Lighthouse of the day: "El Palmar," the Punta Palmar Lighthouse in Yucatán state, Mexico. This is Mexico's tallest traditional lighthouse at 39 m (128 ft). It stands in a fairly remote area marking the northwest corner of the Yucatán Peninsula. www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/m...

Preservation groups and city officials in Lewes, Delaware, are looking for possible new homes for the Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse, which needs to be moved from its crumbling breakwater location. www.wboc.com/news/harbor-...

Lighthouse of the day: The 1758 Sambro Island Lighthouse off Halifax, Nove Scotia, Canada. This is the oldest lighthouse of North and South America, still in service after 268 years. It was restored with funds provided by the Canadian Parliament in 2016. www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/n...

Lighthouse of the day: The 1955 Livorno Lighthouse in Livorno, the major port of Tuscany in Italy. This 52 m (171 ft) stone tower is a replica of a tower built in the early 1300s that was destroyed during the fighting in World War II. www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/i...

ICC and its subcontractor Robinson Iron are hard at work on the first phase of restoration at the Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse in Florida. www.facebook.com/hillsborolig...

Lighthouse of the day: The 1962 Vinh Thuc Lighthouse, on the island of the same name in northernmost Vietnam, near the Chinese border. A good example of the artistic design of many Vietnamese lighthouses. www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/v...

The Dunkirk Lighthouse in western New York has opened for the season and will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of the light station. The present lighthouse, a very popular tourist attraction, was built in 1875. www.observertoday.com/news/top-sto...

Lighthouse of the day; The 1903 Swakopmund Lighthouse in Namibia, built by Germany in what was then German South West Africa. Namibia was captured by South Africa in World War I and remained under South Africa's control until it became independent in 1990. www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/n...

Lighthouse of the day: The 1900 Tinsdal Lighthouse at Wittenbergen, on the Elbe River downstream from Hamburg, Germany. The Elbe has about 70 lighthouses, more than any other inland waterway in the world. This is one of a fraction of them that survived World War II. www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/d...

Lighthouse of the day: The 1874 Lowestoft Lighthouse in Suffolk, England. It has two distinctions: it marks the easternmost point of Great Britain and it represents the oldest official British light station, founded by Trinity House in 1609. Tours are available. www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/e...

Lighthouse of the day: The 1908 Homigot ("Tiger's Tail") Lighthouse marks the most prominent cape on the east coast of South Korea near Pohang. This is probably the best known Korean lighthouse, and it is the site of the Korean National Lighthouse Museum. www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/k...

The Sunrise Rotary Club in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, is offering a limited series of guided tours of the Manitowoc Breakwater Lighthouse. Tours are available Fridays and Saturdays from this coming weekend through June 13. fox11online.com/good-day-wi/...

The Fernandina Beach City Commission in Florida is applying for a $325,000 grant from the state Division of Historical Resources, to be matched by $81,250 from the Florida Lighthouse Association, for a major restoration of the Amelia Island Lighthouse. www.fernandinaobserver.org/stories/fern...

Lighthouse of the day: The 1925 Nojima Saki (Cape Nojima) Light, the landfall light for Tokyo, standing on the cape at the entrance to Tokyo Bay. The Japanese Lighthouse Association operates a museum in one of the station buildings and the tower is open for climbing. www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/j...

The Heceta Head Lighthouse in Oregon has been out of service since late March. Oregon State Parks says the large carriage wheels that turn the lens need to be replaced and custom-building new ones will take time. www.beachconnection.net/news/heceta-...

The 1908 Algoma Pierhead lighthouse in Wisconsin is being removed for the duration of a two-year project to rebuild the pier. It will be returned when the project is complete in 2028. www.kewauneecountystarnews.com/stories/demo...

Lighthouse of the day: The 1849 Cape Agulhas Lighthouse in South Africa, marking the southernmost point of the African continent and the boundary between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/z...

Skokholm lighthouse last week, backed by dramatic outcrops & facing south-west across wide seas at the mouth of the Bristol Channel Completed in 1915, it is the last traditionally built lighthouse in Britain - now owned by @wtsww.bsky.social 📷 My own

The Ventrolla company has replaced the windows at the historic Turnberry Lighthouse in South Ayrshire, Scotland. www.ggpmag.com/installation...

With a $3.2 million restoration complete, the Hunting Island Lighthouse in South Carolina will reopen in a ceremony on Tuesday, May 26. The lighthouse has been closed since deteriorating stairs were discovered in February 2022. www.islandpacket.com/news/local/c...

Restoration of the keeper's house at the Bodie Island Lighthouse in North Carolina began in March and should be complete by September. The work is repairing damage caused by a fire in the building last year. www.pilotonline.com/2026/05/04/c...

Some great news: restoration of the 1905 Eldred Rock Lighthouse near Haines, Alaska's oldest lighthouse, is complete and a grand opening ceremony will be held on June 1. www.eldredrocklighthouse.org/grand-openin...

In Maryland the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons announces that the Drum Point Lighthouse will be closed for 4 to 6 weeks to allow for a scheduled exterior painting and preservation project. The lighthouse was relocated to the museum from the Chesapeake Bay in 1975. thebaynet.com/drum-point-l...

The Municipality of Cumberland, Nova Scotia, will hire two full-time staff for the Cape d’Or lighthouse this summer. In addition $75,000 has been allocated for improvements to fencing, trails, signage and buildings this year. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Volunteers turn out for a work day at the keeper's house of the former Slip Point Lighthouse in Clallam Bay, Washington. Restoration of this historic house is just getting underway. www.forksforum.com/2026/04/30/w...

Owners of the Middle Ground Lighthouse in Hampton Roads, Virginia, have put the lighthouse on sale, calling for best offers by July 4. This offshore lighthouse is fully restored as a vacation home. www.middlegroundlight.com

The Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy has purchased the lantern room of the former Ballast Point Lighthouse in San Diego and will move it to Michigan this summer. The lantern room has been outside a San Diego business since 1998. timesofsandiego.com/history/2026...

A new Keepers of the Light Fund will support maintenance and restoration of the Abbott Memorial Lighthouse in Santa Cruz, California. The first need is $25,000 to replace the beacon of the lighthouse with modern equipment. tpgonlinedaily.com/keepers-of-t...

Following a successful 2025 season, St. Joe Today will offer tours of the St. Joseph Lighthouse in Michigan every Saturday from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. The NPO's plans were approved by St. Joseph City commissioners. www.wsjm.com/2026/04/28/s...

The very popular Cape Enragé Lighthouse in New Brunswick will remain closed this summer because the provincial government, citing budget problems, has declined to provide its usual support of $100,000 for repairs and maintenance. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Diane Rapp has retired after 39 years of service as a key manager at the Barnegat Lighthouse ("Old Barney") in New Jersey, first as a volunteer and then as a State Parks employee. www.thesandpaper.net/articles/kee...

A new general reference for lighthouses of the Puget Sound area in Washington: "Salish Sea Lighthouses". Check it out: salishsealighthouses.org The photo shown is of Admiralty Head Light.

Also in England, the West Norfolk Council has approved plans to replace the roof of the privately-owned 1840 Hunstanton Lighthouse. Inactive for more than a century, this historic lighthouse is a popular vacation renal. roofingtoday.co.uk/historic-lan...

Lifeboat crew saves a visitor to the St. Mary's Lighthouse in North Tyneside, England, who suffered a medical emergency while lighthouse access was cut off by high tide. The crew was from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)), which protects all British coasts. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Boaters in Long Island, New York, are warned that the light of the Huntington Harbor Lighthouse has failed. The Coast Guard has been notified and will repair the light. huntingtonnow.com/caution-urge...

The lantern and watch room of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse in North Carolina have been disassembled and sent to the Robinson Iron company in Alabama for restoration, part of the $15.2 million restoration of the lighthouse. A temporary light is shown from the scaffolding. www.nps.gov/articles/000...

After failing to sell in 2024 the 1897 Smith Point Lighthouse is back on the market for $450,000. The lighthouse is off the mouth of the Potomac River in Virginia's portion of the Chesapeake Bay. www.realtor.com/news/unique-...

The Watchet Lighthouse in Somerset, England, shows a green light but has always been painted red. To correct this navigational error the sea-facing side of the lighthouse will now be painted green while the land-facing side will keep the traditional red. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Lighthouse Keepers, the nonprofit managing the Big Sable Point Lighthouse in Michigan, has reached its $450,000 goal to finance an exterior restoration of the lighthouse next year, removing paint, removing mold, restoring brickwork, and repainting. www.mlive.com/life/2026/04...

Somehow the storm door is off its hinges at the Thunder Bay Lighthouse on Lake Superior, Ontario. The Coast Guard is preparing a trip to make repairs. www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/t...

The 2008 Mukho Lighthouse in Donghae is featured on the Lighthouse Directory's newly revised page for southern Gangwon County in northeastern South Korea. The observation level of the lighthouse provides a wide view of the East Sea, Korea's name for the Sea of Japan. www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/k...

The Point Vicente Lighthouse will celebrate its 100th anniversary this Saturday, April 11. The lighthouse is in Rancho Palos Verdes, a city in Los Angeles County, California. patch.com/california/g...

Great news: with a 3.5 year, $3 million restoration in its final weeks, the Hunting Island Lighthouse has been cleared for its reopening by state officials with the South Carolina State Parks office. explorebeaufortsc.com/hunting-isla...

While developing a historical exhibit for the Dice Head lighthouse, the Town of Castine, Maine,.discovered a dozen mortar shells on the property. Believed to be British shells from the War of 1812, the shells contain no explosives and several will be added to the exhibit. www.wabi.tv/2026/04/02/c...

Tours resume on Saturday, April 4, at the Tarrytown (Sleepy Hollow) Lighthouse in Westchester County, suburban New York City. The lighthouse was closed by heavy vandalism damage last June. The damage is repaired and new security features installed. thehudsonindependent.com/tours-of-tar...

Wow. The Cleveland West Pierhead Lighthouse is Ohio is available, for the FOURTH time, under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. This lighthouse sold for $425,000 in 2023, and it's not known what happened to the owners and their restoration plans. disposal.gsa.gov/s/noticetype...

Work is well underway on a $4 million exterior restoration of the long-neglected Cedar Island Lighthouse at the eastern end of New York's Long Island. Deactivated in 1934, the lighthouse is now owned by Suffolk County. www.easthamptonstar.com/government/2...

In Michigan Lighthouse Keepers announces a $15,000 project to replace the plexiglas windows of the Little Sable Point Lighthouse with new tempered glass windows. www.mlive.com/life/2026/03...

The Friends of Seguin Island Lighthouse in Maine need to raise $250,000 to replace windows and repair the lighthouse. They are offering a one-night stay at the lighthouse as a prize in an $85-a-ticket raffle. www.newscentermaine.com/video/life/h...

The Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse in Delaware is endangered by currents undermining the breakwater on which it stands. A study by ICC Commonwealth estimates it would cost $5-6 million to disassemble the lighthouse and reassemble it onshore. www.capegazette.com/article/harb...