This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Georgia as identified by the United States Coast Guard. There are three active lights in the state including one maintained as a private aid; four are standing but inactive, and one has been replaced by an automated skeleton tower, and one destroyed by a ship collision. One tower, the second Sapelo Island Light, was moved to Michigan; the first tower on the site is still standing and was relit in 1998.
The earliest lighthouse in the state was erected in 1736; the oldest surviving tower is the Sapelo Island Light, though the present Tybee Island Light, erected in 1867, incorporates the base of its 1773 predecessor. The last lighthouse in the state, the Savannah Light, was constructed in 1964.
The lighthouses on Cumberland Island, Sapelo Island, and St. Simons Island are on the National Register of Historic Places. The Old Harbor Light in Savannah is a contributing property to a National Historic Landmark district.
If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List, while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.
NameImage LocationCoordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height Cockspur Island Light Savannah 1849 (First) 1857 (Current) Never Active(Inactive: 1909–2007) Unknown 025 (Original tower) Little Cumberland Island Light Cumberland Island 1838 Never 1915 None Unknown Sapelo Island Light Sapelo Island 1820 1998(Relit) Active(Inactive: 1905–1998) Unknown Unknown Sapelo Island RangeFront Light Sapelo Island 1856 (First) 1877 (Current) Never 1898 None Unknown Old Harbor Light(aka: Savannah Harbor Light) Savannah 1858 Always Active Unknown 077 Savannah Light Savannah River 1964 Always 1996(Destroyed) None 085 St. Simons Island Light St. Simons Island 1810 (First) 1872 (Current) 1954 Active Third-order Fresnel lens 104 Tybee Island Light Tybee Island 1773 (First) 1867 (Current) 1972 Active First-order Fresnel 144 Tybee Island Range Front Light Cockspur Island 1878 Unknown Unknown None Unknown
Notes A. Sapelo Island Light also served as a rear range light from 1856 to 1898. B. The second Sapelo Island Light was a steel tower built in 1905, it was later re-erected at South Fox Island Light (Michigan) in 1933. The original brick 1820 tower was reactivated in 1998 and still stands today. C. Sapelo Island Light originally had a Fourth-order Fresnel lens but it has since been replaced by an unknown modern optic. D. There isn't any evidence that this is still used for navigational purposes. The light remains lit as a decorative piece. E. Replaced with a skeleton tower at an unknown date.
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