Lighthouse Links & Resources

My favorite lighthouse websites on the web! Come back in the fall for more content (hopefully)!

Some favorites to get you started:

  • Russ Rowlett's Lighthouse Directory - https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/

    • The resource provides "information and links for more than 23,800 of the world's lighthouses." The directory is organized by geographic area, making it easy to use. Valuable resource when traveling!

  • Lighthouse Friends - https://www.lighthousefriends.com

    • This site includes photographs, directions, histories, and GPS coordinates garnered while personally visiting every lighthouse in the United States and nearly every lighthouse in Canada.

  • Terry Pepper's Seeing the Light - http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/

    • One of my favorite lighthouse websites - it provides excellent historical information on the lighthouses of the

Lighthouse Organizations


  • National Lighthouse Museum (Staten Island, New York)

    • About: "The National Lighthouse Museum is located on the grounds of the former U.S. Lighthouse Service “Super” Depot on the North Shore of Staten Island. The interior of our Educational Resource Center in Building 11 and many of our initial exhibits were designed by the award-winning integrated design firm, Lee H. Skolnick Architecture + Design (LHSA+DP)."

  • United States Lighthouse Society

    • About: "The United States Lighthouse Society is a non-profit 501c3 historical and educational organization incorporated to educate, inform, and entertain those who are interested in lighthouses, past and present."

    • Rich site with resources on lighthouse preservation, history and directories. Also links to programs and tours.