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This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Georgia as identified by the United States Coast Guard. There are three active lights in the state including one maintained as a private aid; four are standing but inactive, and one has been replaced by an automated skeleton tower, and one destroyed by a ship collision. One tower, the second Sapelo Island Light, was moved to Michigan; the first tower on the site is still standing and was relit in 1998.
The earliest lighthouse in the state was erected in 1736; the oldest surviving tower is the Sapelo Island Light, though the present Tybee Island Light, erected in 1867, incorporates the base of its 1773 predecessor.[1] The last lighthouse in the state, the Savannah Light, was constructed in 1964.[1]
The lighthouses on Cumberland Island, Sapelo Island, and St. Simons Island are on the National Register of Historic Places. The Old Harbor Light in Savannah is a contributing property to a National Historic Landmark district.
If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List,[2] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.[3]
Name | Image | Location | Coordinates | Year first lit | Automated | Year deactivated | Current Lens | Focal Height |
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Cockspur Island Light | ![]() |
Savannah | 32.0227°N 80.8800°W | 1849[4] (First) 1857[4] (Current) |
Never | Active[4] (Inactive: 1909–2007) |
Unknown | 25 ft (7.6 m)[4] (Original tower) |
Little Cumberland Island Light | ![]() |
Cumberland Island | 30.97620°N 81.41311°W | 1838 | Never | 1915 | None | Unknown |
Sapelo Island LightA | ![]() |
Sapelo Island | 31.39126°N 81.28568°W | 1820B | 1998 (Relit) |
Active (Inactive: 1905–1998) |
UnknownC | Unknown |
Sapelo Island Range Front Light |
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Sapelo Island | 31.38991°N 81.28414°W | 1856 (First) 1877 (Current) |
Never | 1898 | None | Unknown |
Old Harbor Light (aka: Savannah Harbor Light) |
Savannah | 32.07931°N 81.08425°W | 1858 | Always | ActiveD | Unknown | 77 ft (23 m) | |
Savannah Light | ![]() |
Savannah River | 31.1341°N 80.683°W[5] | 1964 | Always | 1996 (Destroyed) |
None | 85 ft (26 m) |
St. Simons Island Light | ![]() |
St. Simons Island | 31.13411°N 81.39358°W | 1810 (First) 1872 (Current) |
1954 | Active | Third-order Fresnel lens | 104 ft (32 m) |
Tybee Island Light | ![]() |
Tybee Island | 32.02223°N 80.84566°W | 1773 (First) 1867 (Current) |
1972 | Active | First-order Fresnel | 144 ft (44 m) |
Tybee Island Range Front Light | ![]() |
Cockspur Island | 32.0333°N 80.8985°W | 1878 | Unknown | UnknownE | None | Unknown |
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