I created this page so that visitors can easily compare the heights of all the lighthouses, of which Cape Hatteras is
the tallest. However, I do have the Perry Memorial in Ohio listed on the site. This isn't a true "lighthouse" in the sense,
but most people do consider it an aid to navigation. Because of that I did include it on the website. And because it stands
352' feet tall, it shows up as the tallest of all the lights.
One other comment I want to make is that I did the best that I could in finding the tower heights. However, there are
eleven lights at the bottom of the list that I couldn't find. I will continue to look for them, but in the meantime, I
wanted to get the page up on the site for people to enjoy. If you know the heights of any of the unlisted ones, or
know where I can find them, please email me using the link at the bottom of the page. Also, feel free to use the link if you
see any glaring inconsistencies in the tower heights.
| Perry's Victory Memorial, Ohio 352 ' |
| Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 193 ' |
| Ponce Inlet, Florida 175 ' |
| Barnegat, New Jersey 172 ' |
| Bodie Island, North Carolina 170 ' |
| Cape Lookout, North Carolina 169 ' |
| Fire Island, New York 168 ' |
| St. Augustine, Florida 165 ' |
| New Cape Henry, Virginia 163 ' |
| Currituck Beach, North Carolina 162 ' |
| Morris Island, South Carolina 161 ' |
| Sombrero Key, Florida 160 ' |
| Oak Island, North Carolina 158 ' |
| Loggerhead Key, Florida 157 ' |
| Cape May, New Jersey 157 ' |
| Tybee Island, Georgia 154 ' |
| Pensacola, Florida 150 ' |
| Cape Canaveral, Florida 150 ' |
| Sullivan's Island, South Carolina 140 ' |
| Molokai (Kalaupapa), Hawaii 138 ' |
| Hillsboro Inlet, Florida 137 ' |
| Alligator Reef, Florida 136 ' |
| Hunting Island, South Carolina 136 ' |
| Boon Island, Maine 133 ' |
| Westerheversand, Germany 131 ' |
| Cape Ann (Thatcher Island), Massachusetts 124 ' |
| Carysfort Reef, Florida 120 ' |
| Sand Key, Florida 120 ' |
| Rock Of Ages, Michigan 117 ' |
| Point Arena, California 115 ' |
| Pigeon Point, California 115 ' |
| Lindau Westmole, Germany 115 ' |
| Grosse Point, Illinois 113 ' |
| Big Sable Point, Michigan 112 ' |
| Rawley Point, Wisconsin 111 ' |
| Montauk Point, New York 110 ' |
| American Shoal, Florida 109 ' |
| New Presque Isle, Michigan 109 ' |
| Wind Point, Wisconsin 108 ' |
| Little Sable Point, Michigan 107 ' |
| Grays Harbor, Washington 107 ' |
| Boca Grande Rear Range (Gasparilla Island), Florida 105 ' |
| Jupiter Inlet, Florida 105 ' |
| South Manitou Island, Michigan 104 ' |
| St. Simon's Island, Georgia 104 ' |
| Sanibel Island, Florida 102 ' |
| Bald Head Island, North Carolina 100 ' |
| Point Abino, Ontario 98 ' |
| Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, Wisconsin 98 ' |
| Cape Florida, Florida 95 ' |
| Ile Royale, French Guiana 95 ' |
| Yaquina Head, Oregon 93 ' |
| Old Cape Henry, Virginia 90 ' |
| Harbour Town, South Carolina 90 ' |
| New London, Connecticut 89 ' |
| Point Aux Barques, Michigan 89 ' |
| Key West, Florida 86 ' |
| Nawiliwili Harbor, Hawaii 86 ' |
| Long Point, Ontario 86 ' |
| Sandy Hook, New Jersey 85 ' |
| Sylvan Beach, New York 85 ' |
| Alcatraz Island, California 84 ' |
| Fenwick Island, Delaware 84 ' |
| Garden Key, Florida 82 ' |
| Windmill Point, Ontario 82 ' |
| Fort Gratiot, Michigan 82 ' |
| Gibraltar Point, Ontario 82 ' |
| St. John's River, Florida 81 ' |
| Cana Island, Wisconsin 81 ' |
| Mohawk Island, Ontario 80 ' |
| Portland Head, Maine 80 ' |
| Main Duck Island, Ontario 80 ' |
| Macquarie, New South Wales 79 ' |
| Seul Choix Point, Michigan 78 ' |
| Halfway Rock, Maine 76 ' |
| Whitefish Point, Michigan 76 ' |
| Roanoke River, North Carolina 75 ' |
| North Point, Wisconsin 74 ' |
| Navesink, New Jersey 73 ' |
| Stony Point, New York 73 ' |
| Ram Island Ledge, Maine 72 ' |
| Huron Harbor Pierhead, Ohio 72 ' |
| Carpentaria Lightship, New South Wales 72 ' |
| Buffalo Breakwater, New York 71 ' |
| Barber's Point, Hawaii 71 ' |
| Sturgeon Point, Michigan 71 ' |
| Sapelo Island, Georgia 70 ' |
| Sankaty Head, Massachusetts 70 ' |
| Island Street Boatyard, New York 70 ' |
| Sand Hills, Michigan 70 ' |
| New Point Loma, California 70 ' |
| Calumet Harbor, Wisconsin 70 ' |
| Old Fairport Harbor Main, Ohio 69 ' |
| Rebecca Shoal, Florida 68 ' |
| Presque Isle, Pennsylvania 68 ' |
| Presqu'ile Point, Ontario 67 ' |
| Cleveland West Breakwater, Ohio 67 ' |
| Cape Elizabeth, Maine 67 ' |
| Frankfort North Breakwater, Michigan 67 ' |
| Tawas Point, Michigan 67 ' |
| Columbia Lightship, Oregon 66 ' |
| Ocracoke Island, North Carolina 65 ' |
| Point Iroquois, Michigan 65 ' |
| Marblehead, Ohio 65 ' |
| Old Ka'ena Passing, Hawaii 65 ' |
| Faro Blanco, Florida 65 ' |
| Gravelly Shoal, Michigan 65 ' |
| Port Burwell, Ontario 65 ' |
| Big Bay, Michigan 65 ' |
| North Head, Washington 65 ' |
| Plum Island Rear Range, Wisconsin 65 ' |
| Amelia Island, Florida 64 ' |
| North Manitou Shoal, Michigan 63 ' |
| Point Petre, Ontario 62 ' |
| New False Duck Island, Ontario 62 ' |
| Tillamook Rock, Oregon 62 ' |
| Grand Island Rear Range, Michigan 62 ' |
| Buffalo Main, New York 61 ' |
| Dunkirk, New York 61 ' |
| Fort Niagara, New York 61 ' |
| Thirty Mile Point, New York 61 ' |
| Umpqua River, Oregon 61 ' |
| Saginaw River Rear Range, Michigan 61 ' |
| Biloxi, Mississippi 61 ' |
| Intake Crib, New York 60 ' |
| Rock Island, New York 60 ' |
| Conneaut West Breakwater, Ohio 60 ' |
| South Bass Island, Ohio 60 ' |
| Port Austin Reef, Michigan 60 ' |
| Peche Island, Michigan 60 ' |
| Poe Reef, Michigan 60 ' |
| Round Island Passage, Michigan 60 ' |
| Three Sisters Island, New York 60 ' |
| Cape Blanco, Oregon 59 ' |
| Port Sanilac, Michigan 59 ' |
| New London Ledge, Connecticut 58 ' |
| Tibbetts Point, New York 58 ' |
| Crisp Point, Michigan 58 ' |
| Port Washington Breakwater, Wisconsin 58 ' |
| Diamond Head, Hawaii 57 ' |
| Oswego West Pierhead, New York 57 ' |
| Ludington North Pierhead, Michigan 57 ' |
| St. Joseph North Pierhead, Michigan 57 ' |
| Heceta Head, Oregon 56 ' |
| Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 56 ' |
| Milwaukee Breakwater, Wisconsin 56 ' |
| Lorain East Breakwater, Ohio 55 ' |
| Burlington Main, Ontario 55 ' |
| St. David's, St. George's Parish 55 ' |
| Fourteen Foot Shoal, Michigan 55 ' |
| Northeast Block Island, Rhode Island 55 ' |
| Michigan City East Pierhead, Indiana 55 ' |
| Kenosha (Southport), Wisconsin 55 ' |
| Scotch Bonnet, Ontario 54 ' |
| Split Rock, Minnesota 54 ' |
| Muskegon South Pierhead, Michigan 53 ' |
| Round Island, Michigan 53 ' |
| Cape Disappointment, Washington 53 ' |
| Kilauea Point, Hawaii 52 ' |
| Forty Mile Point, Michigan 52 ' |
| Huron Lightship, Michigan 52 ' |
| East Charity Shoal, New York 52 ' |
| Southeast Block Island, Rhode Island 52 ' |
| Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin 52 ' |
| Dice Head, Maine 51 ' |
| Lorain West Breakwater, Ohio 51 ' |
| Port San Juan "El Morro", Puerto Rico 51 ' |
| Yaquina Bay, Oregon 51 ' |
| Grand Haven, Michigan 51 ' |
| Cove Point, Maryland 51 ' |
| Horseshoe Reef, New York 50 ' |
| Sodus Pierhead, New York 50 ' |
| Governor's Point, South Carolina 50 ' |
| Old Cut, Ontario 50 ' |
| Cape Bowling Green, New South Wales 50 ' |
| Hereford Inlet, New Jersey 50 ' |
| Buffington Harbor Breakwater, Indiana 50 ' |
| Sheboygan Breakwater, Wisconsin 50 ' |
| Kevich, Wisconsin 50 ' |
| Kenosha Pierhead, Wisconsin 50 ' |
| Erie Land, Pennsylvania 49 ' |
| Grand Island East Channel, Michigan 49 ' |
| Point Sur, California 48 ' |
| East Brother Island, California 48 ' |
| Chatham, Massachusetts 48 ' |
| Nauset Beach, Massachusetts 48 ' |
| Chicago Harbor, Illinois 48 ' |
| Point Cabrillo, California 47 ' |
| Niagara River Rear Range, Ontario 47 ' |
| Grand Traverse, Michigan 47 ' |
| Drum Point, Maryland 47 ' |
| Cockspur Island, Georgia 46 ' |
| Makapuu Point, Hawaii 46 ' |
| Old Point Loma, California 46 ' |
| Racine North Breakwater, Wisconsin 46 ' |
| Battery Point, California 45 ' |
| Port Dalhousie Front Range, Ontario 45 ' |
| Old Sodus Point, New York 45 ' |
| Cheboygan River Front Range, Michigan 45 ' |
| Harbor Beach, Michigan 45 ' |
| Plum Island, Massachusetts 45 ' |
| Beavertail, Rhode Island 45 ' |
| Sea Girt, New Jersey 44 ' |
| Cape Arago, Oregon 44 ' |
| Eagle Harbor, Michigan 44 ' |
| Mendota, Michigan 44 ' |
| Point Pinos, California 43 ' |
| South Buffalo Southside, New York 43 ' |
| Burlington Canal Front Range, Ontario 43 ' |
| Port Colborne Inner, Ontario 43 ' |
| Kewaunee Pierhead, Wisconsin 43 ' |
| Eagle Bluff, Wisconsin 43 ' |
| Two Bush Island, Maine 42 ' |
| Fairport Harbor West, Ohio 42 ' |
| Bray's Point, Wisconsin 42 ' |
| Algoma Pierhead, Wisconsin 42 ' |
| Milwaukee Pierhead, Wisconsin 42 ' |
| Avery Point, Connecticut 41 ' |
| Nine Mile Point, Ontario 41 ' |
| Port Maitland Front Range, Ontario 41 ' |
| Sand Point, Michigan 41 ' |
| Cape Neddick ("Nubble"), Maine 41 ' |
| Whitehead, Maine 41 ' |
| Hooper Straight, Maryland 41 ' |
| Port Boca Grande (Gasparilla Island), Florida 41 ' |
| Pilot Island, Wisconsin 41 ' |
| San Luis Obispo, California 40 ' |
| Cobourg East Breakwater, Ontario 40 ' |
| Port Dalhousie Rear Range, Ontario 40 ' |
| Port Weller Outer, Ontario 40 ' |
| Prescott Visitor's Center, Ontario 40 ' |
| Peninsula Point, Michigan 40 ' |
| Barcelona, New York 40 ' |
| Braddock Point, New York 40 ' |
| Charlotte - Genesee, New York 40 ' |
| Monomoy Island, Massachusetts 40 ' |
| Ashtabula, Ohio 40 ' |
| Coquille River, Oregon 40 ' |
| Alpena, Michigan 40 ' |
| Little Traverse, Michigan 40 ' |
| Old Mackinac Point, Michigan 40 ' |
| Bloody Point Bar, Maryland 40 ' |
| Toronto Harbor, Ontario 40 ' |
| Isle Au Haut (Robinson Point), Maine 40 ' |
| Neenah, Wisconsin 40 ' |
| Manitowoc Breakwater, Wisconsin 40 ' |
| Port Washington, Wisconsin 40 ' |
| Santa Cruz, California 39 ' |
| Charity Island, Michigan 39 ' |
| Manistee North Pierhead, Michigan 39 ' |
| Ship Canal North Pierhead, Wisconsin 39 ' |
| Lime Kiln, Washington 38 ' |
| Cape Meares, Oregon 38 ' |
| Old Presque Isle, Michigan 38 ' |
| White River, Michigan 38 ' |
| Point Betsie, Michigan 37 ' |
| Alki Point, Washington 37 ' |
| Sherwood Point, Wisconsin 37 ' |
| Prince Edward Point, Ontario 36 ' |
| Grand Island Front Range, New York 36 ' |
| Erie Yacht Club, Pennsylvania 36 ' |
| Charlevoix South Pierhead, Michigan 36 ' |
| Stage Harbor, Massachusetts 36 ' |
| Grassy Island Rear Range, Wisconsin 36 ' |
| Two Rivers, Wisconsin 36 ' |
| Racine Harbor, Wisconsin 36 ' |
| Table Bluff, California 35 ' |
| Point Reyes, California 35 ' |
| Manistique East Breakwater, Michigan 35 ' |
| Rochester Pierhead, New York 35 ' |
| Robert H. Manning Memorial, Michigan 35 ' |
| South Haven, Michigan 35 ' |
| Stonington Harbor, Connecticut 35 ' |
| Baileys Harbor Rear Range, Wisconsin 35 ' |
| Waukegan Harbor, Illinois 35 ' |
| Erie Pierhead, Pennsylvania 34 ' |
| Castle Hill, Rhode Island 34 ' |
| Browns Point, Washington 34 ' |
| Old Michigan City, Indiana 34 ' |
| Point Bonita, California 33 ' |
| Presque Isle Rear Range, Michigan 33 ' |
| Niagara River Front Range, Ontario 32 ' |
| Holland Harbor, Michigan 32 ' |
| Selkirk, New York 32 ' |
| Bass Harbor, Maine 32 ' |
| Indian Island, Maine 31 ' |
| Cleveland East Entrance, Ohio 31 ' |
| Point Montara, California 30 ' |
| False Duck Island, Ontario 30 ' |
| Salmon Point, Ontario 30 ' |
| Crossover Island, New York 30 ' |
| Owls Head, Maine 30 ' |
| Sunken Rock, New York 30 ' |
| Old Mission, Michigan 30 ' |
| New Ka'ena Passing, Hawaii 30 ' |
| Hornby, New South Wales 30 ' |
| Piney Point, Maryland 30 ' |
| Gary Harbor Breakwater, Indiana 30 ' |
| Asylum Point, Wisconsin 30 ' |
| Chicago Harbor Southeast Guidewall, Illinois 30 ' |
| Buffalo North Breakwater, New York 29 ' |
| South Buffalo North Side, New York 29 ' |
| Port Dover, Ontario 28 ' |
| Fort Point, California 27 ' |
| Tenants Harbor, Maine 27 ' |
| Brant Point, Massachusetts 26 ' |
| Robertson Point, New South Wales 26 ' |
| Grassy Island Front Range, Wisconsin 26 ' |
| Trinidad Head Memorial, California 25 ' |
| Yerba Buena, California 25 ' |
| Mystic Seaport, Connecticut 25 ' |
| Curtis Island, Maine 25 ' |
| Rockland Breakwater, Maine 25 ' |
| Cleveland East Pierhead, Ohio 25 ' |
| Oakville, Ontario 25 ' |
| Cheboygan Crib, Michigan 25 ' |
| Presque Isle Front Range, Michigan 25 ' |
| Port Colborne Outer, Ontario 25 ' |
| Fisherman's Road, Wisconsin 25 ' |
| Grand Island Front Range, Michigan 23 ' |
| Nawiliwili Jetty, Hawaii 22 ' |
| Baileys Harbor Front Range, Wisconsin 21 ' |
| Price's Creek, North Carolina 20 ' |
| Lime Point, California 20 ' |
| Prescott Breakwater, Ontario 20 ' |
| Port Clinton Pier, Ohio 20 ' |
| Sandusky Harbor Pierhead, Ohio 20 ' |
| Queen's Wharf, Ontario 20 ' |
| Fort Denison, New South Wales 20 ' |
| Manhattan Rear Range, Ohio 20 ' |
| Manhattan Front Range, Ohio 20 ' |
| Vermilion, Ohio 16 ' |
| Cape Vincent Breakwater, New York 15 ' |
| Miles Rock, California 0 ' |
| Point Stuart, California 0 ' |
| Point Diablo, California 0 ' |
| Hyannis Harbor, Massachusetts 0 ' |
| Sturgeon Point, New York 0 ' |
| Waterworks, Pennsylvania 0 ' |
| New Bedford Lightship, Massachusetts 0 ' |
| St. Joseph Lighthouse Depot, Michigan 0 ' |
| Swiftsure Lightship, Washington 0 ' |
| Point Blunt, California 0 ' |
| Dunkirk Pierhead, New York 0 ' |
| Grand Island Rear Range, New York 0 ' |
| Calumet Harbor, Indiana 0 ' |
| Virginia Beach Life Saving Service Station, Virginia 0 ' |