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 |
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Baker Shoal Range Front Light | Port Penn | 39°32′27″N 75°34′00″W / 39.5409°N 75.5666°W | 1902 (First) 2002 (Current) |
1924[4] | Active (Original demolished) |
LED | 35 ft (11 m) | |
Baker Shoal Range Rear Light | Port Penn | 39°30′43″N 75°34′12″W / 39.5120°N 75.5699°W | 1904 | 1924[4] | Active | Unknown | 110 ft (34 m) | |
Bellevue Range Rear Light | Wilmington | 39°43′13″N 75°31′04″W / 39.7203°N 75.5179°W[5] | 1909 (First) 2001 (Current) |
1934[5] | Active (skeleton tower) |
Unknown | [6] | 100 ft (30 m)|
Cape Henlopen Beacon | Lewes (Cape Henlopen) |
38°47′25″N 75°04′50″W / 38.7903°N 75.0806°W[7] | 1825[8] (First) 1864[8] (Last) |
Never | 1884[8] (Demolished) |
None | [7] | 45 ft (14 m)|
Cape Henlopen Light | Lewes (Cape Henlopen) |
38°46′41″N 75°05′02″W / 38.778°N 75.084°W[9] | 1769 | Never | 1924 (Destroyed in 1926) |
None | [9] | 126 ft (38 m)|
Cherry Island Range Rear Light | Bellefonte | 39°45′43″N 75°29′24″W / 39.762°N 75.490°W[10] | 1880 (First) 1970s (Current) |
1933 | Active (Original demolished) |
Unknown | [10] | 120 ft (37 m)|
Christiana Light | None known | Christina River (Entrance) |
39°43′19″N 75°31′12″W / 39.722°N 75.520°W[11] | 1835[12] | Never | 1909[12] (Demolished in 1939[12]) |
None | [11] | 44 ft (13 m)
Christiana North Jetty Light | Christina River (Entrance) |
39°43′05″N 75°30′58″W / 39.718°N 75.516°W[11] | 1884[5] | Never | Unknown (Destroyed[13]) |
None | [11] | 37 ft (11 m)|
Delaware Breakwater East End Light | Lewes | 38°47′50″N 75°06′01″W / 38.7972°N 75.1003°W | 1885 | 1950 | 1996 | Unknown | 60 ft (18 m) | |
Delaware Breakwater Range Front Light (Delaware Breakwater West End Light) |
Lewes | 38°47′57″N 75°06′29″W / 38.7992°N 75.1081°W[14] | 1838 | Never | 1903 (Demolished in 1950) |
None | [14] | 45 ft (14 m)|
Delaware Breakwater Range Rear Light | Lewes | 38°47′23″N 75°10′10″W / 38.7897°N 75.1694°W[11] | 1881[15] | Never | 1918[15] (Re-erected in Florida[15]) |
None | [11] | 103 ft (31 m)|
Fenwick Island Light | Fenwick Island | 38°27′05″N 75°03′18″W / 38.4514°N 75.0550°W[16] | 1859 | 1978 | Active (Inactive: 1978-1982) |
Third-order Fresnel | 83 ft (25 m) | |
Fourteen Foot Bank Light | Delaware Bay | 39°02′54″N 75°10′56″W / 39.0482°N 75.1822°W | 1887 | 1973 | Active | Unknown | 59 ft (18 m) | |
Harbor of Refuge Light | Lewes | 38°48′52″N 75°05′33″W / 38.8145°N 75.0924°W | 1908 (First) 1926 (Current) |
1973 | Active | VRB-25 | 72 ft (22 m) | |
Liston Range Front Light | Port Penn | 39°28′57″N 75°35′30″W / 39.4825°N 75.5917°W | 1906 | 1948? | 1954 (Now a private house) |
None | 45 ft (14 m) | |
Liston Range Rear Light | Biddles Corner | 39°31′26″N 75°38′23″W / 39.5238°N 75.6397°W | 1906 | 1930s[17] | Active | Unknown | 176 ft (54 m) | |
Mahon River Light | Port Mahon | 39°11′06″N 75°24′03″W / 39.1850°N 75.4008°W | 1831 (First) 1903 (Last) |
Never | 1955 (Destroyed in 1984) |
None | 37 ft (11 m) | |
Marcus Hook Range Front Light | Bellefonte | 39°46′34″N 75°28′31″W / 39.7760°N 75.4754°W | 1915[18] (First) 1918[18] (Current) |
Always | Active | Unknown | 81 ft (25 m) | |
Marcus Hook Range Rear Light | Bellefonte | 39°45′44″N 75°30′12″W / 39.7622°N 75.5032°W | 1919[18] | 1950s | Active | DCB-24[18] | 278 ft (85 m) | |
Mispillion Light | Lewes | 38°56′51″N 75°18′56″W / 38.9475°N 75.3156°W | 1831 (First) 1873 (Last) |
1911 | 1929 (Burned in 2002, rebuilt as a replica) |
Decorative | [11] | 46 ft (14 m)|
New Castle Range Front Light | New Castle | 39°38′33″N 75°35′43″W / 39.6424°N 75.5954°W | 1876 (First) 1964 (Current) |
1930s | Active (skeleton tower) |
Unknown | 56 ft (17 m) | |
New Castle Range Rear Light | New Castle | 39°38′54″N 75°35′56″W / 39.6482°N 75.5990°W | 1876 (First) 1953 (Current) |
1953 | Active (skeleton tower) |
Unknown | 100 ft (30 m) | |
Reedy Island Range Rear Light | Taylors Bridge | 39°24′23″N 75°35′25″W / 39.4065°N 75.5902°W | 1910[19] | Unknown | Active | DCB-224 | 134 ft (41 m) |