List of lighthouses in Delaware

This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Delaware as identified by the United States Coast Guard. The first lighthouse in the state was erected in 1769 ^[1] and the last in 1925 (ignoring automated towers erected later); the oldest active light is the Fenwick Island Light. ^[2]

If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List , ^[3] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses. ^[2]

Name	Image	Location	Coordinates	Year first lit	Automated	Year deactivated	Current Lens	Focal Height
Baker Shoal Range Front Light		Port Penn	39°32′27″N75°34′00″W / 39.5409°N 75.5666°W / 39.5409; -75.5666 (Baker Shoal Range Front Light)	1902 (First) 2002 (Current)	1924 [4]	Active (Original demolished)	LED	03535 ft (11 m)
Baker Shoal Range Rear Light		Port Penn	39°30′43″N75°34′12″W / 39.5120°N 75.5699°W / 39.5120; -75.5699 (Baker Shoal Range Rear Light)	1904	1924 [4]	Active	Un­known	110110 ft (34 m)
Bellevue Range Rear Light		Wilmington	39°43′13″N75°31′04″W / 39.7203°N 75.5179°W / 39.7203; -75.5179 (Bellevue Range Rear Light) [5]	1909 (First) 2001 (Current)	1934 [5]	Active (skeleton tower)	Un­known	100100 ft (30 m) [6]
Cape Henlopen Beacon		Lewes (Cape Henlopen)	38°47′25″N75°04′50″W / 38.7903°N 75.0806°W / 38.7903; -75.0806 (Cape Henlopen Beacon) [7]	1825 [8] (First) 1864 [8] (Last)	Never	1884 [8] (Demolished)	None	04545 ft (14 m) [7]
Cape Henlopen Light		Lewes (Cape Henlopen)	38°46′41″N75°05′02″W / 38.778°N 75.084°W / 38.778; -75.084 (Cape Henlopen Light) [9]	1769	Never	1924 (Destroyed in 1926)	None	126126 ft (38 m) [9]
Cherry Island Range Rear Light		Bellefonte	39°45′43″N75°29′24″W / 39.762°N 75.490°W / 39.762; -75.490 (Cherry Island Range Rear Light) [10]	1880 (First) 1970s (Current)	1933	Active (Original demolished)	Un­known	120120 ft (37 m) [10]
Christiana Light	None known	Christina River (Entrance)	39°43′19″N75°31′12″W / 39.722°N 75.520°W / 39.722; -75.520 (Christiana Light) [11]	1835 [12]	Never	1909 [12] (Demolished in 1939 [12] )	None	04444 ft (13 m) [11]
Christiana North Jetty Light		Christina River (Entrance)	39°43′05″N75°30′58″W / 39.718°N 75.516°W / 39.718; -75.516 (Christiana North Jetty Light) [11]	1884 [5]	Never	Unknown (Destroyed [13] )	None	03737 ft (11 m) [11]
Delaware Breakwater East End Light		Lewes	38°47′50″N75°06′01″W / 38.7972°N 75.1003°W / 38.7972; -75.1003 (Delaware Breakwater East End Light)	1885	1950	1996	Un­known	06060 ft (18 m)
Delaware Breakwater Range Front Light (Delaware Breakwater West End Light)		Lewes	38°47′57″N75°06′29″W / 38.7992°N 75.1081°W / 38.7992; -75.1081 (Delaware Breakwater Range Front Light) [14]	1838	Never	1903 (Demolished in 1950)	None	04545 ft (14 m) [14]
Delaware Breakwater Range Rear Light		Lewes	38°47′23″N75°10′10″W / 38.7897°N 75.1694°W / 38.7897; -75.1694 (Delaware Breakwater Range Rear Light) [11]	1881 [15]	Never	1918 [15] (Re-erected in Florida [15] )	None	103103 ft (31 m) [11]
Fenwick Island Light		Fenwick Island	38°27′05″N75°03′18″W / 38.4514°N 75.0550°W / 38.4514; -75.0550 (Fenwick Island Light) [16]	1859	1978	Active (Inactive: 1978-1982)	Third-order Fresnel	08383 ft (25 m)
Fourteen Foot Bank Light		Delaware Bay	39°02′54″N75°10′56″W / 39.0482°N 75.1822°W / 39.0482; -75.1822 (Fourteen Foot Bank Light)	1887	1973	Active	Un­known	05959 ft (18 m)
Harbor of Refuge Light		Lewes	38°48′52″N75°05′33″W / 38.8145°N 75.0924°W / 38.8145; -75.0924 (Harbor of Refuge Light)	1908 (First) 1926 (Current)	1973	Active	VRB-25	07272 ft (22 m)
Liston Range Front Light		Port Penn	39°28′57″N75°35′30″W / 39.4825°N 75.5917°W / 39.4825; -75.5917 (Liston Range Front Light)	1906	1948?	1954 (Now a private house)	None	04545 ft (14 m)
Liston Range Rear Light		Biddles Corner	39°31′26″N75°38′23″W / 39.5238°N 75.6397°W / 39.5238; -75.6397 (Liston Range Rear Light)	1906	1930s [17]	Active	Un­known	176176 ft (54 m)
Mahon River Light		Port Mahon	39°11′06″N75°24′03″W / 39.1850°N 75.4008°W / 39.1850; -75.4008 (Mahon River Light)	1831 (First) 1903 (Last)	Never	1955 (Destroyed in 1984)	None	03737 ft (11 m)
Marcus Hook Range Front Light		Bellefonte	39°46′34″N75°28′31″W / 39.7760°N 75.4754°W / 39.7760; -75.4754 (Marcus Hook Range Front Light)	1915 [18] (First) 1918 [18] (Current)	Always	Active	Un­known	08181 ft (25 m)
Marcus Hook Range Rear Light		Bellefonte	39°45′44″N75°30′12″W / 39.7622°N 75.5032°W / 39.7622; -75.5032 (Marcus Hook Range Rear Light)	1919 [18]	1950s	Active	DCB-24 [18]	278278 ft (85 m)
Mispillion Light		Lewes	38°56′51″N75°18′56″W / 38.9475°N 75.3156°W / 38.9475; -75.3156 (Mispillion Light)	1831 (First) 1873 (Last)	1911	1929 (Burned in 2002, rebuilt as a replica)	Decorative	04646 ft (14 m) [11]
New Castle Range Front Light		New Castle	39°38′33″N75°35′43″W / 39.6424°N 75.5954°W / 39.6424; -75.5954 (New Castle Range Front Light)	1876 (First) 1964 (Current)	1930s	Active (skeleton tower)	Un­known	05656 ft (17 m)
New Castle Range Rear Light		New Castle	39°38′54″N75°35′56″W / 39.6482°N 75.5990°W / 39.6482; -75.5990 (New Castle Range Rear Light)	1876 (First) 1953 (Current)	1953	Active (skeleton tower)	Un­known	100100 ft (30 m)
Reedy Island Range Rear Light		Taylors Bridge	39°24′23″N75°35′25″W / 39.4065°N 75.5902°W / 39.4065; -75.5902 (Reedy Island Range Rear Light)	1910 [19]	Un­known	Active	DCB-224	134134 ft (41 m)

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7. List of Light-houses, Lighted Beacons, and Floating Lights of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts of the United States. Treasury Department. January 1, 1868. pp. 24–25. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
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