page_title: List of lighthouses in the United States
section_title: New England
hierarchical_section_title: List of lighthouses in the United States / New England
caption_attribution_description: Boon Island Lighthouse
context_page_description: This is a list of lighthouses in the United States. The United States has had approximately a thousand lights as well as light towers, range lights, and pier head lights. Michigan has the most lights of any state with over 150 past and present lights. Lighthouses that are in former U.S. territories are not listed here.
  Most of the lights in the United States have been built and maintained by the Coast Guard and its predecessors, the United States Lighthouse Service and the United States Lighthouse Board. Before the Lighthouse Board was established, local collectors of customs were responsible for lighthouses under Stephen Pleasonton. As their importance to navigation has declined and as public interest in them has increased, the Coast Guard has been handing over ownership and in some cases responsibility for running them to other parties, the chief of them being the National Park Service under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000.
  Note: Click on the state of your choice in the tables below to link you to lighthouses in that state.
context_section_description: New Hampshire
  The state of New Hampshire only has two lighthouses both of which are located along the Atlantic coastline.
  "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New Hampshire". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
  Vermont
  "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Vermont". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
  Note: All entries here show the current tower's status, more details can be found in the lighthouse articles
caption: Boon Island Light in Maine is the tallest in New England
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