# List of tallest lighthouses in the United States

The height of existing lighthouses is expressed in two measures: the height of the tower itself, and the distance from the focal plane (that is, the center) of the light source to the water. The latter can be much greater than the former if the light stands on a promontory.
Several structures which have functioned as lighthouses exceed the height of any entry in this list, among them the Statue of Liberty at 305 feet (93 m) and Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial at 352 feet (107 m). These are not listed because they were not constructed as lighthouses per se.

## Tallest Lighthouses

| Height | Lighthouse | State |
| 210 feet (64 m) | Cape Hatteras Light | North Carolina |
| 191 feet (58 m) | Cape Charles Light | Virginia |
| 175 feet (53 m) | Ponce de Leon Inlet Light | Florida |
| 171 feet (52 m) | Absecon Light | New Jersey |
| 169 feet (52 m) | Cape Lookout Light | North Carolina |
| 168 feet (51 m) | Fire Island Light | New York |
| 165 feet (50 m) | St. Augustine Light | Florida |
| 164 feet (50 m) | Cape Henry Light | Virginia |
| 163 feet (50 m) | Barnegat Light | New Jersey |
| 162 feet (49 m) | Navassa Island Light | Navassa Island |
| 161 feet (49 m) | Morris Island Light | South Carolina |
| 158 feet (48 m) | Currituck Beach Light | North Carolina |
| 158 feet (48 m) | Bodie Island Light | North Carolina |
| 157 feet (48 m) | Cape May Light | New Jersey |
| 157 feet (48 m) | Dry Tortugas Light | Florida |
| 151 feet (46 m) | Cape Canaveral Light | Florida |
| 150 feet (46 m) | Pensacola Light | Florida |
| 150 feet (46 m) | Cape Romain Lighthouses | South Carolina |
| 148 feet (45 m) | Oak Island Light | North Carolina |
| 144 feet (44 m) | Tybee Island Light | Georgia |
| 142 feet (43 m) | Hillsboro Inlet Light | Florida |
| 142 feet (43 m) | Assateague Light | Virginia |
| 140 feet (43 m) | Charleston Light | South Carolina |
| 138 feet (42 m) | Moloka'i Light | Hawaii |
| 137 feet (42 m) | Rock of Ages Light | Michigan |
| 136 feet (41 m) | Hunting Island Light | South Carolina |
| 133 feet (41 m) | Boon Island Light | Maine |
| 131 feet (40 m) | Sand Island Light | Alabama |
| 124 feet (38 m) | Cape Ann Light | Massachusetts |
| 121 feet (37 m) | White Shoal Light | Michigan |
| 120 feet (37 m) | Sand Key Light | Florida |
| 120 feet (37 m) | Mobile Point Light | Alabama |
| 119 feet (36 m) | Petit Manan Light | Maine |
| 115 feet (35 m) | Point Arena Light | California |
| 115 feet (35 m) | Pigeon Point Light | California |
| 113 feet (34 m) | Grosse Point Light | Illinois |
| 112 feet (34 m) | Big Sable Point Light | Michigan |
| 111 feet (34 m) | Rawley Point Light | Wisconsin |
| 110 feet (34 m) | Montauk Point Light | New York |
| 110 feet (34 m) | Stannard Rock Light | Michigan |
| 109 feet (33 m) | Presque Isle Light | Michigan |
| 108 feet (33 m) | Wind Point Light | Wisconsin |
| 108 feet (33 m) | Jupiter Inlet Light | Florida |
| 107 feet (33 m) | Little Sable Point | Michigan |
| 107 feet (33 m) | Grays Harbor Light | Washington |
| 105 feet (32 m) | Craighill Channel Lower Range Rear Light | Maryland |
| 104 feet (32 m) | St. Simons Island Light | Georgia |
| 104 feet (32 m) | Summersville Lake | West Virginia |
| 100 feet (30 m) | Marcus Hook Light | Delaware |
| 100 feet (30 m) | Bald Head Light | North Carolina |
| 99 feet (30 m) | South Manitou Island Light | Michigan |
| 99 feet (30 m) | Grosse Ile North | Michigan |
| 98 feet (30 m) | Sanibel Island Light | Florida |
| 95 feet (29 m) | Cape Florida Light | Florida |
| 94 feet (29 m) | Destruction Island Light | Washington |
| 93 feet (28 m) | Yaquina Head Light | Oregon |
| 93 feet (28 m) | Spectacle Reef Light | Michigan |
| 91 feet (28 m) | Sand Hills Light | Michigan |
| 90 feet (27 m) | St. George Reef Light | California |
| 90 feet (27 m) | Harbour Town Light | South Carolina |
| 89 feet (27 m) | Pointe aux Barques Light | Michigan |
| 89 feet (27 m) | New London Harbor Light | Connecticut |
| 87 feet (27 m) | Au Sable Light | Michigan |
| 86 feet (26 m) | Key West Light | Florida |
| 85 feet (26 m) | Fort Gratiot Light | Michigan |
| 84 feet (26 m) | Alcatraz Island Light | California |
| 81 feet (25 m) | St. Johns River Light | Florida |
| 80 feet (24 m) | Portland Head Light | Maine |
| 80 feet (24 m) | Manitou Island Light | Michigan |
| 78 feet (24 m) | Whitefish Point Light | Michigan |
| 78 feet (24 m) | Seul Choix Light | Michigan |
| 77 feet (23 m) | Gray's Reef Light | Michigan |
| 76 feet (23 m) | Waugoshance Light | Michigan |
| 76 feet (23 m) | Middle Island Light | Michigan |
| 76 feet (23 m) | Cape Decision Light | Alaska |
| 75 feet (23 m) | Ocracoke Light | North Carolina |
| 75 feet (23 m) | St. Martin Island Light | Michigan |
| 74 feet (23 m) | Piedras Blancas Light | California |
| 71 feet (22 m) | Sturgeon Point Light | Michigan |
| 71 feet (22 m) | St. Helena Island Light | Michigan |
| 70 feet (21 m) | Poverty Island Light | Michigan |
| 70 feet (21 m) | New Point Loma lighthouse | California |
| 70 feet (21 m) | Minneapolis Shoal Light | Michigan |
| 69 feet (21 m) | Los Angeles Harbor Light | California |
| 68 feet (21 m) | Five Finger Islands Light | Alaska |
| 67 feet (20 m) | Tawas Point Light | Michigan |
| 67 feet (20 m) | Point Vicente Light | California |
| 67 feet (20 m) | Frankfort Light | Michigan |
| 67 feet (20 m) | Cape Hinchinbrook Light | Alaska |
| 66 feet (20 m) | Tree Point Light | Alaska |
| 66 feet (20 m) | St. Johns Light | Florida |
| 66 feet (20 m) | Highland Light | Massachusetts |
| 65 feet (20 m) | Rock Harbor Light | Michigan |
| 65 feet (20 m) | Point Iroquois Light | Michigan |
| 65 feet (20 m) | North Head Light | Washington |
| 65 feet (20 m) | Cedar River Light | Michigan |
| 65 feet (20 m) | Cape Flattery Light | Washington |
| 65 feet (20 m) | Big Bay Point Light | Michigan |
| 63 feet (19 m) | North Manitou Shoal Light | Michigan |
| 63 feet (19 m) | New Dungeness Light | Washington |
| 63 feet (19 m) | DeTour Reef Light | Michigan |
| 62 feet (19 m) | Tillamook Light | Oregon |
| 62 feet (19 m) | Thunder Bay Island | Michigan |
| 62 feet (19 m) | Ludington Light | Michigan |
| 62 feet (19 m) | Grand Marais Harbor | Michigan |
| 62 feet (19 m) | Grand Island Harbor | Michigan |
| 62 feet (19 m) | Copper Harbor Light | Michigan |
| 61 feet (19 m) | Umpqua River Light | Oregon |
| 61 feet (19 m) | Mary Island Light | Alaska |
| 61 feet (19 m) | Isle Royale Light | Michigan |
| 61 feet (19 m) | Dunkirk Lighthouse | New York |
| 60 feet (18 m) | Port Austin Lighthouse | Michigan |
| 60 feet (18 m) | Poe Reef Light | Michigan |
| 59 feet (18 m) | Cape Blanco Lighthouse | Oregon |
| 59 feet (18 m) | Port Sanilac Light | Michigan |
| 59 feet (18 m) | Lansing Shoals Light | Michigan |
| 58 feet (18 m) | Old Point Comfort Light | Virginia |
| 58 feet (18 m) | New Point Comfort Light | Virginia |
| 58 feet (18 m) | Munising Light | Michigan |
| 58 feet (18 m) | Ile Aux Galets Light | Michigan |
| 58 feet (18 m) | Crisp Point Light | Michigan |
| 58 feet (18 m) | Amelia Island Light | Florida |
| 57 feet (17 m) | St. Joseph Inner | Michigan |
| 57 feet (17 m) | Round Island Light | Michigan |
| 56 feet (17 m) | Old Mackinac Point Light | Michigan |
| 56 feet (17 m) | Eldred Rock Light | Alaska |
| 56 feet (17 m) | Charlevoix South Pier Light | Michigan |
| 55 feet (17 m) | Fourteen Mile Point Light | Michigan |
| 55 feet (17 m) | Cape St. Elias Light | Alaska |
| 54 feet (16 m) | Split Rock Lighthouse | Minnesota |
| 54 feet (16 m) | Mobile Middle Bay Light | Alabama |
| 53 feet (16 m) | St. Joseph Outer | Michigan |
| 53 feet (16 m) | Squaw Island Light | Michigan |
| 53 feet (16 m) | Muskegon South | Michigan |
| 53 feet (16 m) | Cape Disappointment Light | Washington |
| 52 feet (16 m) | Point No Point Light (Maryland) | Maryland |
| 52 feet (16 m) | Point Conception Light | California |
| 52 feet (16 m) | Martin Reef Light | Michigan |
| 52 feet (16 m) | Forty Mile Point Light | Michigan |
| 51 feet (16 m) | Sentinel Island Light | Alaska |
| 51 feet (16 m) | Sandy Point Shoal Light | Maryland |
| 51 feet (16 m) | Portage River | Michigan |
| 51 feet (16 m) | Little Traverse Light | Michigan |
| 51 feet (16 m) | Grand Haven South Inner | Michigan |
| 50 feet (15 m) | Harbor Beach Light | Michigan |
| 49 feet (15 m) | Bar Point Shoal Light | Michigan |
| 48 feet (15 m) | Point Sur Light | California |
| 48 feet (15 m) | Point Hueneme Light | California |
| 48 feet (15 m) | East Brother Island | California |
| 47 feet (14 m) | Point Cabrillo Light | California |
| 47 feet (14 m) | Grand Traverse Light | Michigan |
| 46 feet (14 m) | Point Wilson Light | Washington |
| 46 feet (14 m) | Old Point Loma lighthouse | California |
| 46 feet (14 m) | Gull Rock Light | Michigan |
| 46 feet (14 m) | Drum Point Light | Maryland |
| 46 feet (14 m) | Charity Island Light | Michigan |
| 46 feet (14 m) | Beaver Island Head | Michigan |
| 45 feet (14 m) | Windmill Point Light | Michigan |
| 45 feet (14 m) | Ontonagon Light | Michigan |
| 45 feet (14 m) | Beavertail Light | Rhode Island |
| 45 feet (14 m) | Battery Island Light | California |
| 45 feet (14 m) | Race Point Light | Massachusetts |
| 44 feet (13 m) | Cape Arago Light | Oregon |
| 44 feet (13 m) | South Fox Island Light | Michigan |
| 44 feet (13 m) | Sand Point Light | Michigan |
| 44 feet (13 m) | Passage Island Light | Michigan |
| 44 feet (13 m) | Bete Grise | Michigan |
| 44 feet (13 m) | Manistee | Michigan |
| 44 feet (13 m) | Eagle Harbor Light | Michigan |
| 44 feet (13 m) | Cheboygan River Light | Michigan |
| 44 feet (13 m) | Bois Blanc Island | Michigan |
| 43 feet (13 m) | Thomas Point Shoal Light | Maryland |
| 43 feet (13 m) | Point Pinos Light | California |
| 43 feet (13 m) | Grand Marais Harbor Outer | Michigan |
| 43 feet (13 m) | Cape Mendocino Light | California |
| 41 feet (12 m) | Farallon Island Light | California |
| 41 feet (12 m) | Beaver Island Harbor Light | Michigan |
| 41 feet (12 m) | Cape Neddick Light | Maine |
| 40 feet (12 m) | St. Clair Flats South Light | Michigan |
| 40 feet (12 m) | San Luis Obispo Light | California |
| 40 feet (12 m) | Round Island Passage Light | Michigan |
| 40 feet (12 m) | Peninsula Point Light | Michigan |
| 40 feet (12 m) | Marquette Harbor Light | Michigan |
| 40 feet (12 m) | Granite Island Light | Michigan |
| 40 feet (12 m) | Grand Island North Light | Michigan |
| 40 feet (12 m) | Anacapa Island Light | California |
| 39 feet (12 m) | Presque Isle Light (Old) | Michigan |
| 39 feet (12 m) | Huron Island Light | Michigan |
| 39 feet (12 m) | Grand Island East Channel Light | Michigan |
| 39 feet (12 m) | Wood End Light | Massachusetts |
| 38 feet (12 m) | Long Point Light | Massachusetts |
| 38 feet (12 m) | White River Light | Michigan |
| 38 feet (12 m) | McGulpin's Point Light | Michigan |
| 38 feet (12 m) | Lime Kiln Light | Washington |
| 38 feet (12 m) | Cove Point Light | Maryland |
| 37 feet (11 m) | Point Betsie Light | Michigan |
| 37 feet (11 m) | Alki Point Light | Washington |
| 36 feet (11 m) | Saginaw River Rear Range Light | Michigan |
| 36 feet (11 m) | Mission Point Light | Michigan |
| 36 feet (11 m) | Marquette Breakwater Outer Light | Michigan |
| 36 feet (11 m) | Grand Haven South Pierhead Entrance Light | Michigan |
| 36 feet (11 m) | Fourteen Foot Shoal Light | Michigan |
| 36 feet (11 m) | Concord Point Light | Maryland |
| 35 feet (11 m) | Patos Island Light | Washington |
| 35 feet (11 m) | Point Reyes Light | California |
| 35 feet (11 m) | Table Bluff Light | California |
| 35 feet (11 m) | South Haven South Pier Light | Michigan |
| 35 feet (11 m) | Sharps Island Light | Maryland |
| 35 feet (11 m) | Round Island Light | Michigan |
| 35 feet (11 m) | Manistique East Breakwater Light | Michigan |
| 35 feet (11 m) | Cape Sarichef Light | Alaska |
| 34 feet (10 m) | Menominee North Pier Light | Michigan |
| 34 feet (10 m) | Copper Harbor Rear Range Light | Michigan |
| 34 feet (10 m) | Burrows Island Light | Washington |
| 34 feet (10 m) | Alpena Light | Michigan |
| 34 feet (10 m) | Cape Meares Lighthouse | Oregon |
| 33 feet (10 m) | Point Bonita Light | California |
| 33 feet (10 m) | Pipe Island Light | Michigan |
| 33 feet (10 m) | Ontonagon Harbor West Pierhead Light | Michigan |
| 33 feet (10 m) | Munising Rear Range Light | Michigan |
| 33 feet (10 m) | Cheboygan Crib Light | Michigan |
| 32 feet (9.8 m) | Holland Harbor Light | Michigan |
| 31 feet (9.4 m) | Marshall Point Light | Maine |
| 31 feet (9.4 m) | Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light | Michigan |
| 30 feet (9.1 m) | Presque Isle Harbor Breakwater Light | Michigan |
| 30 feet (9.1 m) | Point No Point Light | Washington |
| 30 feet (9.1 m) | Point Montara Light | California |
| 30 feet (9.1 m) | Point Fermin Light | California |
| 30 feet (9.1 m) | Owls Head Light | Maine |
| 30 feet (9.1 m) | Mukilteo Light | Washington |
| 30 feet (9.1 m) | Guard Island Light | Alaska |
| 30 feet (9.1 m) | Admiralty Head Light | Washington |
| 28 feet (8.5 m) | Muskegon Pier Light | Michigan |
| 27 feet (8.2 m) | Punta Gorda Light | California |
| 27 feet (8.2 m) | Fort Point Light | California |
| 25 feet (7.6 m) | Yerba Buena Island | California |
| 25 feet (7.6 m) | Trinidad Head Light | California |
| 25 feet (7.6 m) | Point Retreat Light | Alaska |
| 25 feet (7.6 m) | Cape Spencer Light | Alaska |
| 24 feet (7.3 m) | Eagle River Light | Michigan |
| 23 feet (7.0 m) | West Point Light | Washington |
| 23 feet (7.0 m) | Cedar Key Light | Florida |
| 21 feet (6.4 m) | Copper Harbor Front Range Light | Michigan |
| 20 feet (6.1 m) | Lime Point Light | California |
| 20 feet (6.1 m) | Bush Point Light | Washington |
| 16 feet (4.9 m) | St. Clair Flats South Channel Front Range Light | Michigan |

## Highest focal plane

* 462 feet (141 m) - Old Point Loma lighthouse, California
* 422 feet (129 m) - Cape Mendocino Light, California
* 420 feet (128 m) - Makapuu Point Light, Hawaii
* 395 feet (120 m) - Navassa Island Light, Navassa Island
* 358 feet (109 m) - Farallon Island Light, California
* 294 feet (90 m) - Point Reyes Light, California
* 278 feet (76 m) - Marcus Hook Range Rear Light, Delaware
* 277 feet (84 m) - Anacapa Island Light, California
* 273 feet (83 m) - Point Sur Light, California
* 258 feet (79 m) - Block Island Southeast Light, Rhode Island (since its move to higher ground)
* 235 feet (71 m) - Cape Hinchinbrook Light, Alaska
* 214 feet (65 m) - Alcatraz Island Light, California
* 213 feet (65 m) - Molokaʻi Light, Hawaii
* 196 feet (60 m) - Trinidad Head Light, California
* 192 feet (59 m) - Cape Hatteras Light, North Carolina
* 191 feet (58 m) - Pensacola Lighthouse, Florida
* 185 feet (56 m) - Point Vicente Light, California
* 183 feet (56 m) - Highland (Cape Cod) Light, Massachusetts
* 180 feet (55 m) - Cape Charles Light, Cape Charles, Virginia
* 180 feet (55 m) - Fire Island Light, New York
* 180 feet (55 m) - Seguin Light, Maine
* 178 feet (54 m) - Monhegan Island Light, Maine
* 176 feet (54 m) - Table Bluff Light, California
* 170 feet (52 m) - Cape Sarichef Light, Alaska
* 169 feet (51 m) - Oak Island Light, North Carolina
* 168 feet (51 m) - Montauk Point Light, New York
* 166 feet (51 m) - Cape Ann Light, Massachusetts
* 165 feet (50 m) - Barnegat Light, New Jersey
* 163 feet (50 m) - Charleston Light, South Carolina
* 161 feet (49 m) - St. Augustine Light, Florida
* 159 feet (48 m) - Ponce de Leon Inlet Light, Florida
* 155 feet (47 m) - Point Arena Light, California
* 154 feet (43 m) - Assateague Light, Virginia
* 151 feet (46 m) - Dry Tortugas Light, Florida
* 148 feet (45 m) - Pigeon Point Light, California
* 146 feet (45 m) - Jupiter Inlet Light, Florida
* 144 feet (44 m) - St. George Reef Light, California
* 142 feet (43 m) - Piedras Blancas Light, California
* 140 feet (43 m) - Point Bonita Light, California
* 137 feet (42 m) - Boon Island Light, Maine
* 137 feet (42 m) - Cape Canaveral, Florida
* 134 feet (41 m) - Dice Head Light, Maine
* 130 feet (40 m) - Rock of Ages Light, Michigan
* 125 feet (38 m) - White Shoal Light, Michigan
* 125 feet (38 m) - Mobile Point Light, Alabama
* 123 feet (38 m) - Petit Manan Light, Maine
* 120 feet (37 m) - Sand Key Light, Florida
* 119 feet (36 m) - Grosse Point Light, Illinois
* 116 feet (35 m) - San Luis Obispo Light, California
* 111 feet (34 m) - Wind Point Light, Wisconsin
* 110 feet (34 m) - Fort Point Light, California
* 110 feet (30 m) - Bald Head Light, North Carolina
* 113 feet (34 m) - Rawley Point Light, Wisconsin
* 106 feet (32 m) - Eagle Island Light, Maine
* 105 feet (35 m) - Cape Spencer Light, Alaska
* 105 feet (32 m) - Baker Island Light, Maine
* 102 feet (31 m) - Sanibel Island Light, Florida
* 101 feet (31 m) - St. Croix River Light, Maine
* 101 feet (22 m) - Portland Head Light, Maine
* 100 feet (30 m) - Point Fermin Light, California
* 100 feet (30 m) - Owls Head Light, Maine
* 100 feet (30 m) - Key West Light, Florida
* 96 feet (29 m) - Cape Decision Light, Alaska
* 95 feet (29 m) - Yerba Buena Island, California
* 92 feet (28 m) - Heron Neck Light, Maine
* 91 feet (28 m) - Libby Island Light, Maine
* 91 feet (28 m) - Eldred Rock Light, Alaska
* 90 feet (27 m) - Old Cape Henry Light, Virginia
* 89 feet (27 m) - Point Pinos Light, California
* 88 feet (27 m) - Point Loma Light (new), California
* 86 feet (26 m) - Tree Point Light, Alaska
* 86 feet (26 m) - Sentinel Island Light, Alaska
* 85 feet (26 m) - Cape St. Elias Light, Alaska
* 84 feet (26 m) - Point Cabrillo Light, California
* 81 feet (25 m) - Five Finger Islands Light, Alaska
* 77 feet (23 m) - Battery Island Light, California
* 76 feet (23 m) - Mary Island Light, Alaska
* 75 feet (23 m) - Whitehead Light, Maine
* 75 feet (23 m) - Punta Gorda Light, California
* 75 feet (23 m) - Mount Desert Light, Maine
* 75 feet (23 m) - Cedar Key Light, Florida
* 75 feet (23 m) - Burnt Coat Harbor Light, Maine
* 73 feet (22 m) - Los Angeles Harbor Light, California
* 72 feet (22 m) - Moose Peak Light, Maine
* 70 feet (21 m) - Point Montara Light, California
* 67 feet (20 m) - Great Duck Island Light, Maine
* 67 feet (20 m) - Race Point Light, Massachusetts
* 65 feet (20 m) - Two Bush Island Light, Maine
* 64 feet (20 m) - Egg Rock Light, Maine
* 63 feet (19 m) - Point Retreat Light, Alaska
* 61 feet (19 m) - East Brother Island Light, California
* 59 feet (18 m) - The Cuckolds Light, Maine
* 57 feet (17 m) - Franklin Island Light, Maine
* 56 feet (17 m) - Little River Light, Maine
* 56 feet (17 m) - Carquinez Strait Light, California
* 54 feet (16 m) - Saddleback Ledge Light, Maine
* 54 feet (16 m) - Mobile Middle Bay Light, Alabama
* 53 feet (16 m) - Lubec Channel Light, Maine
* 52 feet (16 m) - Southampton Shoal Light, California
* 52 feet (16 m) - Pond Island Light, Maine
* 52 feet (16 m) - Point Hueneme Light, California
* 52 feet (16 m) - Deer Island Thorofare Light, Maine
* 52 feet (16 m) - Curtis Island Light, Maine
* 45 feet (14 m) - Wood End Light, Massachusetts
* 43 feet (13 m) - Hendricks Head Light, Maine
* 42 feet (13 m) - Prospect Harbor Point Light, Maine
* 41 feet (13 m) - Perkins Island Light, Maine
* 39 feet (12 m) - Grindel Point Light, Maine
* 39 feet (12 m) - Browns Head Light, Maine
* 37 feet (11 m) - Crabtree Ledge Light, Maine
* 36 feet (11 m) - Long Point Light, Massachusetts
* 36 feet (11 m) - Ram Island Light, Maine
* 33 feet (10 m) - Lime Point Light, California
* 33 feet (10 m) - Doubling Point Rear Range Light, Maine
* 33 feet (10 m) - Bear Island Light, Maine
* 25 feet (8 m) - Squirrel Point Light, Maine
* 25 feet (8 m) - Blue Hill Bay Light, Maine
* 23 feet (7 m) - Guard Island Light, Alaska
* 23 feet (7 m) - Doubling Point Light, Maine