Hillsboro Inlet Tour Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse Tour Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse is an active aid to navigation maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard. The former keeper's dwellings are now used as recreation cottages for senior military personnel. The lighthouse is surrounded by the private Hillsboro Beach Club which is also not open to the public. No tours are offered of the lighthouse, but I hope that this web tour gives you a better appreciation of what's there.
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Hillsboro Inlet lighthouse stands on a the southern tip of a barrier island. One of the three original keepers dwellings was destroyed by beach erosion, but the other two keepers dwellings and a cottage are maintained in excellent condition as the caretaker's home, and guest quarters. Just south of the dwellings is the lighthouse tower . Access to the tower is through this door . Hillsoboro Inlet is the only Florida lighthouse that I can remember that has this small entrance room .