Eight working lighthouses guide ships to safety through the treacherous shoals around Cape Cod. Mile for mile, the cape has one of the largest concentrations of working lighthouses in the world.
The Cape Cod Highland Light is the highest and olde... (read more about The Cape Cod Light)
Located on the southeast corner of Cape Cod, Chatham has had six lights in the area of its present one. The first Chatham lighthouse was built in 1808. It consisted of two wooden towers and a light keepers house. The two towers distinguished it from ... (read more about The Chatham Light)
The Nauset Light was originally one of the twin lights at Chatham, just down the coast. In 1923 when rotating lights replaced fixed lights, it was moved to its present location on the eastern coast in Eastham.
The light was moved again - 300 feet to... (read more about The Nauset Light)
At 87-feet above sea level, the Nobska light in Woods Hole is visible from seventeen miles out to sea. Its 28,000 candlepower light flashes every six seconds to warn ships of two dangerous shoals south of Cape Cod: the Hedge Fence and L'Hommedieu.
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After reading Vances TravBuddy Review about the Portland Head Light in Portland, Maine, I wanted to see it for myself. An initial intention was to paddle my portable Klepper kayak out to this light but the winds were high and seas too rough. Instead,... (read more about The Portland Head Light)
Mozambique has the longest coastline of any continental African country - more than 1565 miles in length facing the island of Madagascar across the Mozambique Channel on the Indian Ocean. The country's major ports are Pemba in the north, Quelimane... (read more about The Macuti Lighthouse)
The Slangkop Lighthouse is located in Kommetjie, South Africa between Cape Town and the Cape of Good Hope. The light has been operational since March 4, 1919 and remains a vital beacon for mariners rounding the African continent. It is the tallest ca... (read more about The Slangkop Lighthouse)
The Cape du Couedic Lighthouse was constructed between 1906-1909 on the southwest point of Kangaroo Island and was the 15th to be built in South Australia. Nearby treacherous waters had claimed many lives. The site was inaccessible by land at the tim... (read more about The Cape du Couedic Lighthouse)
Kangaroo Island is the third largest off the Australian coast. Its waters can be treacherous by the 'roaring forties' trade winds. The Cape Borda Lighthouse was built in 1858 to guide sailing ships arriving off those winds.
This lighthouse is open... (read more about The Cape Borda Lighthouse)
The Grand Island East Channel Lighthouse sits on the east side of Grand Island off Munising, Michigan in Lake Superior. The wood-frame structure was built in 1870 and rests on a brick foundation. The light was deactivated in 1913 - replaced by range ... (read more about The Grand Island East Channel Lighthouse)
I thought only Lake Superior turned wild and wicked with stormy seas but while kayaking Lake Michigan from Washington Island, Wisconsin, to Gladstone, Michigan in 1999, I learned otherwise. After nearly two hours of fighting 6 to 8 foot pointy waves ... (read more about The poverty Island Lighthouse)
This square pyramidal light marks the entrance to the Manistique River from far northern shores of Lake Michigan at Manistique, Michigan. The steel tower is mounted on a concrete pier. It was put into service in 1913 and became automated in 1969. The... (read more about Manistique (East Breakwater) Light)
The Entrance Island Light is on a hexagonal frame tower resting on a square stone base. It was built in 1892. This lighthouse has a twin on Bonnet Island and together they guide ships through Hell's Gate which is a narrow (120 meter), shallow, and da... (read more about The Entrance Island Light)
The Table Cape Lighthouse sits on a sheer cliff surrounded by scenic farmlands on the northwest coast of Tasmania, 7 kilometers from Wynyard. The tower stands 25 meters and is constructed of white painted brick. The original keeper's cottages were bu... (read more about The Table Cape Lighthouse)
The Peninsula Point Light is located on the northern end of Green Bay on Lake Michigan. It separates Little Bay de Noc from Big Bay de Noc in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The light can be reached by driving three miles east from Rapid River, Mich... (read more about The Peninsula Point Light)
The Sand Point Lighthouse is located in Escanaba, Michigan, on Green Bay, northwestern Lake Michigan to warn mariners of a spit of land that extends into Little Bay de Noc. It was built in 1867 and first lit on May 13, 1868. Its square tower stands ... (read more about The Sand Point Light)
The Escanaba Harbor Light marks the entrance to Escanaba Harbor from Lake Michigan. Commissioned in 1938 to take the place of the on-shore Sand Point Light, this light sits a quarter-mile off-shore. The white square tower sits on a steel crib and ha... (read more about Escanaba Harbor Light)
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