Anyone a lighthouse enthusiast?

[Obo]

I came across a website called mapped Earth, who have a page showing lighthouses around the world - but not in the normal way.

Ever wish you could see them in relation to each other, from an altitude that encompassed them all, at night?

If so, here's an interesting view.

Hope you find it neat, nifty or nice.

https://mapped.earth/lighthouses/world

 

[SMSW]

That is cool. Just like the website that shows every plane in the air.

 

[STrep]

 

[SupraSabre]

I have always found lighthouses fascinating!

Here is one on the California Coast, north of San Simeon:

Piedras Blancas Light Station​

And for all that have traveled past Cedar City on I15, you've seen this one



They are planning to tear it down to expand the freeway intersection.

 

[diferg]

awesome!

 

[bdalameda]

Lighthouse enthusiast

 

[dwalby]

My wife is into lighthouses, the Umpqua River Lighthouse on the Oregon Coast you can still climb up into the lighthouse, we've been up in that one a few times on our journeys.

 

[Obo]

My wife is into lighthouses, the Umpqua River Lighthouse on the Oregon Coast you can still climb up into the lighthouse, we've been up in that one a few times on our journeys.

We did the Ponce Inlet lighthouse in Florida many yeas ago when my parents had a condo in Daytona Beach Shores. It has a long spiral staircase to the top (and back down...) 175' and 203 steps.

 

[Donk]

Nob Light Falmouth MA

 

[ibike2havefun]

Portland, ME

Also Portland, ME


Bar Harbor, ME (IIRC - definitely in / near Acadia National Park)

 

[ibike2havefun]

Split Rock lighthouse, on the Lake Superior shore of Minnesota




A pair of impressive fog horns associated with the light. I think I remember that they can be heard for something like 10 miles.

 

[Weaselinsuit]

Near Ucluelet on Vancouver Island

 

[Daboo]

 

[dwalby]

I think that's Heceta Head, Oregon, right? I have a bunch of photos of that one.

 

[Erdoc48]

I have always found lighthouses fascinating!

Here is one on the California Coast, north of San Simeon:

Piedras Blancas Light Station​

And for all that have traveled past Cedar City on I15, you've seen this one



They are planning to tear it down to expand the freeway intersection.

The original site is very interesting and if you zoom in, you can see the lights of the lighthouses rotating. Closing one for traffic is a shame, but I guess with GPS on ships, there’s likely not as much a need for them. We have a few in SC as well.

 

[ST Gui]

Point Reyes CA.

Years back I used to do the Sunday Morning Ride up the CA coast from Mill Valley to Inverness. Had breakfast at Vladimir's. Others went on to Marshall CA. I went to Woodside.

A couple years later some others said let's go to the lighthouse. It was just a few miles (~20) from Inverness! Parked our bikes and did a half-mile trek from the parking lot to the lighthouse.

It was the windiest time/place of my life. The Hawk didn't have nothing on Pt. Reyes. But it was a sunny beautiful day. I could see for miles and miles and miles. Oh Yeah!

 

[STFlips]

Cape Breton and Newfoundland

Neil's Harbour


Rose Blanche


Port Au Choix


Bonavista


Cape Spear

 

[Mellow]

West coast, 20 years ago...

 

[Willsmotorcycle]

Bale Verte


PEI


South Jersey


St Augustine


Montauk

 

[Bmacleod]

Canadas most famous lighthouse, Peggy's Cove from a few weeks ago