• The St. Augustine Light Station is a privately maintained aid to navigation and an active, working lighthouse in St. Augustine, Florida.
  • From the first, wooden, watch tower in the late 1500s to the current St. Augustine Light Station, built from 1871-1874, discover the importance of these...
  • Inside the lighthouse, a 219-step spiral staircase leads to an observation deck that offers panoramic views of the St. Augustine skyline and the Atlantic Ocean.
  • St. Augustine Eco Tours harbor tour of the Nights of Lights provides a peaceful way to experience the illuminated city aboard 6 or 12-passenger boats.
  • As St. Augustine was the leading port in the newly acquired Territory of Florida, the U.S. Government worked quickly to establish a light to mark the inlet.
  • A journey up the St. Augustine Lighthouse is well worth the 219 steps that take you to the top of the tower 165 feet high.
  • When the St. Augustine Lighthouse was built in 1874, it was one of the tallest lighthouses in the country at 165 feet tall.
  • Legend has it that the St. Augustine Lighthouse in Florida is haunted by the ghosts of two young girls who tragically died on the property in the 19th century.
  • The St. Augustine Lighthouse is the focus of a number of extremely popular ghost stories and is considered by some to be one of the most haunted locations...