This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Louisiana.
Name | Image | Location | Coordinates | Year first lit | Automated | Year deactivated | Current Lens | Focal Height | |
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Chandeleur Island Light | Chandeleur Islands | 30.0472°N -88.8781°W | 1848 (First) 1896 (Last) | Unknown | 2005 (Destroyed) | None | 102feet | ||
East Rigolets Light | Lake Borgne (Rigolets) | 30.155°N -89.65°W | 1833 | Never | 1874 (Destroyed by 1924) | None | [1] | 60feet||
Frank's Island Light | Mississippi River Delta | N/A | 1823 | Never | 1855 (Replaced) | None | Unknown | ||
New Canal Light | New Orleans | 30.0271°N -90.1132°W | 1839 (First) 1890 (Current) | 1941 | Active (Inactive: 2005-2012) | Unknown | 49feet | ||
Pass A L'Outre Light | Mississippi River Delta | 29.1901°N -89.0371°W | 1855 | Never | 1930 (Abandoned) | None | (Original height) | 77feet||
Pass Manchac Light | Manchac | 30.2967°N -90.2983°W | 1839 (First) 1857 (Last) | 1941 | 1987 (Destroyed in 2012) | None | Unknown | ||
Point Au Fer Reef Light | Atchafalaya Basin | 29.3722°N -91.3842°W | 1916 (First) 1975 (Current) | Unknown | Active | Unknown | 54feet | ||
Port Pontchartrain Light | N/A | New Orleans | N/A | 1839 (First) 1855 (Current) | Never | 1929 | None | Unknown | |
Sabine Pass Light | Cameron Parish | 29.7165°N -93.8502°W | 1857 | Never | 1952 | None | 85feet | ||
Ship Shoal Light | Last Island | 28.9145°N -91.0711°W | 1860 | 1929 | 1965 | None | 105feet | ||
South Pass Range Front Light | N/A | Plaquemines Parish | N/A | 1886 (First) 1947 (Last) | Unknown | Unknown (Destroyed) | None | Unknown | |
South Pass Light (aka: South Pass Rear Range Light) | Plaquemines Parish | 29.0152°N -89.1669°W | 1832 (First) 1881 (Current) | 1971 | Active | DCB-224 | 105feet | ||
Southwest Pass Light | N/A | Plaquemines Parish | N/A | 1832 (First) 2007 (Current) | 1984 | Active | Unknown | (Third tower) | 128feet|
Southwest Reef Light | Atchafalaya Basin | 29.6943°N -91.2163°W | 1859 | Never | 1916 | None | 49feet | ||
Tchefuncte River Range Front Light | Madisonville | 30.3785°N -90.1695°W | 1903 (First) 1915 (Last) | Unknown | Unknown (Removed) | None | 25feet | ||
Tchefuncte River Range Rear Light | Madisonville | 30.3796°N -90.1691°W | 1837 (First) 1867 (Current) | 1952 | Active | 250mm | 49feet | ||
Trinity Shoal Light | Trinity Shoal | N/A | Never built | Never | N/A | None | N/A | ||
West Rigolets Light | Lake Borgne (Rigolets) | 30.1758°N -89.7428°W[2] | 1854 | Never | 1945 (Destroyed in 2005) | None | 29feet |
A. The abandoned tower remained until 2002 when it toppled over.
B. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused significant damage to the lighthouse. New Canal Light eventually collapsed the following year and was rebuilt/relit by 2012.
C. The jetty that the front light was on has since disappeared. The front light was either removed by human or by nature.
D. The first tower was built in 1832 and collapsed in 1837. The second tower which still stands today was built in 1839 and deactivated after the civil war. The third tower also still stands today and was built in 1871 as a skeletal steel structure. This steel lighthouse lasted until 1965 when a fourth modern tower took its place. In 2007, the 1965 structure was demolished and a new small skeletal metal tower mounted atop a platform stands today.