There are literally thousands of lighthouses, lightships, and navigational beacons around the world. In an effort to be able to readily identify these lights for contact purposes, we have created the Official ARLHS World List of Lights.

The mission of the American Lighthouse Foundation is to save and preserve our nation’s historic light stations and their rich heritage. This will be accomplished through the restoration, promotion and adaptive re-use of America's historic light stations, as well as educational initiatives that foster the sustainable preservation of lighthouses and perpetuate the legacy of the men and women who have tended them. Headquartered in Rockland, Maine

The Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships is a subordinate office under the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways. It provides General Aids to Mariner Navigation along the Indian coast. The Headquarters of the Directorate is Noida.(U.P.) For administrative control the entire coastline has been divided into seven Districts having their regional headquarters at Jamanagar, Mumbai, Cochin, Chennai Visakhapatnam , Kolkata and Port Blair. Our motto issafe and secure Indian waters. Noida, India

The Historic Lighthouse Preservation Handbook was created through a cooperative partnership between the National Park Service, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program, and U.S. Lighthouse Society. The 328-page preservation manual, released in August 1997, focuses primarily on the maintenance problems associated with the many different materials and construction techniques used in these unique structures.

Few images are as evocative as a lighthouse standing sentry on a rocky shore, the guardian of mariners and passengers as they navigate the formidable currents, fierce storms, and shifting shoals of America's coastal and inland waterways. Since the establishment of the first lighthouse in America at Boston Harbor in 1716, lighthouses have played a critical role in providing safe passage for all maritime activities. Although their form and appearance vary according to region or the body of water they guard, the lighthouse remains one of the most recognizable images of the maritime world. Information from the National Park Service

The earliest lighthouses were simply bonfires built on hillsides to guide ships. The first light served the old world city of Alexandria in 285 B.C. The first American light came to life in 1716 at Boston Harbor. This site explores the history, legends, lore and workings of lighthouses along American shorelines. Legendary Lighthouses is a co-production of Driftwood Productions Inc. and WPSX-TV/Penn State

America's Lighthouse News & History Magazine. Lighthouse Digest, the lighthouse history and news magazine, has been telling the stories of lighthouses and the keepers and families who served at these historic structures so that this history may be preserved for future generations. East Machias, Maine

Saving Lighthouse History since 1992! We continue to publish the wildly successful Lighthouse Digest, and are now publishing a variety of books on our favorite subject, Lighthouses. We thank you for helping us in Saving Lighthouse History.

This site includes photographs, directions, histories, and GPS coordinates garnered while personally visiting every lighthouse in the United States and a growing number in Canada.

Stunning photography of over 100 lighthouses, with historical data and locator information.

The Lighthouse Preservation Society's mission is to preserve historic lighthouse structures for future generations, to open them up to public use and enjoyment, and to document their history and that of their keepers. Based in Dover, New Hampshire

Detailed high resolution images and information including local tides and weather for Lighthouses around the world. From Marinas.com

This site is intended to be a master index of all the lighthouses in the Americas (North and South). It now includes portions of Europe as well.

The National Park Service Maritime Heritage Program works to advance awareness and understanding of the role of maritime affairs in the history of the United States. America's maritime heritage is about the people and communities that built ships, shipped goods, sailed ships, kept lights, rescued wrecks, fished waters, and kept the sea lanes open.

The United States' long maritime heritage is found along oceans, rivers, lakes, and man-made waterways. Ships, lighthouses, life-saving stations, coastal fortifications, canals, and other physical resources are important parts of this history and heritage, as are the diverse arts, trades, cultures, and societies that developed along American waterways. Within the national park system, maritime history and heritage can be explored in many ways, ranging from New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park in Massachusetts to Kaloko-Honokohau National Park in Hawaii, and the Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail, which passes through eleven states on its route from Illinois to Oregon.

New England Lighthouse Lovers (NELL) is a New England based, not for profit, lighthouse organization dedicated to: Learning more about lighthouse and maritime history through educational meetings, programs and site visits; Raising funds to help preserve and restore New England lighthouses and other maritime sites and encourage volunteerism in the preservation and restoration process; Encouraging the appreciation of lighthouses in maritime history and how their representational models aid in the preservation of this history.

Original photography, history, tour information, and much more for nearly 200 lighthouses in the New England states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. This website, launched in 1997, is the product of nearly three decades of research and photography. It's dedicated to all lighthouse keepers and lighthouse families throughout history, unsung heroes who selflessly devoted themselves to the worthy cause of safe navigation.

New England lighthouse vacationer's guide including regional coastal attractions, photo galleries, boat tours, resources, lighthouse folklore and historic events.

Welcome to Nightbeacons.net, where we bring you galleries of breathtaking nighttime lighthouse photographs. Here, you may experience the beauty and grandeur of lighthouses as they were meant to be seen.

We are Christine and Tommy Cardaci, The Lighthouse Hunters. We've seen almost all the United States lighthouses and most of the Canadian lighthouses. We’ve photographed 1,441 lighthouses with many more in our future. Our lighthouse photography site has pages for each of the 31 states and 11 provinces that have lighthouses. Recently an additional 102 individual lighthouse pages were posted with hundreds of lighthouse photos. Each North American lighthouse (USA and Canada) will have its own page. We're adding thousands of our lighthouse photos, lighthouse GPS coordinates, lighthouse locator maps, history, and hundreds of lighthouse links. More of our photos include sunrises, sunsets, boats, freighters, bridges, clouds, marine life, nautical, fellow hunters, our journeys, state welcome signs, and province welcome signs. Highlands, New Jersey

The United States Lighthouse Society is a non-profit historical and educational organization incorporated to educate, inform, and entertain those who are interested in America's lighthouses, past and present. San Francisco, California

The best source for lighthouse directions, photos, and gps coordinates. This site is one of the most comprehensive sources of lighthouse information, containing over 4000 lighthouse photos.

Our challenge at National and International level is to actively encourage and promote the protection and preservation of historically significant aids to navigation, primarily Lighthouses and Light Vessels. We aim to promote communication and co-operation amongst all Lighthouse Organisations and Enthusiasts, to share information, ideas and strategies and to offer support Worldwide. Isle of Mull, Scotland, United Kingdom