Gasparilla Island Lights
The Gasparilla Island Lights are on Gasparilla Island in Boca Grande, Florida. The Port Boca Grande Lighthouse is on the southern tip of Gasparilla Island (located in Gasparilla Island State Park), and marked the Boca Grande Pass entrance to Charlotte Harbor.
The Port Boca Grande Lighthouse is still active as an aid to navigation and has also been restored and houses a museum and gift shop. | |
| Location | south tip of Gasparilla Island, on the Boca Grande Pass |
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| Coordinates | 26°43′02.5″N 82°15′39.4″W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1890 |
| Foundation | iron screw piles |
| Construction | wood frame |
| Automated | 1956 |
| Height | 44 feet (13 m) |
| Shape | octagonal lantern at roof peak of a square house |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1890 |
| Deactivated | 1966, reactivated 1986 |
| Focal height | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Lens | three and a half order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi) |
| Characteristic | white light flashes every 20 seconds |
Port Boca Grande Lighthouse | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Location | Gasparilla Island |
| Coordinates | 26°43′2″N 82°15′39″W |
| NRHP reference No. | 80000953 |
| Added to NRHP | February 28, 1980 |
The Gasparilla Island Rear Range Light was first lit in 1932. | |
| Location | 2 miles north of Port Boca Grande Lighthouse |
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| Coordinates | 26°44′31.4″N 82°15′48.8″W |
| Tower | |
| Foundation | iron steel piles |
| Construction | wrought iron |
| Automated | 1956 |
| Height | 105 feet (32 m) |
| Shape | skeletal tower |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1932 |
| Deactivated | 2014, reactivated 2018 |
| Lens | fourth order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 10 nm (red sector) |
| Characteristic | white light with red sector, 6 second isophase period |
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