Anyone a lighthouse enthusiast?

[Williamson]

Some mighty impressive structures there.



Here's an old one (from around 1843) on the South Coast of NSW, on the south head of Twofold Bay. Privately built by a guy named Benjamin Boyd to assist his fleet of boats and ship navigating into Twofold Bay. The story went that he didn't get government approval to build it, the government wouldn't allow him to use it, it was never used.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/EVhvSZq5ZoiNo2yv9





They even built a replica at Boydtown.



Boydtown is now a tourist destination.



https://maps.app.goo.gl/KDuPbvxWLEAWa8P27

 

[ibike2havefun]

The Concord Point lighthouse in Havre de Grace, MD has been used as a tag in the MD tag game.


Perhaps @jdmccright can bop down to Piney Point, in his general neck of the woods, and add a shot of that one.

 

[dwalby]

Daboo posted the Heceta Head lighthouse earlier, here's a wider angle view of its location on the Oregon Coast.

 

[wbgva_roadkill]

A group of 9 of us towed our bikes to Canada this summer. Here are some lighthouse pics from our trip to PEI, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Campobello Island and Maine. Port Borden Front Range lighthouse, PEI, Covehead Harbour lighthouse, PEI, East Point lighthouse, PEI, Peggy's Cove, NS, Head Harbour Lightstation, Campobello Island, West Quoddy Lighthouse, Lubec ME, Bass Harbour Head Light Station, Acadia NP, ME.

 

[ST Gui]

Daboo posted the Heceta Head lighthouse earlier, here's a wider angle view of its location on the Oregon Coast.

That's a gorgeous view. I can see how visiting lighthouses can be a great pastime. I was impressed by the Point Reyes visit but was a little put off by the hike and the heavy winds.

 

[Williamson]

Daboo posted the Heceta Head lighthouse earlier, here's a wider angle view of its location on the Oregon Coast.

Would've thought that they'd build it on the top of the hill. Something like this ....

 

[cjames431]

The glass being repaired at Kilauea Lighthouse in April, 2026. I’m not the repair guy.

 

[jfheilman]

My view of Peggy's Cove June 2014. It is an interesting place to visit, looking out to the sea.

 

[Daboo]

With...


Without...








Chris

 

[Willsmotorcycle]

Saw this today in Erie, PA. It’s on the “bay” of Lake Erie and it looks like a Lighthouse. I think it was called the Bicentennial Tower.

 

[W0QNX]

I found a few of my pix over the years. I can't find my Quoddy Lighthouse in far far down East Maine pic.


Cape San Blas lighthouse, St. Joe FL.


Pensacola Lighthouse, Pensacola FL.


Tchefuncte lighthouse, Madisonville LA. on Lake Pontchartrain.


St. George Lighthouse, St. George Island FL.


Round island Lighthouse, moved from an island in the Gulf to Pascagoula MS.


Biloxi Lighthouse, Biloxi MS.


Alton Lighthouse, Alton Illinois. Yes inland on the big muddy Mississippi River.


Grafton Lighthouse, Grafton Illinois. also inland on the Mississippi River.



And on a hill overlooking the Mississippi river, Dexter MO. A church lighthouse.

 

[dwalby]

Would've thought that they'd build it on the top of the hill. Something like this ....

very clever use of photoshop, and got me to thinking, is there any advantage to locating a lighthouse that high above the water level?

the following thoughts occurred to me:

1. There's a limit to how far the light can travel, so as long as the lighthouse is high enough to cover the curvature of the Earth over that distance, there's no advantage to being any higher.
2. its possible that placing it higher could put it in low clouds while the air is relatively clear at water level.
3. when boats get close enough that its really critical, if the beam is located too high up from the water level it will probably be harder to see, not easier because its off the line-of-sight axis from the boat to the shore.

 

[SupraSabre]

In May of 2014, Chris and I went to Hawaii (a bucket list we had when we first got married in 1974) for her birthday & our anniversary.

We came across these:





And this one on Kauai

 

[Paul]

The Concord Point lighthouse in Havre de Grace, MD has been used as a tag in the MD tag game.


Perhaps @jdmccright can bop down to Piney Point, in his general neck of the woods, and add a shot of that one.

I’ve been to this one. 1984 while working at APG.

 

[Williamson]

When you can't afford a lighthouse .....





Robe, SA, AUS.

Left the motorbikes at home, an eBike was my mode of transport that day in April 2025.

 

[ibike2havefun]

@Williamson that last paragraph on the Robe Obelisk marker reminds me of a line from a song by The Doors:

The future's uncertain, and
the end is always near...

 

[dwalby]

The future's uncertain, and
the end is always near...

that's why he "woke up this morning and I got myself a beer"

 

[Weaselinsuit]

Came across this one sitting on top of a Thriftys grocery store. I expect it’s there to warn of high prices