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Florida Lighthouse Association

Florida Lighthouse Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, protecting, & restoring Florida's lighthouses.
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This page is funded by the Florida Lighthouse Association’s Visit Our Lights State of Florida License Plate (CSFA 76.106) Lighthouses played a critical role in Florida’s history; making it possible to explore, settle and develop Florida by using its 1350 miles of coastline (second only to Alaska in states with longest coastline). Only 30 lighthouses remain today. A 2002 study done by the State of

Florida estimates that it will take almost $20 million dollars to preserve these towers. The Florida Lighthouse Association’s (FLA) mission is to safeguard Florida’s remaining lighthouses for future generations by supporting community based restoration, preservation and education efforts. FLA is a nonprofit organization. Financial support comes from charitable gifts, membership dues, and Florida State specialty license plate sales. FLA does not receive any government funding!

06/06/2026

The easiest way to level up your next beach trip: add a lighthouse! 💡🏝️

📸 Loggerhead Key Lighthouse, Florida, courtesy of National Park Service

06/05/2026

One day, this could only be a memory post.

We don't want to post this lighthouse one day with the words: “We’re grateful we got to have it.”

We would rather fight for the chance to say: "It's still here.”

The Visit Our Lights plate helps keep that second sentence true. Get yours at the link in our comments.

📸 Fowey Rocks Lighthouse, calypsodiver

06/04/2026

Based on this amazing view, which Florida lighthouse is this?

📸 Rosie Taylor Photography

06/03/2026

If you said Egmont Key Lighthouse was the last remaining staffed lighthouse in Florida, you're right! 👏

Before a DCB-24 rotating beacon was installed in 1989, Egmont Key Lighthouse was the final manned lighthouse in Florida and one of only seven nationwide. Today, Florida State Parks and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service work together to manage the island!

06/02/2026

New to Florida lighthouses? Start here. Already obsessed? Also start here! 📧

Our FLA Newsletter is your twice-a-month peek behind the scenes: preservation wins, lighthouse updates, upcoming meetings, and more. 🌊⚓

If you’re brand new to lighthouses, it’s a perfect low-pressure way to learn the basics. If you’ve loved them forever, it’s how you keep a finger on the pulse of all 30 remaining historic lights across the state.

Browse past issues (or hop on the list) at the link in our comments!

📸 Pensacola Lighthouse and Maritime Museum

06/01/2026

She’s a beauty on the horizon, but up close, Alligator Reef Lighthouse reminds us why preservation work matters.

Here WJR Engineering is performing a metallurgy study on her rusting iron framework, an important step in understanding what this historic offshore light needs next. Every beam, bolt, and brace tells part of the story, and thanks to careful hands and dedicated advocates, that story is still being protected. 🧡

📸 Save Alligator Lighthouse

05/30/2026

What was the first lighthouse you visited?

📸 barefoot.mermaid at Key West Lighthouse & Keeper's Quarters Museum

05/29/2026

In 2018, the Florida Lighthouse Association awarded a $50,000 grant to the Hillsboro Lighthouse Preservation Society to help with necessary repairs to the Hillsboro Lighthouse. The project focused on replacing 48 degraded and failed tension rod assemblies in the upper area of the tower, the “X” pattern rods with turnbuckles that help provide stability under high winds.

The new rods were fabricated to match the lighthouse’s original 1904 design, then hot-dip galvanized and coated with epoxy paint specially formulated for the harsh marine environment.

Just months later, Hurricane Irma carved away part of the light station grounds and exposed several lighthouse foundation legs, but the tower stood without structural damage. The upper-level tension rods had been replaced just in time.

That’s why the Visit Our Lights specialty plate matters. It helps support preservation work across Florida, from the big, visible projects to the hidden structural pieces that keep our historic towers standing strong!

🚘🌴 Get your plate at the link in our comments.

05/28/2026

True or false: When automated in 1989, Egmont Key Lighthouse was the last remaining staffed lighthouse in Florida and one of only seven in the United States.

05/27/2026

FLA is honored to award a $75,000 grant to the Mayport Lighthouse Association in support of the next phase of the St. Johns River Lighthouse relocation effort!

This 167-year-old lighthouse has stood watch over generations of maritime history, and the work ahead is both exciting and deeply meaningful: moving, restoring, and one day returning public access to this important piece of Florida’s lighthouse heritage.

We’re grateful for the dedication and steady teamwork of everyone involved in this project, from the preservation advocates to the architects, engineers, relocation specialists, and community members who continue to believe in its future!

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Saint Augustine, FL
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http://floridalighthouses.org/

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