List of lighthouses in Delaware

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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]

NameImageLocationCoordinatesYear first litAutomatedYear deactivatedCurrent LensFocal Height
Baker Shoal Range Front Light Baker Front Range Light.jpg 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)		LED35 ft (11 m)
Baker Shoal Range Rear Light Baker Range Rear Light.jpg Port Penn 39°30′43″N75°34′12″W / 39.5120°N 75.5699°W / 39.5120; -75.5699 (Baker Shoal Range Rear Light) 19041924 [4] ActiveUn­known110 ft (34 m)
Bellevue Range Rear Light Bellevue Range Rear Light, Wilmington (New Castle County, Delaware).jpg 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)		Un­known100 ft (30 m) [6]
Cape Henlopen Beacon Cape Henlopen Beacon.jpg 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)		Never1884 [8]
(Demolished)		None45 ft (14 m) [7]
Cape Henlopen Light Cape Henlopen Light.jpg Lewes
(Cape Henlopen)		 38°46′41″N75°05′02″W / 38.778°N 75.084°W / 38.778; -75.084 (Cape Henlopen Light) [9] 1769Never1924
(Destroyed in 1926)		None126 ft (38 m) [9]
Cherry Island Range Rear Light Cherry island rear light.JPG 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)		1933Active
(Original demolished)		Un­known120 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] Never1909 [12]
(Demolished in 1939 [12] )		None44 ft (13 m) [11]
Christiana North Jetty Light ChristianaNorthJetty.JPG 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] NeverUnknown
(Destroyed [13] )		None37 ft (11 m) [11]
Delaware Breakwater East End Light Sailing in the Bay.jpg Lewes 38°47′50″N75°06′01″W / 38.7972°N 75.1003°W / 38.7972; -75.1003 (Delaware Breakwater East End Light) 188519501996Un­known60 ft (18 m)
Delaware Breakwater Range Front Light
(Delaware Breakwater West End Light)		 DelawareBreakwaterRangeFrontLight.JPG Lewes 38°47′57″N75°06′29″W / 38.7992°N 75.1081°W / 38.7992; -75.1081 (Delaware Breakwater Range Front Light) [14] 1838Never1903
(Demolished in 1950)		None45 ft (14 m) [14]
Delaware Breakwater Range Rear Light Gasparillalhrear.jpg 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] Never1918 [15]
(Re-erected in Florida [15] )		None103 ft (31 m) [11]
Fenwick Island Light FenwicklightApril08 (42) 2.jpg Fenwick Island 38°27′05″N75°03′18″W / 38.4514°N 75.0550°W / 38.4514; -75.0550 (Fenwick Island Light) [16] 18591978Active
(Inactive: 1978-1982)		Third-order Fresnel 83 ft (25 m)
Fourteen Foot Bank Light 14footbk.jpg Delaware Bay 39°02′54″N75°10′56″W / 39.0482°N 75.1822°W / 39.0482; -75.1822 (Fourteen Foot Bank Light) 18871973ActiveUn­known59 ft (18 m)
Harbor of Refuge Light Harbor of Refuge lighthouse USACE 2011-12-14.jpg 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)		1973Active VRB-25 72 ft (22 m)
Liston Range Front Light Liston Front Range Light, ca 1913, (New Castle County, Delaware).jpg Port Penn 39°28′57″N75°35′30″W / 39.4825°N 75.5917°W / 39.4825; -75.5917 (Liston Range Front Light) 19061948?1954
(Now a private house)		None45 ft (14 m)
Liston Range Rear Light Liston Range Rear Light.jpg Biddles Corner 39°31′26″N75°38′23″W / 39.5238°N 75.6397°W / 39.5238; -75.6397 (Liston Range Rear Light) 19061930s [17] ActiveUn­known176 ft (54 m)
Mahon River Light Port Mahon Lighthouse, Delaware Bay at mouth of Mahon River, on State Rou, Little Creek vicinity (Kent County, Delaware).jpg 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)		Never1955
(Destroyed in 1984)		None37 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)		AlwaysActiveUn­known81 ft (25 m)
Marcus Hook Range Rear Light Marcus Hook Rear Range Light.png 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] 1950sActive DCB-24 [18] 278 ft (85 m)
Mispillion Light MISPILLION LIGHT 100 500.jpg Lewes 38°56′51″N75°18′56″W / 38.9475°N 75.3156°W / 38.9475; -75.3156 (Mispillion Light) 1831 (First)
1873 (Last)		19111929
(Burned in 2002,
rebuilt as a replica)		Decorative46 ft (14 m) [11]
New Castle Range Front Light New castle range front light 1933.JPG 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)		1930sActive
(skeleton tower)		Un­known56 ft (17 m)
New Castle Range Rear Light New castle range rear light 1933.JPG 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)		1953Active
(skeleton tower)		Un­known100 ft (30 m)
Reedy Island Range Rear Light Reedy Island Range Rear Light, Route 9, Taylors Corner (New Castle County, Delaware).jpg 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] Un­knownActive DCB-224 134 ft (41 m)

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References

  1. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Delaware". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  2. 1 2 "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Delaware". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
  3. ↑ Light List, Volume II, Atlantic Coast, Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Baker Rear Range, DE". LighthouseFriends.
  5. 1 2 3 "Bellevue Rear Range, DE". LighthouseFriends.
  6. ↑ "Inventory of Historic Light Stations: Bellevue Range Rear Light". National Park Service.
  7. 1 2 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 2014-01-23.
  8. 1 2 3 "Delaware Breakwater Light". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  9. 1 2 List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. June 30, 1900. p. 106.
  10. 1 2 "Cherry Island Range, DE". LighthouseFriends.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. Government Printing Office. March 1, 1907. p. 124. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  12. 1 2 3 Trapani, Bob (2007). "Christiana River Light Station". Delaware Lights: A History of Lighthouses in the First State. History Press. pp. 46–49. ISBN   9781596290211 . Retrieved 2014-01-21.
  13. ↑ "Historic Light Station Information Photography Delaware". United States Coast Guard . Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  14. 1 2 List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. Government Printing Office. June 30, 1900. p. 94. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  15. 1 2 3 "Delaware Breakwater Rear Range (Green Hill) Light". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  16. ↑ "Fenwick Island, DE". LighthouseFriends.
  17. ↑ "Liston rear Range, DE". Lighthouse Friends.
  18. 1 2 3 4 "Marcus Hook Rear Range Lighthouse". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  19. ↑ "Inventory of Historic Light Stations: Delaware Lighthouses: Reedy Island Range Rear Light". National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
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