponce Inlet 175 ft.. 159 ft 1887
24 Boca Grande 44 ft. 41 ft. 12/31/1890
25 Gasparilla Island 105 ft. 105 ft. *1891/1932
26 Cape Canaveral 145 ft. 155 ft. 7/25/1894
27 Crooked River 103 ft. 115 ft. 10/28/1895
28 Hillsboro Inlet 142 ft. 132 ft. 1907
29 Mayport 64 ft. 80 ft. 1954

*The Gasparilla Island Light was originally built in New Jersey in 1891.  In 1927 it was moved to Florida and first lit there in 1932.

Last updated 7/18/2008