Map Search    Florida Department of State « Previous    Visit a Lighthouse Alligator Reef Amelia Island American Shoal Anclote Key Boca Grande Cape Canaveral Cape Florida Cape San Blas Cape St. George Carysfort Reef Cedar Keys Crooked River Egmont Key Fowey Rocks Garden Key Gilbert's Bar House of Refuge Museum Hillsboro Inlet Jupiter Inlet Key West Loggerhead Key Pensacola Ponce de Leon Inlet Port Boca Grande Sand Key Sanibel Island Sombrero Key St. Augustine St. Johns Light Ship St. Johns Light Station St. Johns River St. Joseph Bay St. Marks ->Maritime Trail Home ->Lighthouses Home    Next » Cape St. George Photo courtesy of the Florida Division of Historical Resources.     In 1833, a 65-foot tower was built on St. George Island to guide boats into the port of Apalachicola. A new tower two miles away replaced it in 1847, with a third-order lens seen 15 miles into the Gulf of Mexico. This lighthouse fell during the same hurricane in 1851 that toppled the Cape San Blas and Dog Island lights. The current Cape St. George Lighthouse is a white brick structure built in 1852. The tower is 70 feet high and, although solidly built, has been undermined by continuous erosion and a series of hurricanes during the 1990s. It was deactivated in 1994. The lighthouse today is part of the Cape St. George State Reserve, a 10-mile-long section of the barrier island that was separated by a ship channel in 1954. The lighthouse grounds may be visited. Find out more: Additional Links: View more pictures of the Cape St. George Lighthouse View a map of the Cape St. George Lighthouse Communities | Environments | Forts | Lighthouses | Ports | Shipwrecks | Home The Florida Maritime Heritage Trail was created and is maintained by the Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, with initial funding by Florida Coastal Management Program. Send comments to: [email protected]