List of lighthouses in Delaware

This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Delaware as identified by the United States Coast Guard. The first lighthouse in the state was erected in 1769[1] and the last in 1925 (ignoring automated towers erected later); the oldest active light is the Fenwick Island Light.[2]

If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List,[3] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.[2]

Name Image Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height
Baker Shoal Range Front Light Port Penn 39.5409°N 75.5666°W / 39.5409; -75.5666 (Baker Shoal Range Front Light) 1902 (First)
2002 (Current)		 1924[4] Active
(Original demolished)		 LED 035 35 ft (11 m)
Baker Shoal Range Rear Light Port Penn 39.5120°N 75.5699°W / 39.5120; -75.5699 (Baker Shoal Range Rear Light) 1904 1924[4] Active Unknown 110 110 ft (34 m)
Bellevue Range Rear Light Wilmington 39.7203°N 75.5179°W / 39.7203; -75.5179 (Bellevue Range Rear Light)[5] 1909 (First)
2001 (Current)		 1934[5] Active
(skeleton tower)		 Unknown 100 100 ft (30 m)[6]
Cape Henlopen Beacon Lewes
(Cape Henlopen)		 38.7903°N 75.0806°W / 38.7903; -75.0806 (Cape Henlopen Beacon)[7] 1825[8] (First)
1864[8] (Last)		 Never 1884[8]
(Demolished)		 None 045 45 ft (14 m)[7]
Cape Henlopen Light Lewes
(Cape Henlopen)		 38.778°N 75.084°W / 38.778; -75.084 (Cape Henlopen Light)[9] 1769 Never 1924
(Destroyed in 1926)		 None 126 126 ft (38 m)[9]
Cherry Island Range Rear Light Bellefonte 39.762°N 75.490°W / 39.762; -75.490 (Cherry Island Range Rear Light)[10] 1880 (First)
1970s (Current)		 1933 Active
(Original demolished)		 Unknown 120 120 ft (37 m)[10]
Christiana Light None known Christina River
(Entrance)		 39.722°N 75.520°W / 39.722; -75.520 (Christiana Light)[11] 1835[12] Never 1909[12]
(Demolished in 1939[12])		 None 044 44 ft (13 m)[11]
Christiana North Jetty Light Christina River
(Entrance)		 39.718°N 75.516°W / 39.718; -75.516 (Christiana North Jetty Light)[11] 1884[5] Never Unknown
(Destroyed[13])		 None 037 37 ft (11 m)[11]
Delaware Breakwater East End Light Lewes 38.7972°N 75.1003°W / 38.7972; -75.1003 (Delaware Breakwater East End Light) 1885 1950 1996 Unknown 060 60 ft (18 m)
Delaware Breakwater Range Front Light
(Delaware Breakwater West End Light)		 Lewes 38.7992°N 75.1081°W / 38.7992; -75.1081 (Delaware Breakwater Range Front Light)[14] 1838 Never 1903
(Demolished in 1950)		 None 045 45 ft (14 m)[14]
Delaware Breakwater Range Rear Light Lewes 38.7897°N 75.1694°W / 38.7897; -75.1694 (Delaware Breakwater Range Rear Light)[11] 1881[15] Never 1918[15]
(Re-erected in Florida[15])		 None 103 103 ft (31 m)[11]
Fenwick Island Light Fenwick Island 38.4514°N 75.0550°W / 38.4514; -75.0550 (Fenwick Island Light)[16] 1859 1978 Active
(Inactive: 1978-1982)		 Third-order Fresnel 083 83 ft (25 m)
Fourteen Foot Bank Light Delaware Bay 39.0482°N 75.1822°W / 39.0482; -75.1822 (Fourteen Foot Bank Light) 1887 1973 Active Unknown 059 59 ft (18 m)
Harbor of Refuge Light Lewes 38.8145°N 75.0924°W / 38.8145; -75.0924 (Harbor of Refuge Light) 1908 (First)
1926 (Current)		 1973 Active VRB-25 072 72 ft (22 m)
Liston Range Front Light Port Penn 39.4825°N 75.5917°W / 39.4825; -75.5917 (Liston Range Front Light) 1906 1948? 1954
(Now a private house)		 None 045 45 ft (14 m)
Liston Range Rear Light Biddles Corner 39.5238°N 75.6397°W / 39.5238; -75.6397 (Liston Range Rear Light) 1906 1930s[17] Active Unknown 176 176 ft (54 m)
Mahon River Light Port Mahon 39.1850°N 75.4008°W / 39.1850; -75.4008 (Mahon River Light) 1831 (First)
1903 (Last)		 Never 1955
(Destroyed in 1984)		 None 037 37 ft (11 m)
Marcus Hook Range Front Light Bellefonte 39.7760°N 75.4754°W / 39.7760; -75.4754 (Marcus Hook Range Front Light) 1915[18] (First)
1918[18] (Current)		 Always Active Unknown 081 81 ft (25 m)
Marcus Hook Range Rear Light Bellefonte 39.7622°N 75.5032°W / 39.7622; -75.5032 (Marcus Hook Range Rear Light) 1919[18] 1950s Active DCB-24[18] 278 278 ft (85 m)
Mispillion Light Lewes 38.9475°N 75.3156°W / 38.9475; -75.3156 (Mispillion Light) 1831 (First)
1873 (Last)		 1911 1929
(Burned in 2002,
rebuilt as a replica)		 Decorative 046 46 ft (14 m)[11]
New Castle Range Front Light New Castle 39.6424°N 75.5954°W / 39.6424; -75.5954 (New Castle Range Front Light) 1876 (First)
1964 (Current)		 1930s Active
(skeleton tower)		 Unknown 056 56 ft (17 m)
New Castle Range Rear Light New Castle 39.6482°N 75.5990°W / 39.6482; -75.5990 (New Castle Range Rear Light) 1876 (First)
1953 (Current)		 1953 Active
(skeleton tower)		 Unknown 100 100 ft (30 m)
Reedy Island Range Front Light Taylors Bridge 1906 1951 Active
(skeleton tower)		 DCB-224 Unknown
Reedy Island Range Rear Light Taylors Bridge 39.4065°N 75.5902°W / 39.4065; -75.5902 (Reedy Island Range Rear Light) 1910[19] Unknown Active DCB-224 134 134 ft (41 m)

References
  1. "Lighthouses of the United States: Delaware". Russ Rowlett.
  2. "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Delaware". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
  3. Light List, Volume II, Atlantic Coast, Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012.
  4. "Baker Rear Range, DE". LighthouseFriends.
  5. "Bellevue Rear Range, DE". LighthouseFriends.
  6. "Inventory of Historic Light Stations: Bellevue Range Rear Light". National Park Service.
  7. List of Light-houses, Lighted Beacons, and Floating Lights of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts of the United States. Treasury Department. January 1, 1868. pp. 24–25. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  8. "Delaware Breakwater Light". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  9. List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. June 30, 1900. p. 106.
  10. "Cherry Island Range, DE". LighthouseFriends.
  11. List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. Government Printing Office. March 1, 1907. p. 124. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  12. Trapani, Bob (2007). "Christiana River Light Station". Delaware Lights: A History of Lighthouses in the First State. History Press. pp. 46–49. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
  13. "Historic Light Station Information Photography Delaware". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  14. List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. Government Printing Office. June 30, 1900. p. 94. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  15. "Delaware Breakwater Rear Range (Green Hill) Light". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  16. "Fenwick Island, DE". LighthouseFriends.
  17. "Liston rear Range, DE". Lighthouse Friends.
  18. "Marcus Hook Rear Range Lighthouse". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  19. "Inventory of Historic Light Stations: Delaware Lighthouses: Reedy Island Range Rear Light". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
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