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DaveMcK
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June 10, 2025

Lighthouses of the world

  • June 10, 2025
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There are over 20,000 functioning ligIhthouses around the world. I have seen about 75 of them  over the years. 

Many of them on the Pacific coast and the Great Lakes 

Sorry it took so long to set up this next topic!

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DaveMcK
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November 30, 2025

How many lighthouses does Colorado have? We actually have ONE lighthouse in Colorado! Not only do we have one, but at 9,017 ft above sea level the lighthouse at the marina on Dillon Reservoir in Frisco is the highest lighthouse in the United States! 

 

 

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DaveMcK
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December 2, 2025

A.L.🗼🗼🎅🎄Wind Point Lighthouse (or Windpoint Light Station) is a lighthouse located at the north end of Racine Harbor in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is in the village of Wind Point, Wisconsin, on Lighthouse Road, next to the Shoop Park golf course. The lighthouse stands 108 feet (33 m) tall. One of the oldest and tallest active lighthouses on the Great Lakes, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Photo credit: dja 0309.

On of my favorite lighthouses I visited so years ago. It had one of finest fog horns in the area.

 

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SereneSeagull
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December 4, 2025

A mighty one!

DaveMcK
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December 3, 2025

South Foreland Lighthouse at the White Cliffs of Dover, England.

 

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SereneSeagull
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December 4, 2025

I’d love to see this in person.  Absolutely breathtaking!

DaveMcK
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December 6, 2025



 

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DaveMcK
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December 6, 2025

@DaveMcK wrote:

Wind Point Lighthouse, Wind Point Wisconsin. Today, after a big snow storm yesterday, and a beautiful Christmas wreath. I feel like I live in a postcard. Its beautiful 🎄.
Edit: The lighthouse was just painted a few months ago. So it looks so clean.


 

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SereneSeagull
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December 6, 2025

Fresh and crisp -- The snow and the lighthouse!   Nice picture!

 

DaveMcK
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December 7, 2025

Wind Point Lighthouse. Wind Point, Wi!

 

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SereneSeagull
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December 7, 2025

Stately and serene

DaveMcK
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December 10, 2025

A.L.🎄🎅🗼🗼The Thomas Point Shoal Light, also known as Thomas Point Shoal Light Station, is a historic lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay on the east coast of the United States, and the most recognized lighthouse in Maryland. It is the only screw-pile lighthouse in the bay which stands at its original site. The current structure is a 1½ story hexagonal wooden cottage, equipped with a foghorn as well as the light.
Constructed 1875
Automated 1986
Photo credit: motoxdms 

 

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DaveMcK
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December 12, 2025

Grand Haven, Michigan lighthouse in the path of a storm.

 

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SereneSeagull
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December 14, 2025

That’s a story in a picture right there!

DaveMcK
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December 14, 2025

miss seeing Hacita Head lighthouse. just north of florence oregon miss hearing the fog horn lived a few miles from there moved to be close to grandkids.

 

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WebWiseWoman
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December 14, 2025

I remember this most beautiful lighthouse! And the scenic 101 drive. Thanks for a great memory!

DaveMcK
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December 16, 2025

The Sandy Hook Lighthouse is the oldest operating lighthouse in the United States. It is located at the northern end of the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area in the Highlands. Amazingly well-preserved, this unique octagonal tower dates back to the 18th century and has been in service since 1764. Except for being darkened during the Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I and II, the beacon has been operating ever since. Today the National Park Service preserves the tower and the U.S. Coast Guard maintains the light. The National Park Service offers tours of the Sandy Hook Lighthouse on a seasonal basis. Visitors must be accompanied by a park ranger to climb the 95 stairs and 9 rung ladder to the top of the lighthouse. To join a tour, visitors must be at least 48" tall and sign up in person at the Sandy Hook Visitor Center on the day of the tour. The National Park Service encourages visitors to call the Sandy Hook Visitor Center directly to learn about tour times and seasonal closures. The lighthouse is on the grounds of Fort Hancock and is just one of the unbeatable tourist attractions at Sandy Hook. The peninsula also boasts a spectacular holly forest, excellent surf fishing, hiking, beaches, trails, salt marshes, more than 300 species of birds and other historical sites.

 

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December 24, 2025

 

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DaveMcK
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December 24, 2025

Saint Mathieu

 

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