The Lighthouses of the Bahamas

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This page currently shows the beginning of the documentation about the Lighthouses of the Bahamas. In addition, the pictures below are linked to the relevant photo on the web (thus making available to you a higher resolution picture.) I am very grateful to Russ Rowlett at the University of North Carolina for his excellent Lighthouse Directory from which I built the outline. Each lighthouse is linked to (in our editorial opinion) the best reference site for that light.

Great Abaco

BA 1

Elbow Cay (Hope Town)

Located on Elbow Cay on the west side of the harbor at Hope Town. Island accessible by ferry from Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco Island ((242) 367-3147).

Photo courtesy JustASunGod [Flickr]

BA 2

Little Harbour

Located at the entrance to Little Harbour, about 25 km south of Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco Island. Accessible by a short walk to the end of the peninsula sheltering the harbor.

BA 3

Abaco (Hole-in-the-Wall)

Located at the southern tip of Great Abaco Island. Accessible by boat or over a rugged road by 4WD vehicles.

Photo courtesy BahamaGal23 [webshots]

Grand Bahama

BA 4

Pinder's Point

The historic lighthouse at Pinder's Point on Grand Bahama no longer has a light, and even worse, it no longer has red and white stripes. It is dwarfed by the oil storage tanks behind it, not to mention the much taller chimneys, which, to add insult to injury, do have red and white stripes near the top.

Located on a prominent cape on the southwestern coast of the island.

Photo courtesy Andrew Conway [Flickr]

BA 5

Lucaya

A faux light located at Freeport.

Photo courtesy dlark100 [webshots]

BA 6

High Rock

Built by the Rev Cecil Kemp across the road from his Lighthouse Chapel. Rev. Kemp says it serves as a guiding light for seamen and lost and drifting souls.

Photo courtesy Andrew Conway [Flickr]

Bimini

BA 7

Great Isaac

A familiar landmark for cruise ship passengers en route to Nassau from Florida. Located on Great Isaac Cay at the north end of the Bimini archipelago. Accessible only by boat.

Photo courtesy Joy Kidd [Flickr]

BA 8

Gun Cay

Located at the south end of the cay, in the Bimini group.

BA 9

North Cat Cay Breakwater

The lighthouse is now owned by the Cat Cay Club. The island is just south of Gun Cay in the Bimini Group. Located at the end of the north breakwater.

Berry & Andros Islands

BA 10

Great Stirrup Cay

Located at the northern end of the Berry Islands. The cay is a regular stop for Norwegian Cruise Lines ships.

Photo courtesy Jen [Flickr]

BA 11

Whale Point (Whale Cay)
latitude 25º 23' 42" N
longitude 77º 48' 1.5" W

Located on Little Whale Cay at the extreme southern end of the Berry Islands. The island is a privately owned resort.

BA 12

Andros

Located in Coakley Town (Fresh Creek) north of Andros Town on the east side of the island.

Photo courtesy Dale J [Flickr]

Nassau

BA 13

Paradise Island (Hog Island, Nassau Harbour)
latitude 25º 5' 12.9" N longitude 77º 21' 5.4" W

This is the oldest lighthouse in the Bahamas and probably the oldest in the West Indies. Located at the western end of Paradise Island (formerly Hog Island) marking the northwest entrance to Nassau Harbor.

Photo courtesy T. Hall [Flickr]

BA 14

Government House

Light displayed from the cupola of Government House in downtown Nassau.

Photo courtesy Tesla [Flickr]

Islands

BA 15	Egg Island	Located at the highest point of the island off the northwestern tip of Eleuthera.
BA 16	North Palmetto Point	Located 4 miles south of Governor's Harbor on the easternmost point of Eleuthera Island.
BA 17	Eleuthera Point (Lighthouse Point) latitude 24º 37' 13.8" N longitude 76º 8' 31.2" W	Older light lists show the station originally had two lights on skeletal towers. Located atop a bluff on Lighthouse Point, at the southern tip of Eleuthera
BA 18	Little Pipe Cay	Located on a reef of Little Pipe Cay, about 12 km northwest of Staniel Cay in the Exumas. Accessible only by boat.

BA 19

San Salvador (Dixon Hill)
latitude 24º 5' 51.7" N longitude 74º 27' 5.4" W

The lighthouse is fueled by kerosene and refueled, by hand, every 2 hours and 15 minutes. Located on the highest point of the island of San Salvador, on the northeastern side of the island.

Photo courtesy Kyle Crider [Flickr]

BA 20	Bird Rock latitude 22º 50' 43" N longitude 74º 21' 35.6" W	Four vacation suites in the light station are available for rental. Located on a small island off the northwestern tip of Crooked Island in the southern Bahamas.
BA 21	Booby Rock (Great Harbor)
BA 22	Castle Island (Acklins Island) latitude 22º 7' 34.9" N longitude 74º 19' 42.3" W	Located on a small island off the southwest tip of Acklins Island

Southern Channels

BA 23

Cay Sal

Located on Elbow Cay, at the western end of the Cay Sal Bank about 80 km off the Cuban coast and 130 km southeast of Key West. Accessible only by boat.

Photo courtesy Cliff and Ally [Flickr]

BA 24

Cay Lobos

Located on a tiny but very dangerous cay in the Old Bahama Channel only 50 km from Cuba.

Photo courtesy mumz [webshots]

BA 25

Hogsty Reef

Located on Northwest Cay, the largest island of the reef, which is halfway between Acklin's Island and Great Inagua Island

BA 26

Great Inagua (Southwest Point)

Located at Matthew Town on Great Inagua Island, at the southern end of the Bahamas archipeligo.

Photo courtesy Karl & Cat [Flickr]

BA 27

Grand Turk

Located at the northern tip of Grand Turk Island (which is technically not part of the Bahamas); accessible by road. Cruise ships calling at the island offer tours that include the light station.

Photo courtesy geoshar [webshots]

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