Beacon (disambiguation)

Last updated May 30, 2025

A beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location. A common historical example was the fire beacon , for sending optical signals.

Arts, entertainment and media

Music

Beacon (band), an American electronic music group
Beacon (Two Door Cinema Club album), 2012
Beacon (Susumu Hirasawa album), 2021
Beacons (album), by Ohbijou, 2009
Beacons (EP), by I Like Trains, 2012
Beacons (festival), a British music festival

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

Beacon (character), the name of two fictional characters
Beacon (Scheer), an art installation in New York, U.S.
Beacon, a magazine published on the Isle of Wight by Total Sense Media

Businesses and organisations

Companies

Beacon, a retail fuel brand of Valero Energy
The Beacon, an online local news nonprofit in Kansas City.
Beacon Communications (publisher), a publisher of weekly newspapers in Rhode Island, U.S.
Beacon Communications Corporation, a defunct newspaper publisher in Massachusetts, U.S.
Beacon Pictures an American film production company, also known as "Beacon Communications, LLC"
Beacon Press, an American publisher
Beacon UK, a private provider of mental health services in England
Beacon Health Options a behavioral health company based in Boston, Massachusetts

Schools

Beacon Status, a school designation in England
Beacon high schools in Beijing, a school designation in China
Beacon School (Stamford, Connecticut), U.S.
Beacon English School, Korba, Chhattisgarh, India
New Beacon School, formerly The Beacon, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
The Beacon School, Manhattan, New York, U.S.
The Beacon School, Banstead, Surrey, England
Beacon Academy, formerly Beacon Community College, Crowborough, East Sussex, England
Beacon Academy, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England
The Beacon Academy, Biñan, Philippines
Beacon College in Leesburg, Florida, U.S.
Beacon College (Hong Kong)

Places

Beacon, Western Australia, Australia
Beacon, Devon, United Kingdom
Beacon (ward), Dorset, United Kingdom
Beacon, Iowa, U.S.
Beacon, Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Beacon, New York, U.S.
- Beacon station
- Beacon Mountain
Beacon Valley, Antarctica

Transportation and military

MV Beacon, a ship, later Empire Guernsey
HMS Beacon, various ships of the Royal Navy
USS Beacon, various ships of the U.S. Navy

Other uses

Beacon (apple), a cultivar of apple
Beacon (streaming service), a boutique subscription streaming service by Critical Role Productions
Beacon Supergroup, a rock formation in Antarctica
Beacon-class gunvessel, 19th century British ships
Beacon, an Appro supercomputer
'Beacon', a cultivar of barley
Beacon, an oscillator in Conway's Game of Life
Bluetooth Low Energy beacon, providing location to devices in its vicinity
Facebook Beacon, advertising software
Project Beacon, an early American space satellite program
Rotating beacon (disambiguation)
Valparaiso Beacons, the athletic program of Valparaiso University in Indiana
Web beacon, an Internet web tracking technique