List of lighthouses in Delaware explained

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 and the last in 1925 (ignoring automated towers erected later); the oldest active light is the Fenwick Island Light.

If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List, while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.

Name	Image	Location	Coordinates	Year first lit	Automated	Year deactivated	Current Lens	Focal Height
Baker Shoal Range Front Light		Port Penn	39.5409°N -75.5666°W	1902 (First) 2002 (Current)	1924^[1]	Active (Original demolished)	LED	035 35feet
Baker Shoal Range Rear Light		Port Penn	39.512°N -75.5699°W	1904	1924	Active		110 110feet
Bellevue Range Rear Light		Wilmington	39.7203°N -75.5179°W^[2]	1909 (First) 2001 (Current)	1934	Active (skeleton tower)		100 100feet^[3]
Cape Henlopen Beacon		Lewes (Cape Henlopen)	38.7903°N -75.0806°W^[4]	1825^[5] (First) 1864 (Last)	Never	1884 (Demolished)	None	045 45feet
Cape Henlopen Light		Lewes (Cape Henlopen)	38.778°N -75.084°W^[6]	1769	Never	1924 (Destroyed in 1926)	None	126 126feet
Cherry Island Range Rear Light		Bellefonte	39.762°N -75.49°W	1880 (First) 1970s (Current)	1933	Active (Original demolished)		120 120feet^[7]
Christiana Light	None known	Christina River (Entrance)	39.722°N -75.52°W^[8]	1835^[9]	Never	1909 (Demolished in 1939)	None	044 44feet
Christiana North Jetty Light		Christina River (Entrance)	39.718°N -75.516°W	1884	Never	Unknown (Destroyed^[10])	None	037 37feet
Delaware Breakwater East End Light		Lewes	38.7972°N -75.1003°W	1885	1950	1996		060 60feet
Delaware Breakwater Range Front Light (Delaware Breakwater West End Light)		Lewes	38.7992°N -75.1081°W^[11]	1838	Never	1903 (Demolished in 1950)	None	045 45feet
Delaware Breakwater Range Rear Light		Lewes	38.7897°N -75.1694°W	1881^[12]	Never	1918 (Re-erected in Florida)	None	103 103feet
Fenwick Island Light		Fenwick Island	38.4514°N -75.055°W^[13]	1859	1978	Active (Inactive: 1978-1982)	Third-order Fresnel	083 83feet
Fourteen Foot Bank Light		Delaware Bay	39.0482°N -75.1822°W	1887	1973	Active		059 59feet
Harbor of Refuge Light		Lewes	38.8145°N -75.0924°W	1908 (First) 1926 (Current)	1973	Active	VRB-25	072 72feet
Liston Range Front Light		Port Penn	39.4825°N -75.5917°W	1906	1948?	1954 (Now a private house)	None	045 45feet
Liston Range Rear Light		Biddles Corner	39.5238°N -75.6397°W	1906	1930s^[14]	Active		176 176feet
Mahon River Light		Port Mahon	39.185°N -75.4008°W	1831 (First) 1903 (Last)	Never	1955 (Destroyed in 1984)	None	037 37feet
Marcus Hook Range Front Light		Bellefonte	39.776°N -75.4754°W	1915^[15] (First) 1918 (Current)	Always	Active		081 81feet
Marcus Hook Range Rear Light		Bellefonte	39.7622°N -75.5032°W	1919	1950s	Active	DCB-24	278 278feet
Mispillion Light		Lewes	38.9475°N -75.3156°W	1831 (First) 1873 (Last)	1911	1929 (Burned in 2002, rebuilt as a replica)	Decorative	046 46feet
New Castle Range Front Light		New Castle	39.6424°N -75.5954°W	1876 (First) 1964 (Current)	1930s	Active (skeleton tower)		056 56feet
New Castle Range Rear Light		New Castle	39.6482°N -75.599°W	1876 (First) 1953 (Current)	1953	Active (skeleton tower)		100 100feet
Reedy Island Range Rear Light		Taylors Bridge	39.4065°N -75.5902°W	1910^[16]		Active	DCB-224	134 134feet

Notes and References

1. Web site: Baker Rear Range, DE. LighthouseFriends.
2. Web site: Bellevue Rear Range, DE. LighthouseFriends.
3. Web site: National Park Service. Inventory of Historic Light Stations: Bellevue Range Rear Light.
4. Book: List of Light-houses, Lighted Beacons, and Floating Lights of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts of the United States. 24–25. Treasury Department. January 1, 1868. 2014-01-23.
5. Web site: Delaware Breakwater Light. LighthouseFriends. September 16, 2017.
6. Book: List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. June 30, 1900. Washington, DC. Government Printing Office. 106.
7. Web site: Cherry Island Range, DE. LighthouseFriends.
8. Book: List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. 124. March 1, 1907. Government Printing Office. 2014-01-15.
9. Book: Trapani, Bob. Delaware Lights: A History of Lighthouses in the First State. 46–49. History Press. 2007. https://books.google.com/books?id=O7IEzRFKyKMC&pg=PA46. 2014-01-21. Christiana River Light Station. 9781596290211.
10. Web site: Historic Light Station Information Photography Delaware. United States Coast Guard. September 17, 2017.
11. Book: List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. 94. June 30, 1900. Government Printing Office. 2014-01-23.
12. Web site: Delaware Breakwater Rear Range (Green Hill) Light. LighthouseFriends. 2014-01-23.
13. Web site: Fenwick Island, DE. LighthouseFriends.
14. Web site: Liston rear Range, DE. Lighthouse Friends.
15. Web site: Marcus Hook Rear Range Lighthouse. Lighthouse Friends. September 17, 2017.
16. Web site: Inventory of Historic Light Stations: Delaware Lighthouses: Reedy Island Range Rear Light. National Park Service. 2013-12-20. 2012-07-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20120728071521/http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/reedy.htm. dead.