Height | Lighthouse | State | Reference |
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210 feet (64 m) | Cape Hatteras Light | North Carolina | [1] |
191 feet (58 m) | Cape Charles Light | Virginia | [2] |
175 feet (53 m) | Ponce de Leon Inlet Light | Florida | [3] |
171 feet (52 m) | Absecon Light | New Jersey | [4] |
169 feet (52 m) | Cape Lookout Light | North Carolina | |
168 feet (51 m) | Fire Island Light | New York | |
165 feet (50 m) | St. Augustine Light | Florida | |
164 feet (50 m) | Cape Henry Light | Virginia | |
163 feet (50 m) | Barnegat Light | New Jersey | [5] |
162 feet (49 m) | Navassa Island Light | Navassa Island | |
161 feet (49 m) | Morris Island Light | South Carolina | |
158 feet (48 m) | Currituck Beach Light | North Carolina | |
158 feet (48 m) | Bodie Island Light | North Carolina | |
157 feet (48 m) | Cape May Light | New Jersey | |
157 feet (48 m) | Dry Tortugas Light | Florida | |
151 feet (46 m) | Cape Canaveral Light | Florida | [6] |
150 feet (46 m) | Pensacola Light | Florida | [7] |
150 feet (46 m) | Cape Romain Lighthouses | South Carolina | |
148 feet (45 m) | Oak Island Light | North Carolina | |
144 feet (44 m) | Tybee Island Light | Georgia | |
142 feet (43 m) | Hillsboro Inlet Light | Florida | [8] |
142 feet (43 m) | Assateague Light | Virginia | [9] |
140 feet (43 m) | Charleston Light | South Carolina | [10] |
138 feet (42 m) | Moloka'i Light | Hawaii | |
137 feet (42 m) | Rock of Ages Light | Michigan | |
136 feet (41 m) | Hunting Island Light | South Carolina | |
133 feet (41 m) | Boon Island Light | Maine | [12] |
131 feet (40 m) | Sand Island Light | Alabama | [13] |
124 feet (38 m) | Cape Ann Light | Massachusetts | [14] |
121 feet (37 m) | White Shoal Light | Michigan | [11] |
120 feet (37 m) | Sand Key Light | Florida | |
120 feet (37 m) | Mobile Point Light | Alabama | [15] |
119 feet (36 m) | Petit Manan Light | Maine | [16] |
115 feet (35 m) | Point Arena Light | California | [17] |
115 feet (35 m) | Pigeon Point Light | California | [18] |
113 feet (34 m) | Grosse Point Light | Illinois | |
112 feet (34 m) | Big Sable Point Light | Michigan | [19] |
111 feet (34 m) | Rawley Point Light | Wisconsin | |
110 feet (34 m) | Montauk Point Light | New York | |
110 feet (34 m) | Stannard Rock Light | Michigan | [20] |
109 feet (33 m) | Presque Isle Light | Michigan | [21] |
108 feet (33 m) | Wind Point Light | Wisconsin | |
108 feet (33 m) | Jupiter Inlet Light | Florida | [22] |
107 feet (33 m) | Little Sable Point | Michigan | [23] |
107 feet (33 m) | Grays Harbor Light | Washington | |
105 feet (32 m) | Craighill Channel Lower Range Rear Light | Maryland | |
104 feet (32 m) | St. Simons Island Light | Georgia | |
104 feet (32 m) | Summersville Lake | West Virginia | |
100 feet (30 m) | Marcus Hook Light | Delaware | |
100 feet (30 m) | Bald Head Light | North Carolina | |
99 feet (30 m) | South Manitou Island Light | Michigan | |
99 feet (30 m) | Grosse Ile North | Michigan | |
98 feet (30 m) | Sanibel Island Light | Florida | |
95 feet (29 m) | Cape Florida Light | Florida | |
94 feet (29 m) | Destruction Island Light | Washington | |
93 feet (28 m) | Yaquina Head Light | Oregon | |
93 feet (28 m) | Spectacle Reef Light | Michigan | [24] |
91 feet (28 m) | Sand Hills Light | Michigan | [25] |
90 feet (27 m) | St. George Reef Light | California | [26] |
90 feet (27 m) | Harbour Town Light | South Carolina | |
89 feet (27 m) | Pointe aux Barques Light | Michigan | [27] |
89 feet (27 m) | New London Harbor Light | Connecticut | |
87 feet (27 m) | Au Sable Light | Michigan | [28] |
86 feet (26 m) | Key West Light | Florida | |
85 feet (26 m) | Fort Gratiot Light | Michigan | |
84 feet (26 m) | Alcatraz Island Light | California | [29] |
81 feet (25 m) | St. Johns River Light | Florida | |
80 feet (24 m) | Portland Head Light | Maine | [30] |
80 feet (24 m) | Manitou Island Light | Michigan | [31] |
78 feet (24 m) | Whitefish Point Light | Michigan | |
78 feet (24 m) | Seul Choix Light | Michigan | [32] |
77 feet (23 m) | Gray's Reef Light | Michigan | |
76 feet (23 m) | Waugoshance Light | Michigan | [33] |
76 feet (23 m) | Middle Island Light | Michigan | |
76 feet (23 m) | Cape Decision Light | Alaska | [34] |
75 feet (23 m) | Ocracoke Light | North Carolina | |
75 feet (23 m) | St. Martin Island Light | Michigan | [35] |
74 feet (23 m) | Piedras Blancas Light | California | [36] |
71 feet (22 m) | Sturgeon Point Light | Michigan | [37] |
71 feet (22 m) | St. Helena Island Light | Michigan | [38] |
70 feet (21 m) | Poverty Island Light | Michigan | [39] |
70 feet (21 m) | New Point Loma lighthouse | California | [40] |
70 feet (21 m) | Minneapolis Shoal Light | Michigan | [41] |
69 feet (21 m) | Los Angeles Harbor Light | California | [42] |
68 feet (21 m) | Five Finger Islands Light | Alaska | [43] |
67 feet (20 m) | Tawas Point Light | Michigan | [44] |
67 feet (20 m) | Point Vicente Light | California | [45] |
67 feet (20 m) | Frankfort Light | Michigan | [46] |
67 feet (20 m) | Cape Hinchinbrook Light | Alaska | [47] |
66 feet (20 m) | Tree Point Light | Alaska | [48] |
66 feet (20 m) | St. Johns Light | Florida | |
66 feet (20 m) | Highland Light | Massachusetts | [49] |
65 feet (20 m) | Rock Harbor Light | Michigan | |
65 feet (20 m) | Point Iroquois Light | Michigan | [50] |
65 feet (20 m) | North Head Light | Washington | [51] |
65 feet (20 m) | Cedar River Light | Michigan | |
65 feet (20 m) | Cape Flattery Light | Washington | |
65 feet (20 m) | Big Bay Point Light | Michigan | [52] |
63 feet (19 m) | North Manitou Shoal Light | Michigan | [53] |
63 feet (19 m) | New Dungeness Light | Washington | |
63 feet (19 m) | DeTour Reef Light | Michigan | [54] |
62 feet (19 m) | Tillamook Light | Oregon | |
62 feet (19 m) | Thunder Bay Island | Michigan | |
62 feet (19 m) | Ludington Light | Michigan | |
62 feet (19 m) | Grand Marais Harbor | Michigan | |
62 feet (19 m) | Grand Island Harbor | Michigan | [55] |
62 feet (19 m) | Copper Harbor Light | Michigan | [56] |
61 feet (19 m) | Umpqua River Light | Oregon | |
61 feet (19 m) | Mary Island Light | Alaska | [57] |
61 feet (19 m) | Isle Royale Light | Michigan | [58] |
61 feet (19 m) | Dunkirk Lighthouse | New York | [59] |
60 feet (18 m) | Port Austin Lighthouse | Michigan | [60] |
60 feet (18 m) | Poe Reef Light | Michigan | [61] |
59 feet (18 m) | Cape Blanco Lighthouse | Oregon | [62] |
59 feet (18 m) | Port Sanilac Light | Michigan | [63] |
59 feet (18 m) | Lansing Shoals Light | Michigan | |
58 feet (18 m) | Old Point Comfort Light | Virginia | |
58 feet (18 m) | New Point Comfort Light | Virginia | |
58 feet (18 m) | Munising Light | Michigan | [64] |
58 feet (18 m) | Ile Aux Galets Light | Michigan | [65] |
58 feet (18 m) | Crisp Point Light | Michigan | [66] |
58 feet (18 m) | Amelia Island Light | Florida | |
57 feet (17 m) | St. Joseph Inner | Michigan | [67] |
57 feet (17 m) | Round Island Light | Michigan | |
56 feet (17 m) | Old Mackinac Point Light | Michigan | |
56 feet (17 m) | Eldred Rock Light | Alaska | [68] |
56 feet (17 m) | Charlevoix South Pier Light | Michigan | |
55 feet (17 m) | Fourteen Mile Point Light | Michigan | |
55 feet (17 m) | Cape St. Elias Light | Alaska | [69] |
54 feet (16 m) | Split Rock Lighthouse | Minnesota | [70] |
54 feet (16 m) | Mobile Middle Bay Light | Alabama | [71] |
53 feet (16 m) | St. Joseph Outer | Michigan | |
53 feet (16 m) | Squaw Island Light | Michigan | |
53 feet (16 m) | Muskegon South | Michigan | [72] |
53 feet (16 m) | Cape Disappointment Light | Washington | |
52 feet (16 m) | Point No Point Light (Maryland) | Maryland | |
52 feet (16 m) | Point Conception Light | California | [73] |
52 feet (16 m) | Martin Reef Light | Michigan | [74] |
52 feet (16 m) | Forty Mile Point Light | Michigan | [75] |
51 feet (16 m) | Sentinel Island Light | Alaska | [76] |
51 feet (16 m) | Sandy Point Shoal Light | Maryland | |
51 feet (16 m) | Portage River | Michigan | |
51 feet (16 m) | Little Traverse Light | Michigan | |
51 feet (16 m) | Grand Haven South Inner | Michigan | [77] |
50 feet (15 m) | Harbor Beach Light | Michigan | |
49 feet (15 m) | Bar Point Shoal Light | Michigan | [78] |
48 feet (15 m) | Point Sur Light | California | [79] |
48 feet (15 m) | Point Hueneme Light | California | [80] |
48 feet (15 m) | East Brother Island | California | [81] |
47 feet (14 m) | Point Cabrillo Light | California | [82] |
47 feet (14 m) | Grand Traverse Light | Michigan | [83] |
46 feet (14 m) | Point Wilson Light | Washington | |
46 feet (14 m) | Old Point Loma lighthouse | California | [84] |
46 feet (14 m) | Gull Rock Light | Michigan | [85] |
46 feet (14 m) | Drum Point Light | Maryland | |
46 feet (14 m) | Charity Island Light | Michigan | [86] |
46 feet (14 m) | Beaver Island Head | Michigan | [87] |
45 feet (14 m) | Windmill Point Light | Michigan | |
45 feet (14 m) | Ontonagon Light | Michigan | |
45 feet (14 m) | Beavertail Light | Rhode Island | |
45 feet (14 m) | Battery Island Light | California | [88] |
45 feet (14 m) | Race Point Light | Massachusetts | |
44 feet (13 m) | Cape Arago Light | Oregon | [90] |
44 feet (13 m) | South Fox Island Light | Michigan | |
44 feet (13 m) | Sand Point Light | Michigan | |
44 feet (13 m) | Passage Island Light | Michigan | [91] |
44 feet (13 m) | Bete Grise | Michigan | [92] |
44 feet (13 m) | Manistee | Michigan | |
44 feet (13 m) | Eagle Harbor Light | Michigan | [93] |
44 feet (13 m) | Cheboygan River Light | Michigan | |
44 feet (13 m) | Bois Blanc Island | Michigan | |
43 feet (13 m) | Thomas Point Shoal Light | Maryland | |
43 feet (13 m) | Point Pinos Light | California | [94] |
43 feet (13 m) | Grand Marais Harbor Outer | Michigan | |
43 feet (13 m) | Cape Mendocino Light | California | [95] |
41 feet (12 m) | Farallon Island Light | California | [96] |
41 feet (12 m) | Beaver Island Harbor Light | Michigan | [97] |
41 feet (12 m) | Cape Neddick Light | Maine | [98] |
40 feet (12 m) | St. Clair Flats South Light | Michigan | [99] |
40 feet (12 m) | San Luis Obispo Light | California | [100] |
40 feet (12 m) | Round Island Passage Light | Michigan | |
40 feet (12 m) | Peninsula Point Light | Michigan | [101] |
40 feet (12 m) | Marquette Harbor Light | Michigan | [102] |
40 feet (12 m) | Granite Island Light | Michigan | [103] |
40 feet (12 m) | Grand Island North Light | Michigan | [104] |
40 feet (12 m) | Anacapa Island Light | California | [105] |
39 feet (12 m) | Presque Isle Light (Old) | Michigan | |
39 feet (12 m) | Huron Island Light | Michigan | [106] |
39 feet (12 m) | Grand Island East Channel Light | Michigan | |
39 feet (12 m) | Wood End Light | Massachusetts | |
38 feet (12 m) | Long Point Light | Massachusetts | [108] |
38 feet (12 m) | White River Light | Michigan | [109] |
38 feet (12 m) | McGulpin's Point Light | Michigan | |
38 feet (12 m) | Lime Kiln Light | Washington | |
38 feet (12 m) | Cove Point Light | Maryland | |
37 feet (11 m) | Point Betsie Light | Michigan | [110] |
37 feet (11 m) | Alki Point Light | Washington | [111] |
36 feet (11 m) | Saginaw River Rear Range Light | Michigan | |
36 feet (11 m) | Mission Point Light | Michigan | |
36 feet (11 m) | Marquette Breakwater Outer Light | Michigan | |
36 feet (11 m) | Grand Haven South Pierhead Entrance Light | Michigan | |
36 feet (11 m) | Fourteen Foot Shoal Light | Michigan | |
36 feet (11 m) | Concord Point Light | Maryland | |
35 feet (11 m) | Patos Island Light | Washington | |
35 feet (11 m) | Point Reyes Light | California | [112] |
35 feet (11 m) | Table Bluff Light | California | [113] |
35 feet (11 m) | South Haven South Pier Light | Michigan | [114] |
35 feet (11 m) | Sharps Island Light | Maryland | |
35 feet (11 m) | Round Island Light | Michigan | [115] |
35 feet (11 m) | Manistique East Breakwater Light | Michigan | |
35 feet (11 m) | Cape Sarichef Light | Alaska | [116] |
34 feet (10 m) | Menominee North Pier Light | Michigan | [117] |
34 feet (10 m) | Copper Harbor Rear Range Light | Michigan | |
34 feet (10 m) | Burrows Island Light | Washington | |
34 feet (10 m) | Alpena Light | Michigan | |
34 feet (10 m) | Cape Meares Lighthouse | Oregon | [118] |
33 feet (10 m) | Point Bonita Light | California | [119] |
33 feet (10 m) | Pipe Island Light | Michigan | |
33 feet (10 m) | Ontonagon Harbor West Pierhead Light | Michigan | |
33 feet (10 m) | Munising Rear Range Light | Michigan | |
33 feet (10 m) | Cheboygan Crib Light | Michigan | |
32 feet (9.8 m) | Holland Harbor Light | Michigan | [120] |
31 feet (9.4 m) | Marshall Point Light | Maine | |
31 feet (9.4 m) | Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light | Michigan | [121] |
30 feet (9.1 m) | Presque Isle Harbor Breakwater Light | Michigan | |
30 feet (9.1 m) | Point No Point Light | Washington | |
30 feet (9.1 m) | Point Montara Light | California | [122] |
30 feet (9.1 m) | Point Fermin Light | California | [123] |
30 feet (9.1 m) | Owls Head Light | Maine | [124] |
30 feet (9.1 m) | Mukilteo Light | Washington | |
30 feet (9.1 m) | Guard Island Light | Alaska | [125] |
30 feet (9.1 m) | Admiralty Head Light | Washington | [126] |
28 feet (8.5 m) | Muskegon Pier Light | Michigan | |
27 feet (8.2 m) | Punta Gorda Light | California | [127] |
27 feet (8.2 m) | Fort Point Light | California | [128] |
25 feet (7.6 m) | Yerba Buena Island | California | [129] |
25 feet (7.6 m) | Trinidad Head Light | California | [130] |
25 feet (7.6 m) | Point Retreat Light | Alaska | [131] |
25 feet (7.6 m) | Cape Spencer Light | Alaska | [132] |
24 feet (7.3 m) | Eagle River Light | Michigan | |
23 feet (7.0 m) | West Point Light | Washington | |
23 feet (7.0 m) | Cedar Key Light | Florida | [133] |
21 feet (6.4 m) | Copper Harbor Front Range Light | Michigan | |
20 feet (6.1 m) | Lime Point Light | California | [134] |
20 feet (6.1 m) | Bush Point Light | Washington | |
16 feet (4.9 m) | St. Clair Flats South Channel Front Range Light | Michigan | [99] |