Lighthouses of Florida
It was not until 1821 that Florida became part of the United States. With the Louisiana Purchase many ports along the Gulf of Mexico opened up, and this brought increased shipping traffic to Florida. The increased shipping traffic also brought undesired effects...Pirates and shipwrecks.
The following year, Congress under pressure from mariners, decided to set up several naval bases in Florida to suppress piracy. To suppress the shipwrecks, Congress also signed off on the constructions of several lighthouses and a lightship.
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Matecumbe Key, Florida
Amelia Island - 1838
Fernandina Beach, Florida
American Shoal - 1880
Sugarloaf Key, Florida
Boca Grande Rear Range (Gasparilla Island) - 1881
Gasparilla Island, Florida
Cape Canaveral - 1868
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Cape Florida - 1845
Key Biscayne, Florida
Carysfort Reef - 1852
Key Largo, Florida
Faro Blanco - 1950
Marathon, Florida
Garden Key - 1876
Dry Tortugas, Florida
Hillsboro Inlet - 1907
Pompano Beach, Florida
Jupiter Inlet - 1860
Jupiter, Florida
Key West - 1847
Key West, Florida
Loggerhead Key - 1858
Loggerhead Key, Florida
Pensacola - 1858
Pensacola, Florida
Ponce Inlet - 1887
Ponce Inlet, Florida
Port Boca Grande (Gasparilla Island) - 1890
Gasparilla Island, Florida
Rebecca Shoal - 1886
West of Key West, Florida
Sand Key - 1853
South of Key West, Florida
Sanibel Island - 1884
Sanibel Island, Florida
Sombrero Key - 1858
Marathon, Florida
St. Augustine - 1874
St. Augustine, Florida
St. John's River - 1859
Mayport, Florida
There are 22 lighthouses featured on this site for Florida.