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Photographer's Guide
to American Gulf Coast Lighthouses

Key West Light, Florida (WR421)

Key West Light, Florida. Nikon N90s, Nikkor 24mm f/2.8. More Lighthouse Photos.

 

Alabama Lighthouses

Lighthouse Location Operational? Public Access to Grounds? Photography Notes
Mobile Middle Bay Light Mobile No No Can be reached by boat and shot from the water.
Mobile Point Light Gulf Shores No Yes
Sand Island Light Gulf Shores No No Can be reached by boat and shot from the water.

 

Florida Lighthouses

Lighthouse Location Operational? Public Access to Grounds? Photography Notes
Anclote Key Light Anclote No No
Boca Grande Light (Rear Range) Gasparilla Island Yes Yes Skeletal frame.
Boca Grande Light (Front Range) Gasparilla Island Yes Yes
Cape San Blas Light Cape San Blas No Yes Can be photographed from boat.
Cape St. George Light Little St. George Island No Yes
Cedar Key Lighthouse Seahorse Key No No Access to the island (a national wildlife refuge) is prohibited, and you can't shoot from a boat because the lighthouse is hidden by trees.
Crooked River (Carrabelle) Light Carrabelle No Yes

Skeletal frame.

Also, grounds used to be closed to public, but in Dec. 2004, Dave Winn reports: "I
recently toured the area and now the public can drive right up to the
lighthouse and walk around the base. The road is clearly marked off Highway
98 and the locals are working on a restoration project." For more info, see the Carrabelle Lighthouse Association website.

Dry Tortugas (Loggerhead Key) Light Loggerhead Key Yes Yes You'll need to get a boat or plane to Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas National Park; Key West is the best place to find one.
Egmont Key Light St. Petersburg Yes Yes
Key West Light Key West No Yes Touristy. Because of surrounding trees, only angle is close and up.
Pensacola Light Pensacola Yes Yes On Navy base. You'll need to get a pass from the gate.
Sand Key Light Florida Keys Yes No Skeletal frame. Can be photographed from boat.
Sanibel Island Light Sanibel Yes Yes Skeletal frame, but with keepers' house.
St. Joseph Point Light Beacon Hill No No
St. Marks (Range Rear) Light St. Marks Yes Yes Part of St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.
Tortugas Harbor (Fort Jefferson) Light Garden Key Yes Yes You'll need to get a boat or plane to Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas National Park; Key West is the best place to find one.

 

Louisiana Lighthouses

Lighthouse Location Operational? Public Access to Grounds? Photography Notes
Chandeleur Island Light New Orleans Yes No
Franks Island Light Mississippi Delta No No Not much of it is left. You'll need a boat or plane to access it.
New Canal Light New Orleans Yes Yes
Pass A L'outre Light Head Of Passes, Mississippi River Delta No No Very remote; best way to shoot is by plane. Light is abandoned and half buried in mud.
Pass Manchac Light Ponchatoula No No
Port Pontchartrain Light Milneburg No No
Sabine Pass Light Sabine Pass No No Rusty Key writes: "There is some public access, especially if you have a boat. Otherwise the road is open and passable only in dry conditions, which in southeast Louisiana isn't very often. The lighthouse website gives all the information on access and a map to the road that leads to the lighthouse."
Ship Shoal Light Burwick No No
South Pass Range Lights Venice Yes No Skeletal frame.
Southwest Pass Entrance Light Plaquemines Yes No
Southwest Reef Light Burwick No Yes
Tchefuncte River Range Rear Light Madisonville No Yes
West Rigolets Light West Rigolets No Yes You'll need a boat to get there. Light is old, wooden, square, short and abandoned. But nicely rustic. Light hits it all day. Surrounded by sand and some brush.

 

Mississippi Lighthouses

Lighthouse Location Operational? Public Access to Grounds? Photography Notes
Biloxi Light Biloxi Yes Yes

 

Texas Lighthouses

Lighthouse Location Operational? Public Access to Grounds? Photography Notes
Half Moon Reef Light Port Lavaca No Yes
Lydia Ann Light Port Aransas Yes No
Matagorda Island Light Matagorda Island, Port O'connor Yes Yes
Point Bolivar Light Point Bolivar No No
Port Isabel (Point Isabel) Light Port Isabel No Yes

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